Native Species

These native Rudbeckia flowers are also called

• Brown-eyed Mary

• Red-eyed Harley

• Black-eyed Becky

• Black-eyed Susan

What term best describes an organism that naturally evolved in a particular region?

• Native

• Non-Native

• Alien

• Invasive

Invasive species can crowd out native species.

• True

• False

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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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A species indigenous to a certain region or ecosystem naturally is a ---

• Native Species.

• Accidental Species.

• Introduced Species.

• Invasive Species.

Invasive plants out-compete native plants for --- [choose 3]

• sunlight.

• water.

• oxygen.

• space.

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Kudzu has overgrown many parts of South Carolina and native ground plants have disappeared from the area. This is an example of ---

• Parasitism between kudzu and the native plants.

• A predator prey relationship between ground plants and kudzu.

• Competition occurring between the native and invasive species.

• Commesalism occurring between the kudzu and native plants.

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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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Which of the following best describes a native species?

• A species that has been introduced to a new area by humans

• A species that naturally occurs in a specific region

• A species that is found worldwide

• A species that is extinct