A species introduced to a new environment from a foreign ecosystem can cause problems if it adapts well and has no natural predators or competition in its new home, allowing it to overpopulate and disrupt the existing ecosystem. Factors like climate similarities, availability of resources and lack of diseases or predators will determine if an introduced species can survive and thrive in its new environment. An introduced species may eventually evolve into a new species through genetic changes over many generations as it adapts to its new environment.

1. What problems arise when a species is introduced from a
foreign ecosystem and why do these problems occur? If a
species is introduced to new environment, what factors
determine whether the species will adapt to its new
environment? Once introduced to a new environment, can a
species undergo changes that eventually create a new species
(speciation)?