Definition
A species that is living in an area where it is not naturally found.
What is a non-native species?
A big snake in Florida that eats native animals.
What is the Burmese python?
People move plants or animals on purpose.
What is intentional introduction?
Wild boars dig up plants and soil. This can hurt nature.
What is habitat damage?
Teaching people why they should not release pets or plants into the wild helps prevent invasive species.
What is Public Awareness?
A species that spreads quickly and causes harm to the environment or economy.
What is an invasive species?
This fast-growing tree from Asia spreads easily and can damage roads, sidewalks, and other plants.
What is tree of heaven?
Plants or animals travel in ships or planes by accident.
What is accidental introduction?
Some invasive species can breed with native species, creating mixed offspring called what?
What are hybrids?
Planting native plants and keeping the environment clean helps stop invasions.
What is habitat management?
A species brought to a new area by humans, either intentionally or accidentally.
What is an introduced species?
This small freshwater shellfish attaches to boats and pipes, causing big problems in lakes and rivers.
What are zebra mussels?
The climate changes and makes new areas suitable for species that weren’t there before.
What is climate change?
Invasive species can introduce this to native plants and animals, making them sick.
What are diseases?
Studying the effects of a species before introducing it to a new area is called?
What is Research?
A group of living things that are alike and can reproduce to make more of the same kind.
What is a species?
Introduced in the 1500s by European settlers as a food source
What is Wild Boars?
This environmental force can spread invasive species by washing them into new habitats, knocking down barriers, or creating damaged ecosystems where invaders can easily take over.
What is extreme weather?
Invasive species can take food and space from native animals.
What is competition?
Using traps, hunting, or chemicals to reduce invasive animals or plants is a type of what?
What is population control?
The scientific term for studying plants and animals in new habitats.
What is ecology?
A fast-growing vine that covers trees in the U.S. South.
What is kudzu?
People sometimes plant non-native flowers or trees in gardens just to make them look nice.
What is ornamental planting?
Some invasive plants or animals reduce the number of different species in an area.
What is reducing biodiversity?
Checking plants and animals before bringing them into a new area helps prevent problems.
What is Monitering imports?