Ecological Succession Flashcard

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What does Primary Succession start with?

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Rock

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Which of these disturbances causes Primary Succession?

• Flash Flood
• Windy day
• Minor human construction
• Volcanic eruption

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Volcanic eruption

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Which of these occurs first in Primary Succession?

• Animals arrive
• Climax Community
• Small grasses and shrubs
• Large trees

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Small grasses and shrubs

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What does a wildfire start? Options: Primary Succession, Secondary Succession, A drought, Climax Community

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Secondary Succession

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Starts with BARE ROCK followed by lichen

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primary succession

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Ecological Succession

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The change an ecosystem experiences over time

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What is true in a climax community?

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They are stable for a long time, with the same species maintaining their population.

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The first organisms that appear in an ecological community are called

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pioneer species

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The picture shows what type of succession? Options: primary, secondary, tertiary, quadanary

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secondary

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Order of plant growth after a volcanic eruption covers the land with lava.

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Lichens → Grasses → Shrubs → Trees