Invasive species

When taken to a new habitat, non-native plants often threaten native plants of the new habitat.  Why do they do this?

• Non-native plants are able to mutate rapidly
• Non-native  plants cause native animals to relocate
• Non-native plants are able to be used for medicine
• Non-native plants compete with native plants for resources

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American alligators used to be an endangered species, but not anymore.  Which of the following is the best reason why there are more in Louisiana today than there were 50 years ago?

• they have learned how to live in new places
• they are bigger now than they were 50 years ago
• they are now protected from hunting by humans
• they have much more habitat now than 50 years ago

Kudzu has overgrown many parts of southern Missouri and native ground plants have disappeared from the area. This is an example of:

• Parasitism between kudzu and the native plants
• A predator prey relationship between ground plants and kudzu
• Competition occurring between the native and invasive species
• Commesalism occurring between the kudzo and native plants

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How did the zebra mussels end up in the Great Lakes?

• In ballast tanks of ships
• They were intentionally released
• They have always been in the Great Lakes
• That's not a zebra mussel

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A non-native plant that causes problems to the environment that it is introduced to is called __________.

• Invasive
• Weed
• Indigenous
• Purple

How do invasive plants damage the environment?

• Compete with native species
• Change plant community
• Alter diversity
• All of these

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of Invasive plants?

• Lots of seeds
• effective dispersal methods
• Easily established
• Smells pretty

1. What makes a species invasive?

• Moving to a new ecosystem and taking resources from natives 
• Not having papers
• Species that can't adapt
• Plants that take up too much space

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What kind of organisms can become invasive? 

• Lions, Tigers, Bears
• Plants, Animals, or Pathogens 
• Animals
• Plants

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Does every species have the means to become invasive? 

• Depends on the abiotic factors
• es, if the food web can support another organism
• Yes, if they are determined enough
• No, only species that pose a threat to ecosystem