Invasive Species
This invasive species is destroying the Everglades
What is a Burmese python?
If this level of the food web is wiped out, all trophic levels above it will collapse
What are producers/autotrophs?
This is what it's called when one species rapidly evolves into multiple species
What is an adaptive radiation?
This is what its called when an organism's environment exerts pressure on it to evolve
What is natural selection?
This is the process by which the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
What is ocean acidification?
Invasive species often thrive because they lack these
What are predators?
This is the scientific name for an organism which must consume another organism to get energy
What is a predator/heterotroph?
This is the most species-rich group of animals
What are insects?
This is the name of the study of evolutionary ancestry and the tree of life
What is phylogenetics?
This group of animals which live on both land and water are especially threatened by climate change
What are amphibians?
For this question, name any three common ways by which invasive species are introduced to new areas
What is ballast water?
What is the illegal pet trade?
What is intentional introduction?
What is transportation in cargo?
This is the category of species that are so vital to ecosystems, they shape the ecosystem around them
Life on Earth likely originated near these
Underwater volcanic vents
This is what it's called when humans impose the selective force
What is artificial selection?
This mass of waste is found in the Pacific. While it is dirty, it is also home to hundreds of different species of animals
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
This species is venomous and destroying the Atlantic ocean. It likely escaped from an aquarium tank during a flood
What are lionfish?
This kind of species has a very specific niche. It thrives during periods of stability.
What is a specialist?
This is what its called when one species diverges into two species to avoid intraspecific competition
What is sympatric speciation?
This is the percentage of food at a typical grocery chain that has been genetically modified
What is 100%?
This is the total number of mass extinction events Earth has gone through, including the current one
Six
This invasive species was intentionally introduced in Hawaii. Scientists lost control of it and now it is devouring its own kind.
What is a cannibal snail?
This type of species has a broad niche. It thrives during periods of disruption.
What is a generalist?
This is what its called when a physical barrier splits a population, causing them to turn into different species
What is allopatric speciation?
This mechanism of evolution is centered around animals evolving to become more attractive to members of their own species
What is sexual selection?
Of all the components of anthropogenic climate change, this one is most directly responsible for species going extinct
What is habitat loss?