Question

Nonnative plants can take over areas that were once populated by native plant species.

Which abiotic process is least likely to cause the invasion of nonnative plants?

Responses

Flooding
Flooding

Change in temperature
Change in temperature

Dust storms
Dust storms

Melting glaciers

Answer 1

Among the options provided, **melting glaciers** is the abiotic process least likely to cause the invasion of nonnative plants. While flooding, changes in temperature, and dust storms can create conditions that allow nonnative plants to establish and spread, melting glaciers typically pertain to long-term geological changes and are less directly associated with immediate changes in ecosystems that would favor nonnative species over native ones.