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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.
- • Curly pondweed is a species of aquatic plant native to parts of Eurasia.
- • It can also be found in the northern and western US.
- • There, it crowds out native plants and impedes aquatic recreation.
- • It is considered an invasive species in the US.
- • The student wants to provide an example of an invasive species.
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?
In the northern and western US, curly pondweed is an invasive aquatic plant that crowds out native plants and impedes aquatic recreation.
A
One way a nonnative species of plant could cause harm in an ecosystem is by crowding out native plants and impeding aquatic recreation.
B
A nonnative species that crowds out native plants and impedes aquatic recreation, causing environmental or economic harm, is considered invasive.
C
Curly pondweed is an example of an invasive species that causes environmental or economic harm in parts of Eurasia.
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