Across
- 8. Some introduced species are beneficial such at potatoes and _____.
- 9. This species, native to the South Pacific and Indian Oceans have spread through the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea
- 10. invasives can do harm to native habitats, spread _____, and cause extinctions.
- 11. a species is considered invasive only if it causes this
- 12. invasive species are almost always spread by ______.
- 13. erosion, The U.S. government encouraged the planting of kudzu vine in the south hoping it would prevent this (two words)
- 14. these species cannot compete with invasive species
Down
- 1. One of the problems of invasive species is that the population can grow quickly without natural _______.
- 2. species, came from somewhere else and are considered one of the leading causes of global biodiversity loss (two words)
- 3. In the Florida Everglades, Burmese pythons are a problem because humans are releasing them into an environment where they have no natural ______
- 4. To minimize the damage caused by invasives, countries have _____ about what can and cannot be brought across their borders
- 5. In the 1930s, the cane toad was introduced to Australia to control these in sugar cane plantations. (It didn't work, the toad became the bigger problem!)
- 6. Lionfish prey on native fish and damage fisheries and coral reef _____
- 7. invasive species can take away _____ and water from native species.