Invasive Species
What do we call a species that is not originally from an area and can harm the environment, other species, or human activities?
What is an invasive species?
What is the name of the place where a plant or animal naturally lives and gets everything it needs to survive?
What is a habitat?
What is the largest group of animals on Earth, with a hard exoskeleton and jointed legs?
Animals like octopuses and squids belong to which group of soft-bodied animals?
What is the second-highest taxonomic rank, just below kingdom?
What is a phylum?
What is the term used to describe the variety of genes within a species?
What is genetic diversity?
Name one negative impact invasive species can have on native animal populations.
What is reducing their food supply or competing for habitat?
This type of habitat is filled with trees, plants, and animals and receives a lot of rain. It’s known for its high biodiversity.
What is a rainforest?
This term is used to classify animals that have a backbone. What are they called?
What are vertebrates?
True or False: The classification order goes from broad categories to more specific ones, ending with the species.
What is True?
When a species has low genetic diversity, it is more at risk of what kind of event that can wipe out its population?
What is a disease outbreak or environmental change?
This type of invasive species is known to damage forests in Canada by eating tree bark and leaves, threatening entire forests.
What is the emerald ash borer?
Name one adaptation that animals in a polar habitat have to help them survive in cold temperatures.
What is thick fur, blubber, or white camouflage?
Animals that produce milk for their young, are warm-blooded, and usually give birth to live young belong to which class?
What are mammals?
Fill in the blank: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, ______, Family, Genus, Species.
What is Order?
Sometimes, a species can lose genetic diversity when its population size becomes very small. What is this called?
What is a genetic bottleneck?
Invasive species can spread to new areas in different ways. Name one common way they can be transported accidentally.
What is by ships, planes, or through imported goods?
This type of habitat is characterized by dry conditions, sand, and plants like cacti that store water. What is it called?
What is a desert?
Amphibians, like frogs and salamanders, spend part of their lives in water and part on land. What do they use to breathe in water when they are young?
What are gills?
If two organisms belong to the same genus but different species, which level of classification do they share?
What is genus?
Why is genetic diversity important for the survival of a species?
What is it helps species adapt to changes, resist diseases, and avoid extinction?
One strategy to control invasive species is by introducing their natural predators. However, this can be risky because it can lead to what unintended consequence?
What is creating new invasive species or disrupting the ecosystem further?
This term describes areas that are underwater most of the time and are home to frogs, birds, and many kinds of insects. What are they called?
What are wetlands?
This group of invertebrates, like spiders and scorpions, has eight legs. What are they called?
What are arachnids?
Arrange the following in order from broadest to most specific: Family, Species, Class, Genus.
What is Class, Family, Genus, Species?
The characteristics you inherit from your parents, like eye color or hair type, are determined by what?
What are genes?