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A new species X is introduced in a forest. How is it likely to affect the local species of that area?

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Any new species may cause adverse effects on an ecosystem in which they are introduced like,
The members of the species may compete for food and other resources with the organisms of the ecosystem. Which may result in rapid decrease or extinction of a species which is important for the ecosystem to remain stable.

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A new species X is introduced in a forest. How is it likely to affect the local species of that area?

An exotic species that is introduced to a new area and spreads rapidly resulting in elimination of native species is called

Q. Assertion: When certain exotic species are introduced into a new geographical area not native to them, they start spreading fast without a check and are termed "invasive".
Reason: The exotic species do not have its natural predators in that area.

Q. Reasons that the population size of an exotic species often grows rapidly when the species is introduced in a new environment include which of the following?
(i) The exotic species is resistant to pesticides.
(ii) There is a large, underutilised food source in the new environment.
(iii) The exotic species has few natural predators in the new environment.

Q. The wave number of a particular spectral line in the atomic spectrum of a hydrogen like species increases

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times when deuterium nucleus is introduced into its nucleus, then which of the following will be the initial hydrogen like species?

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