What kinds of natural animal homes have you seen before?

Some animal homes are bird nests, a bee hive or a snake hole.

What do birds build before they have babies? How do they do it?

A bird builds a nest by taking branches from trees and making it into a specific shape. When it moves around these sticks, it is changing its environment to help it survive.

Why do animals need homes?

Animals need a safe place to sleep, hide and raise babies.

How do plants change their environments?

Sometimes roots get big and push the soil up. Cracks in the sidewalk can be made bigger by roots growing in them. Plants can also block sunlight from hitting the forest floor, which affects what can live there.

What are some ways an animal changes their environment?

When animals build homes, they change their environment. They also dig burrows and can move things around.

What are some ways that people change the environment?

People build houses, pave roads and dig for natural resources. We can also do things like recycle and clean up a beach to make positive changes to our environment.

How does a prairie dog change its environment?

Prairie dogs dig tunnels underground. When they do this they move around a lot of dirt.

How are prairie dog burrows good for the environment?

The burrows can help grasses to grow by aerating the soil. They also help create homes for other animals when they move on to new areas.

How does a beaver change its environment?

Beavers build dams in rivers or streams and change the flow of the water. This can flood areas of land, which is a very big change to the environment.

In what ways do birds change their environment?

Some birds eat seeds and then poop them out in other places. This helps plants spread their seeds and grow in new areas. Another way birds change their environment is by building nests.

What are some good ways that people can change their environment?

People can change the environment by picking up trash and recycling. They can also ride their bikes instead of driving in cars.

What are some bad ways that people change their environment?

People can harm the environment by polluting rivers with plastics and trash. They can also choose not to recycle, which results in more garbage in the landfills.

What kinds of natural animal homes have you seen before?

Some animal homes are bird nests, a bee hive or a snake hole.

What do birds build before they have babies? How do they do it?

A bird builds a nest by taking branches from trees and making it into a specific shape. When it moves around these sticks, it is changing its environment to help it survive.

Why do animals need homes?

Animals need a safe place to sleep, hide and raise babies.

How do plants change their environments?

Sometimes roots get big and push the soil up. Cracks in the sidewalk can be made bigger by roots growing in them. Plants can also block sunlight from hitting the forest floor, which affects what can live there.

What are some ways an animal changes their environment?

When animals build homes, they change their environment. They also dig burrows and can move things around.

What are some ways that people change the environment?

People build houses, pave roads and dig for natural resources. We can also do things like recycle and clean up a beach to make positive changes to our environment.

How does a prairie dog change its environment?

Prairie dogs dig tunnels underground. When they do this they move around a lot of dirt.

How are prairie dog burrows good for the environment?

The burrows can help grasses to grow by aerating the soil. They also help create homes for other animals when they move on to new areas.

How does a beaver change its environment?

Beavers build dams in rivers or streams and change the flow of the water. This can flood areas of land, which is a very big change to the environment.

In what ways do birds change their environment?

Some birds eat seeds and then poop them out in other places. This helps plants spread their seeds and grow in new areas. Another way birds change their environment is by building nests.

What are some good ways that people can change their environment?

People can change the environment by picking up trash and recycling. They can also ride their bikes instead of driving in cars.

What are some bad ways that people change their environment?

People can harm the environment by polluting rivers with plastics and trash. They can also choose not to recycle, which results in more garbage in the landfills.

Living Things Change Their Environment

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WHAT IS AN ENVIRONMENT?

An environment is the place where living things live. Many living things change their environments by building homes, digging in the ground and moving things around.

To better understand how living things change their environment…

WHAT IS AN ENVIRONMENT?. An environment is the place where living things live. Many living things change their environments by building homes, digging in the ground and moving things around. To better understand how living things change their environment…

LET’S BREAK IT DOWN!

Animals build their homes in their environment.

Prairie dogs dig tunnels to create burrows. Burrows are shelters under the ground. When prairie dogs build tunnels, they change the shape of the land.

Animals build their homes in their environment. Prairie dogs dig tunnels to create burrows. Burrows are shelters under the ground. When prairie dogs build tunnels, they change the shape of the land.

Beavers can flood areas of land.

Beavers build dams using trees, sticks, mud and rocks. The whole beaver family works together to build the dam. The flooding causes huge changes to their environment.

Beavers can flood areas of land. Beavers build dams using trees, sticks, mud and rocks. The whole beaver family works together to build the dam. The flooding causes huge changes to their environment.

Animals make changes to the environment by eating.

When a macaw eats seeds, it will fly somewhere else and then eventually poop the seeds out. This helps plants grow in new places and changes their environment.

Animals make changes to the environment by eating. When a macaw eats seeds, it will fly somewhere else and then eventually poop the seeds out. This helps plants grow in new places and changes their environment.

Plants can also change their environment.

Sometimes the roots of plants can grow into cracks in rock or concrete. The roots can make the cracks get bigger. You may have seen sidewalk cracks made bigger by plants.

Plants can also change their environment. Sometimes the roots of plants can grow into cracks in rock or concrete. The roots can make the cracks get bigger. You may have seen sidewalk cracks made bigger by plants.

People can change their environment in good and bad ways.

People can help their environment by cleaning up trash and recycling. People sometimes hurt their environment when they cut down too many trees down or litter.

People can change their environment in good and bad ways. People can help their environment by cleaning up trash and recycling. People sometimes hurt their environment when they cut down too many trees down or litter.

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LET’S BREAK IT DOWN!

Animals build their homes in their environment.

Beavers can flood areas of land.

Animals make changes to the environment by eating.

Plants can also change their environment.

People can change their environment in good and bad ways.

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