Ecological Change

Which terms best describe heterotrophs?

• Plants; producers
• Animals; producers
• Plants; consumers
• Animals; consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is another name to describe a heterotroph?

• Consumer
• Producer

Biodiversity refers to

• extinct species
• the variety of species on Earth
• nonrenewable resources
• the rate of species decline

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

These were released in Australia to eat cane beetles, but now they are an invasive species and number in the millions.

• dingo
• Kangaroo
• Cane toad
• Rabbits

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The main cause of the bleeching of the coral reefs is

• climate change

• too much nitrogen runoff

• an invasive species

• forest fire

All of the following can lead to a nonnative species becoming invasive except...

• no natural predators

• rapid reproduction

• disease

• adaptability to a new habitat

This invasive species came over in boats from Europe in the 1980's.  They harm native fish, clog pipes and ruin beaches.  

• Sea Lamprey
• Zebra Mussel
• Asian Carp
• Feral Swine

Why was the Indian Mongoose intentionally introduced to Hawaii?

• to be a predator of beetles

• to eat the black rat that infested sugar cane

• to prey on another invasive species of plant

• it was not intentional but by accident

An increase of nitrogen runoff into lakes and streams can lead to

• an algal bloom

• an increase in fish population

• acid rain

• an increased population of Round Goby fish