Ecological Succession

First species to arrive in an area

• invasive species
• abiotic components
• pioneer species
• parasites

Series of changes where other organisms have not previously lived

• primary succession
• secondary succession
• commensalism
• competition

Series of changes where an existing community is destroyed

• primary succession
• secondary succession
• commensalism
• competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Stable, final stage of succession

• adaptation
• pioneer species
• niche
• climax community

First species occuring in areas of primary succession are mosses and

• grasses
• wildflowers
• trees
• lichens

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Succession type?

• primary succession
• secondary succession
• tertiary succession
• variable succession

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Succession type?

• primary succession
• secondary succession
• tertiary succession
• variable succession

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Final illustration (#8) shows

• pioneer species
• climax community
• only biotic factors
• only abiotic factors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Plant life starting to grow on a volcano

• primary succession
• secondary succession
• tertiary succession
• variable succession

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is ecological succession?

• A slow change in an environment
• A change that takes days in an environment
• No change
• Abiotic change

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4