Invasive Species Quizizz

Biodiversity refers to

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

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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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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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Invasive species grow quickly due to the lack of predators, this leads to a decline or extinction of the native population. True or false? 

• false
• true

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Invasive species alter the ecosystem by _____ in number quickly. This leads to _____ food for the native species.

• increasing, less

• increasing, more

• decreasing, less

• decreasing, more

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Why do the populations of invasive species grow so quickly?

• Invasive Species are native to an area.

• Invasive species are prey to many animals.

• Invasive species have no predators.

• Invasive species keep the ecosystems in equilibrium.

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Which of these words does NOT describe an invasive species?

• alien

• intruder

• non-native

• natural

The primary cause of the introduction of invasive species introduction is ---

• too much food.

• human action.

• weather events.

• asteroids.

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Why can an invasive species be bad for an ecosystem?

• They can provide too much food for the other organisms.
• They can disrupt the natural ecosystem. 
• They can fight with other animals.