What two major problems do organisms that live on land face?

There are four major challenges to plants living on land: obtaining resources, staying upright, maintaining moisture, and reproducing.

1. What are the major threats to the environment?
2. How would a change in an environment affect the organisms that live there?
3. How does the environment affect animals?
4. How do organisms adapt to their environment?
5. What challenges do animals face in their environment?

What are the major threats to the environment?

Intensive agriculture, unsustainable fishing, wildlife poaching, habitat degradation and destruction, acid rain, and climate change are threatening thousands of species according to The Guardian and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

How would a change in an environment affect the organisms that live there?

Climate change also alters the life cycles of plants and animals. For example, as temperatures get warmer, many plants are starting to grow and bloom earlier in the spring and survive longer into the fall. Some animals are waking from hibernation sooner or migrating at different times, too.

How does the environment affect animals?

Environment affects animal behavior by changing the availability of survival resources like food & shelter, as well as situational things like proximity to human activity. Sometimes the same species of animal will behave completely differently in a forest environment compared to an urban environment.

How do organisms adapt to their environment?

This happens by the process of natural selection. By natural selection, the nature of the species gradually changes to become adapted to the niche. If a species becomes very well adapted to its environment, and if the environment does not change, species can exist for a very long time before they become extinct.

What challenges do animals face in their environment?

Habitat loss, climate change, and a lack of biodiversity can all make ecosystems unhealthy, putting wildlife at greater risk for disease. Every day the byproducts of our daily lives make their way via the air and water into the natural environment and become pollutants.