14.5 Flash Cards Group A

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Succession

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is the sequence of biotic changes that regenerate a damaged community or create a community in a previously uninhabited area.

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What term is used to describe the arrival of new plants?

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immigration

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What are the first organisms to break down rock in primary succession?

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lichens and mosses

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_____ is the establishment and development of an ecosystem in an area that was previously uninhabited

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Primary succession

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The first organisms that live in a previously uninhabited area are called

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pioneer species.

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examples of pioneer species are

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lichens and some mosses

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Which process takes longer; primary succession or secondary succession ?

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primary succession