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# Changing Environments

Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers and challenges to living things

Subject: Science · Area: Ecosystems & Habitats · Ages 8 to 9
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/changing-environments-mt_Wyd-l-6H7G

## Ready when they can

- Give at least two examples of environmental changes (natural and human-caused)
- Describe how a specific change affects the organisms in that environment
- Explain why some organisms may not survive if their environment changes too quickly

## Lesson: When Environments Change

Environments do not always stay the same. Think about how the weather changes from summer to winter, that is a slow, natural change. Other changes happen fast, like a wildfire, a flood, or people building new roads. Slow or fast, change can be hard on the plants and animals that live there.

*(drawing: This chart shows how a drought can lower the water in a pond over time.)*

**Example.** A drought dries up a pond. Frogs lose the water they need to lay their eggs, and fish have less room to swim. Some frogs hop away to find a new pond, but the fish cannot travel on land, so many of them do not survive.

**Tip.** Not every change comes from nature. People change environments fast too, by cutting down forests, building on empty land, or letting pollution into rivers. The faster a change happens, the less time living things have to adapt or move somewhere safer.

**Recap.** Environments can change slowly or quickly, and the living things there must adapt, move, or they may not survive.

## Practice

24 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Habitats & Basic Needs](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/habitats-and-basic-needs-mt_cM8YS6NXqi)
- [Simple Food Chains](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/simple-food-chains-mt_EygMHKs8Ed)
- [Habitat Vocabulary](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/habitat-vocabulary-mt_Fw0bbM1e_g)

## Opens up

- [Deforestation Causes & Scale](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/deforestation-causes-and-scale-mt_2OSTHTWDpa)
- [Endangered & Extinct Species](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/endangered-and-extinct-species-mt_5S4byWDX6n)
- [Species Distribution & Change](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/species-distribution-and-change-mt_JSUGQ5Repv)
- [How living things adapt to environments](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/how-living-things-adapt-to-environments-mt_LRzjbo1Fn6)
- [Natural resources](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/natural-resources-mt_VI5kdtf28e)
- [Ocean Ecosystems](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/ocean-ecosystems-mt_w4OYcWJs6H)