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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- • A nonnative species is considered invasive if it causes environmental or economic harm in an ecosystem.
- • Salt cedar is a species of shrub native to parts of Eurasia.
- • It can also be found in the western US.
- • There, it increases soil salinity and lowers the water table.
- • It is considered an invasive species in the US. T
The student wants to provide an example of an invasive species. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
One way a nonnative species of plant could cause harm in an ecosystem is by increasing soil salinity and lowering the water table.
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Salt cedar is an example of an invasive species that causes environmental or economic harm in parts of Eurasia.
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In the western US, salt cedar is an invasive shrub that increases soil salinity and lowers the water table.
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A nonnative species that increases soil salinity and lowers the water table, causing environmental or economic harm, is considered invasive.
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