Quiz: 5B

Forest reappearing after a forest fire

• Example of primary succession

• Example of secondary succession

• 3rd stage of succession

• 4th stage of succession

Formation of a volcanic island

• Example of primary succession

• Example of secondary succession

• 3rd stage of succession

• 4th stage of succession

Bacteria that convert the nitrates in soil or water to gaseous nitrogen and release it back into the atmosphere.

• Legumes

• Nitrogen-fixing bacteria

• Denitrifying bacteria

• Lichen

plants of the bean and pea family that play a major role in the nitrogen cycle

• Legumes

• Litchen

• Algal bloom

• Nitrogen-fixing bacteria

Climax community

• 1st stage of succession

• 2nd stage of succession

• 3rd stage of succession

• 4th stage of succession

Grassy stage (shrubs and small trees)

• 1st stage of succession

• 2nd stage of succession

• 3rd stage of succession

• 4th stage of succession

Animals appear

• 1st stage of succession

• 2nd stage of succession

• 3rd stage of succession

• 4th stage of succession

Primary succession (Lichens)

• 1st stage of succession

• 2nd stage of succession

• 3rd stage of succession

• 4th stage of succession

a special form of secondary succession that occurs when farmland is abandoned

• Ecological succession

• Primary succession

• Secondary succession

• Old-field succession

The rapid growth of a population of algae resulting in an evetual oxygen shortage that kills all of the aquatic animals

• Climax community

• Pioneer species

• Algal bloom

• Lichen