The Latin root per-means "through or during and the Latin sistere means "to stand." With this in mind, try to infer the meaning of the word persists as it is used in the final paragraph. Write your definition of persists here and explain how you determined its meaning.

Type the correct answer in the box. spell all words correctly. certain species of insects introduced accidentally in a forest are destroying all the douglas fir trees in that forest. the wood of these trees is extensively used for construction. in order to control the damage caused by these insects, the forestry department decided to introduce the moth caterpillar in the forest. these caterpillars are natural predators of the insects. which method did the forestry department implement to control the invasive species? the forestry department implemented a(n) control method.