ECOLOGY
ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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die out.
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perish.
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move to new locations.
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thrive.
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Detailed explanation-1: -An abrupt climate change occurs when the climate system is forced to transition at a rate that is determined by the climate system energy-balance, and which is more rapid than the rate of change of the external forcing, though it may include sudden forcing events such as meteorite impacts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Change in an organism’s environment forces the organism to adapt to fit the new environment, eventually causing it to evolve into a new species.
Detailed explanation-3: -The relationship between the environment and an organism They constantly cause pollution, overpopulation that leads to resource depletion, deforestation, burning of fossil fuels which impact the air, and species extinction by destroying other natural habitats for their own needs.
Detailed explanation-4: -(a) Climate change, droughts, starvation and disease Climate change has altered physical and biological components of the environment, causing shifts in temperature ranges and rainfall indexes and altering the abundance and distribution of predator and prey species, as well as of pathogens and hosts (MacLeod et al.