how do changes in the environment affect organisms?
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How do changes in the How do changes in the environment affect environment affect
organisms?organisms?
Living things are adapted Living things are adapted to daily changes in their to daily changes in their
habitat…………….habitat…………….
Daily changesDaily changes
Sea anemones pull in their tentacles when the Sea anemones pull in their tentacles when the tide goes out to stop them drying out.tide goes out to stop them drying out.
Living things are Living things are adapted to seasonal adapted to seasonal
changes in their changes in their habitathabitat
Seasonal changes in a gardenSeasonal changes in a garden
A garden in A garden in
the summerthe summer
WilderbeastWilderbeast Wilderbeast Wilderbeast
migrate.migrate. They travel They travel
hundreds of hundreds of miles every miles every winter looking winter looking for grass to eat.for grass to eat.
Grass will only Grass will only grow where it grow where it rains.rains.
Some insects Some insects spend winter in spend winter in protective cases protective cases called pupua.called pupua.
This butterfly is This butterfly is emerging from a emerging from a pupa.pupa.
Some plants store their food Some plants store their food for winter underground in for winter underground in
their roots and stems.their roots and stems.
Squirrels store Squirrels store foods like nuts in foods like nuts in the autumn to eat the autumn to eat during the winter during the winter when there is not when there is not much food around.much food around.
Some animals like tortoises, hedgehogs and bears, cannot Some animals like tortoises, hedgehogs and bears, cannot store food to keep them warm. Instead they go to sleep in a store food to keep them warm. Instead they go to sleep in a warm sheltered place, such as undera pile of old leaves or warm sheltered place, such as undera pile of old leaves or inside an old tree trunk. This is called inside an old tree trunk. This is called hibernation.hibernation.