Types of Species

Species that is NOT native to a specific location AND has a tendency to spread/damage the environment:

• native species

• invasive species

• endemic species

• exotic species

• extinct species

Species that are crucial to the functioning of an ecosystem

• keystone species

• exotic species

• invasive species

• indicator species

• endangered species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Native to a particular place and is ONLY found there.

• keystone species

• native species

• indicator species

• endemic species

• extinct species

Species that is NOT native to a particular region.

• exotic species

• endangered species

• native species

• endemic species

• indicator species

Species that normally lives and thrives in a particular area.

• keystone species

• endangered species

• native species

• indicator species

• extinct species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

An organism whose presence, absence or abundance reflects a specific environmental condition:

• keystone species

• exotic species

• indicator species

• native species

• endangered species

Identified as in danger of extinction.

• endemic species

• endangered species

• exotic species

• native species

• indicator species

Type of biodiversity that refers to all the differences between populations of species as well as between different species.

• ecosystem diversity

• genetic diversity

• species diversity

• none of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which type of species occupies a broad niche and can live in many different places?

• Generalist species

• Specialist species

• Native species

• Nonnative species

What is the term for species that may only eat one or a few types of food or tolerate a narrow range of environmental conditions?

• Specialist species

• Generalist species

• Nonnative species

• Native species