Explain how invasive exotic species are the second most devastating threat to biodiversity next to habitat destruction. explain your answer in detail (at least 5 sentences).

energy and particles

i wish i could with all of them i can barley see the first one so here's the answer to the first one b

it provides an alternative energy pathway for the reaction to proceed.

a catalyst is a substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction but is not consumed during the course of the reaction.

catalysts increase the rate of reaction without being used up. they do this by lowering the activation energy needed. with a catalyst, more collisions result in a reaction, so the rate of reaction increases. different reactions need different catalysts.

a catalyst works by providing an alternative reaction pathway to the reaction product. the rate of the reaction is increased as this alternative route has a lower activation energy than the reaction route not mediated by the catalyst.