Read the following passage. Then complete parts a and b.

Question

Lionfish are predatory fish who eat a lot of prey. They have very beautiful and interesting patterns as well as long, flowing spines along their fins. The spines are dangerous because they can deliver a poisonous sting. Lionfish are native to the ocean waters for Southeast Asia but not the waters off the coast North America. In the past few decades, fishermen and scientists have noticed that there are many lionfish in the waters off the Atlantic Coast of North America. People in North America, who probably bought the lionfish to keep as pets, ended up putting them in the water, and their populations grew rapidly. They are very harmful to the Atlantic ecosystem because they reproduce quickly, eat lots of native fish, and have no natural predators there.

(3 points)
Make a claim about the lionfish.

a. Claim: Lionfish must be
in North America because they are
North America and they have
on the rest of their ecosystem.

Question 2
b. Sort the following facts according to whether they support the claim from part a. All of the statements are true, but only two of them directly support the correct claim from part a.(2 points)
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Facts Directly Supporting the Correct Claim from Part a Facts Not Directly Supporting the Claim

Answer 1

a. Claim: Lionfish must be controlled in North America because they are invasive to North America and they have a detrimental impact on the rest of their ecosystem.

b. Sort the following facts according to whether they support the claim from part a.

Facts Directly Supporting the Correct Claim from Part a:

• Lionfish are harmful to the Atlantic ecosystem because they eat lots of native fish.
• Lionfish reproduce quickly and have no natural predators in North America.

Facts Not Directly Supporting the Claim:

• Lionfish have beautiful and interesting patterns.
• The spines of lionfish can deliver a poisonous sting.
• Lionfish are native to the ocean waters of Southeast Asia.