Ecological Succession Vocab

Factors in a environment that are non-living. Ex: air, water, temperature and sunlight

• Abiotic

• Producer

• Biotic

• Succession

Third in the order for the sequence of succession that takes place after secondary succession. Climax- the point when a stable, mature community undergoes little or no change.

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

• Tertiary Succession

• Quaternary Succession

Factors in an environment that are living. Ex: Birds, Grass, Worms and Foxes

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Eubiotic

• Unbiotic

The type of succession of an area previously occupied by living things is disturbed. Ex: Wild Fire, Tornado or human impact.

• Primary succession

• Secondary Succession

• Tertiary Succession

• Quaternary Succession

Succession that begins on newly formed rock or other areas that have no remnants of an older community is called ____________________?

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

• Tertiary Succession

• Quaternary Succession

What type of species is the first species to colonize barren areas?

• Climax Species

• K-Selected Species

• r-Selected Species

• Pioneer Species

______________________________ is a series of gradual changes that occur in a community following a disturbance. Ex: New land forming from a lava flow or after a wild fire

• Ecological Succession

• Consumrers

• Predators

• Herbivores

This type of species is dominate in an ecosystem at the end of succession. Ex: Hardwood trees in a forest

• Climax species

• Evolved species

• Bushes

• Pioneer species

The final stage of succession, remaining relatively unchanged until destroyed by and event such as a wild fire or human activity.

• Balanced ecosystem

• Primary succession

• Climax community

• Secondary succession

A type of symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship. Ex Clown fish and anemone.

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Predator-Prey

• Commensalism