What Is an Invasive Species

question 48

Multiple Choice

What is an invasive species?

• A) a nonnative species that often outcompetes native species, leading to their extinction
• B) a native species that evolves a new trait and occupies more ecological niches
• C) a nonnative species that enriches the species diversity of a new ecosystem
• D) a nonnative species that often outcompetes native species, leading to evolution
• E) a nonnative species that eventually becomes extinct

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Definitions:

Total Surplus

Total surplus is the sum of consumer surplus and producer surplus in a market, representing the overall economic benefit to society from market transactions.

Imposed

Refers to actions or conditions that are applied or enforced by authority or necessity without the recipient's active consent.

Total Surplus

The sum of consumer and producer surplus, representing the total benefit to society from the production and consumption of goods or services.

Equilibrium

A state in which market supply and demand balance each other, and as a result, prices become stable.