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Invasive Species | WISE - Washington Invasive Species Education

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Invasive species are non-native species of animals, plants, microorganisms, or pathogens that take over the habitat of other species, forcing the native species to decline in population or to disappear from their natural environment. Invasive species tend to be highly competitive, highly adaptive, and successful at reproducing.

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To learn more about the standards, click here. To learn more about the NGSS Appendices,click here.

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Several adaptation unit/lessons.

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Are plants more toxic in the tropics?
herbivory, diversity, plants, insects, ecology, adaptation

Long before chemists learned how to make medicines in the laboratory, people found their medicines in plants. To this day, people still extract some medicinal drugs from plants. But, why do plants make these chemicals that are often so useful to people? Many of these chemicals are to reduce herbivory. Carina thought that this might differ by latitude, or distance from the Equator. Are tropical plants more toxic?

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Michigan State University

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Search Current Data Nuggets | Data Nuggets

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Title Keywords Summary Content Level Study Location Are plants more toxic in the tropics? herbivory, diversity, plants, insects, ecology, adaptation Long before chemists learned how to make medicines in the laboratory, people found their medicines in plants. To this day, people still extract some medicinal drugs from plants.

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Newsela | Male humpback dolphins woo mates by presenting sponges as gifts

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Evidence is mounting that dolphins use sponges as gifts and make music to attract mates.

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