Environmental Changes — Unit test Answers

Favorable adaptations build up in a population over many generations due to long-term environmental change.What is the most likely result of this process?

Which process is defined as breaking down rocks into smaller pieces without changing the rocks' compositions?

Which process is responsible for changing the composition of rock?

Which environmental change is considered short term?

Which is one effect that would most likely result from a tsunami?

What effect would El Niño most likely have on organisms?

Which describes sand?

Which condition leads to a slower rate of weathering?

What event might occur when favorable adaptations build up in a population over many generations?

Which is one way that a short-term environmental change will most likely affect organisms within an ecosystem?

Which represents the greatest time frame in which a short-term environmental change can occur?

Organic material provides nitrogen for plants. Which soil component contributes the most nitrogen to plants?

Which long-term environmental change could allow some organisms to flourish?

Look at the image.

Which increases the rate of soil formation?

Which short-term environmental change would a very small asteroid or comet impact on Earth most likely cause?

Which process wears away tall sandstone rock formations due to wind?

Which features help reduce the amount of runoff that occurs in an area?

Humans clear-cut a forest. Which is one possible way that animals would most likely be affected by this action?

A volcano violently erupts near a small town and wildlife preserve. Which effect might occur?