“Why Manage Invasive Plants?” PowerPoint™Questions


Name:  _______________________________ Class Period:_____ Date:___________

 

1) How long has Florida had a problem with invasive plants? 

 

2) The two worst aquatic plant invaders are:  ____________________ and _____________________. 

 

3) Why are water hyacinth and hydrilla so hard to remove once they get started?

 

4) Define “maintenance control”.

 

5) Invasive plants are managed to:

 

6) To accomplish maintenance control, Florida water managers use a variety of methods.  Name and explain three methods:

a.

b.

c.

 

7) To accomplish maintenance control, Florida water managers use a variety of strategies.  Name and explain two of them:

a.

b.

 

8) How can increased public awareness about invasive plants affect the cost of maintenance control?

 

9) Throughout this lesson, there were several examples of a lake or river that had not undergone maintenance control.  Name two and explain what happens when invasive plants aren't maintained.


Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, UF/IFAS

A collaboration of the UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
and the Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Invasive Plant Management.
MS/EA 4/26/07
SSS: SC.G.1.3, SC.G.2.3, SC.H.1.3, SC.H.2.3, SC.H.3.3, LA.A.1.3, LA.B.2.3