“Silent Invaders” PowerPoint™ Questions

Name:  _______________________________ Class Period:_____ Date:___________

1) Terrestrial plants live on __________­­­______ land.

2) Aquatic plants live in, on, under or near the _________________.

3) Native plants were here _________________ Christopher Columbus arrived.

4) Plant species that arrived in Florida since the time of Christopher Columbus are considered to be ________________ plants.

5) More than 100 types of non-native plants cause ________________ problems in Florida.

6) Non-native plants can ______________ or replace native plants that should be here.

7) When a non-native plant species is able to spread on its own, causing environmental or economic harm, the plant is considered to be ________________.

8) Non-native plants can become invasive because they have no natural ________________ in their new habitat. 

9) An example of a Florida native aquatic plant is the________________ lotus.

10) An example of an aquatic invasive plant is the water _________________. 

11) Invasive plants should be disposed of in household ________________, never in a compost pile.

12) Never landscape your yard or business with ________________ plants.

13) ________________ in your neighborhood or community to help remove invasive plants.

A collaboration of the UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
and the Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Invasive Plant Management.
UE/EA 4/26/07
SSS: SC.F.1.2, SC.F.2.2, SC.G.1.2, SC.G.2.2, SC.H.1.2, SC.H.3.2, LA.A.1.2