endangered, extinct, and invasive species

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

Why do the populations of invasive species grow so quickly?

• invasive species require more energy than other organisms

• invasive species are prey to many animals.

• invasive species have no natural predators.

• invasive species keep the ecosystems in equilibrium.

What classifies a species as endangered?

• It is at risk of becoming extinct

• There aren't a lot of them left

• It's arbitrary and doesn't depend on anything

• Climate change

An animal that might become endangered if nothing is done is considered __________.

• extirpated

• threatened

• extinct

• vulnerable

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

All members of one species in a certain area.

• Population
• Limiting Factors
• Immigration
• Birth Rate

The largest number of organisms that the environment can support. 

• Carrying Capacity
• Limiting Factor

Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are  __________.

• limiting factors
• wet
• messy
• found in rocks

If there is more food than usual in an ecosystem, then...

• Populations will stay the same
• Populations will decrease
• Populations will increase

which of the following is an example of an extinct species?

• Woolly Mammoth

• Tasmanian Tiger

• Megalodon

• All of the above

What is something that no longer exists?

• endangered

• dormant

• extinct