Human Impacts on Habitats

Science – Exploring Living Things

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Illustration showing deforestation, pollution and conservation side by side

🎯 WALT & Success Criteria

We Are Learning To: Investigate how human activity affects living things and their habitats.

Success Criteria – I can:

Identify at least two ways human activities impact habitats.

Answer questions about human impacts on living things accurately.

📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice

Circle the best answer for each question.

1. 🌳 What happens when trees are cut down in a forest? (Deforestation)

A) Animals lose their homes

B) Water becomes cleaner

C) The forest grows bigger

2. 🏭 Which of these is an example of pollution?

A) Planting native flowers in a garden

B) Dumping rubbish into rivers

C) Feeding birds in a park

3. 🐦 A bird that lives in a forest has its trees cut down. What is most likely to happen to the bird?

A) It will find more food than before

B) It will struggle to find shelter and food

C) It will grow bigger and stronger

4. 💧 A factory releases chemicals into a river. What might happen to the fish living there?

A) The fish will have more to eat

B) The fish will become healthier

C) The fish may become sick or die

5. 🌿 How can humans help reduce their impact on habitats?

A) By recycling and planting trees

B) By cutting down more trees

C) By hunting wild animals

6. 🏙️ When a new suburb is built on bushland, what happens to the animals that lived there?

A) They get more space to live

B) They lose their natural habitat

C) They are unaffected by the change

7. ♻️ Which of the following is a positive human impact on a habitat?

A) Pouring oil into the ocean

B) Creating a national park to protect wildlife

C) Clearing land to build a car park

8. 🌊 Plastic rubbish ends up in the ocean. Which living things are most directly harmed?

A) Desert animals like lizards and snakes

B) Sea turtles, fish, and seabirds

C) Mountain animals like eagles and bears

✅ Self-Assessment Check

Now that you have finished, tick the boxes that apply to you.

I can name at least two ways humans negatively impact habitats.

I can name at least one way humans can help protect habitats.

I answered all the multiple-choice questions.

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Human Impacts on Habitats

Human Impacts on Habitats

🎯 WALT & Success Criteria

📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice

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