Invasive Species

3. Invasive species can make native species go extinct by ________ them for resources
4. Another word for invasive species
7. Term that refers to equilibrium in an ecosystem
8. Species that have been introduced into areas outside their native environment
9. When two or more organisms struggle against each other for limited resources in their environment
10. This is what occurs what one part of an ecosystem is disrupting, causing other parts to also be disrupted
12. A community of organisms and their environment
13. Biodiversity is the ______ of living organisms in an ecosystem

1. A species that has a very large effect on its ecosystem
2. Network that depicts predation and heterotrophy in ecosystems
5. Invasive species that outcompete native species for resources lowers the _____ of an ecosystem
6. Invasive species may threaten ______ species
11. Invasive species are harmful to ecosystems because they have no natural _______