practice keystone species

A species that plays a critical role in the health, maintenance, growth, or definition of an ecosystem.

• keystone

• invasive

• engineer

• predator

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Two or more species that engage in mutually beneficial interactions.

• mutualists

• engineers

• invasives

• predators

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A species that does not belong in a balanced ecosystem, comes in, and changes it (usually for the worse).

• flagnship

• umbrella

• invasive

• predator

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A species that helps to manage prey populations, which in turn controls the ecosystem's producers (vegetation).

• predator

• keystone

• engineer

• mutualist

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A species whose behavior contributes to the physical geography of their habitat, making or modifying habitat.

• engineer

• predator

• keystone

• umbrella

What is species diversity?

• the different animals in an area

• the different habitats in an area

• the different plants in an area

• the different living things (plants and animals) in an area

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is an invasive species?

• an organism that IS native to an area and causes harm to the environment/humans

• an organism that is NOT native to an area and causes harm to the environment/humans

• an organism that is NOT native to an area and helps the environment/humans

• an organism that IS native to an area and helps the environment/humans

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A species that is not native to an area is called: 

• Native Species
• Natural Species
• Invasive Species
• Symbiotic Species

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 natural predators.

• Invasive species keep the ecosystems in equilibrium.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which of these words does NOT describe an invasive species?

• alien

• intruder

• non-native

• natural