BIOLOGY- Nutrient Cycles and Succession

What is the role of the pioneer species in Primary Succession?

• To kill any remaining organisms from before the disturbance

• To break down rock and rebuild soil

• To provide food for large animals

• To put fresh oxygen into the air

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What are examples of pioneer species in a primary succession?

• Bushes and Shrubs

• Oak trees

• Mossess and Lichens

• A rose Bush

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After a volcanic eruption, lava covers the land. What is the order that plants grow to repopulate the area?

• Lichens → Shrubs → Grasses → Trees

• Lichens → tree → shrubs→Grasses

• Grasses → Lichens → Shrubs → Trees

• Lichens → Grasses → Shrubs → Trees

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The forest in panel #8 is a...

• pioneer species

• climax community

• tertiary community

• intermediate species

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Starts with BARE ROCK followed by lichen

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• both types of succession

succession that occurs in an area where soil is already present

• ecological succession 
• primary succession 
• secondary succession
• pioneer speciles

a stable ecological community that has reached equilibrium

• ecological succession 
• climax community
• secondary succession
• pioneer speciles

This is an example of...

• Secondary Succession
• Primary succession
• Utter and complete destruction! RAWR!
• Climax Communities

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All of the following contribute directly to soil formation EXCEPT

• lichens

• decomposition of organisms

• volcanic eruptions

• erosion of rock by weather

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Which of the following is NOT a pioneer species?

• Shrubs

• Lichen

• Mosses

• Fungi