Lesson no: 2

4.3: Intruders in an ecosystem

1. The species that developed in New Zealand were different from those elsewhere on Earth,

why?

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2. Differentiate the two terms below:

Invasive species Native species

3. Figure below shows few of the animals that were brought into New Zealand by humans.

State the purpose each of the animals were brought in.

a) Rats: __________________________________________________________

b) Sheep: _________________________________________________________

c) Rabbits: ________________________________________________________

d) Stoats: __________________________________________________________

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4. Figure below shows stoats that has overpopulated all over New Zealand.

a) State two characteristics of a stoat.

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b) List two species of native bird that undergoes extinction due to stoats.

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c) How are people in New Zealand trying to eradicate the stoats?

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d) State another reason for the extinction of native birds in New Zealand besides

stoats.

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