Succession Review

1. Some ranchers use controlled fires to rid their grazing lands of unwanted plants. These ranchers keep their land in the early stages of succession which is best for the cows. What kind of plant would be the first found growing in the pasture after the fires?

• Trees

• Grasses

• Shrubs

• Ferns

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Lichens are

• A poineer organism.

• The last organism to grow in an area.

• Primary consumers

• Useless to the environment

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What kind of succession is shown in the diagram?

• Tertiary

• Primary

• Apex

• Secondary

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Which is the correct order for primary succession?

• oak trees, lichens, mosses, shrubs, pine trees

• grasses, mosses, shrubs, pine trees

• lichens, mosses, grasses, shrubs

• grasses, mosses. lichens, oak trees

A hurricane came on shore near Galveston; it destroys the dune climax community. Two years later, small grass plants appear along the edge of the sand dunes. What process is now occurring?

• A microhabitat

• Primary succession

• Biodiversity

• Secondary succession

The climax community is:

• Final stage of succession

• A biodiverse & stable ecosystem

• Also called and "old growth forest"

• All of the above

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What natural disaster destroyed the old growth forest in Washington state, May 18, 1980?

• Mount St. Helens eruption

• San Francisco earthquake

• Santa Barbara wildfires

• Hurricane Harvey

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Lichens must _____ weather rocks to form soil?

• Physically

• Manually

• Chemically

• Emotionally

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Which kind of succession takes a shorter period of time to occur?

• Primary

• Secondary

What community of plants represents for a climax community?

• Pine trees/softwood forest

• Shrublands

• Oak trees/hardwood forest

• Grasslands