Invasive Species Quiz

What are invasive species?

• Invasive species are plants, animals, and other organisms that are introduced to a new area.

• Invasive species are organisms that are introduced to a new area and cause harm.

• Invasive species are plants, animals, and other organisms that conquer a new area.

• Invasive species are organisms that are introduced to a new area and help its environment.

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True or False

Invasive Species have enemies in their new environments

• True

• False

Identify an invasive species to Louisiana.

Choose all that apply

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True or False

There are no invasive aquatic organisms in Louisiana.

• True

• False

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Choose all of the ways in which invasive species can be brought to a new environment.

• boat

• car

• planes

• intentional/accidental release

• train

When a water hyacinth dies, the process of decomposing takes ______ out of the water.

Choose all of the industries affected by invasive species.

• agriculture

• forestry

• fisheries

• health

• business

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What makes it easy for water hyacinths to reproduce?

• They absorb oxygen

• They multiply quickly.

• They have really good root systems

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Which of the following invasive species spends half its life in water and burrows near the water or on dead plants to sleep, eat, and reproduce?

• zebra mussel

• fire ants

• nutria

• water hyacinth

Which of the following are damaged by nutria invasion?

Choose all that apply.

• rice fields

• sugarcane

• levees

• marshland

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