Practice Quiz - Ecosystem Stability

First organisms to establish themselves in an area are --

• invasive species

• abiotic components

• pioneer species

• parasites

Stable environment after succession has completed.

• adaptation

• pioneer species

• niche

• climax community

Pioneer species occuring in areas of primary succession are mosses and

• grasses

• wildflowers

• trees

• lichens

A type of succession where a ecosystem starts with soil, like after a forest fire or farm is called...

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• tertiary succession

• variable succession

Low species diversity; more time

• primary succession

• ecological succession

• secondary succession

• intermediate

The picture shows what type of succession starting with bare rock?

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

• quadanary

The picture shows what type of succession starting with soil already in place?

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

• quadanary

What are examples of pioneer species in secondary succession?

• Bushes and Shrubs

• Oak trees

• annual plants

• A rose Bush

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

• Lichens → Grasses → Shrubs → Trees

• Lichens → tree → shrubs→Grasses

A species that has been introduced to an area outside of its native range and has the potential to cause harm

• Native Species

• Natural Species

• Invasive Species

• Symbiotic Species