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Which statement accurately describes long-term environmental changes?

A
Long-term environmental changes occur in hundreds of years.
B
Long-term environmental changes immediately affect organisms in the environment.
C
Long-term environmental changes cause changes in genetic makeup.
D
Long-term environmental changes happen suddenly with little warning.
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Which statement describes an effect of large asteroid and comet impacts?

A
They may cause changes limited to within the crater.
B
They may cause small craters on Earth’s surface.
C
They may cause continents to move.
D
They may kick up dust and pollute Earth’s atmosphere.
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Which statement accurately describes tectonic plate movement?

A
Tectonic plate movement does not cause environmental change.
B
Tectonic plate movement does not affect organisms.
C
Tectonic plate movement can be prevented with planning.
D
Tectonic plate movement is a long-term environmental change.
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Which is one way that a short-term environmental change will most likely affect organisms within an ecosystem?

A
It will lead to larger populations.
B
It will lead to forced migration.
C
It will lead to adaptation.
D
It will lead to speciation.
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Which represents the greatest time frame in which a short-term environmental change can occur?

A
over thousands of years
B
in minutes
C
in days
D
over hundreds of years
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Which natural occurrence is an example of a long-term environmental change?

A
A river floods due to a strong thunderstorm.
B
An earthquake results in a tsunami.
C
The peppered moth evolves from a light to a dark color.
D
Lightning sparks a forest fire.

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