Ecological Succession Review

What is ecological succession?

• A gradual change in an environment over time

• A change that takes days in an environment

• No change in the environment

• Abiotic changes in the environment

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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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A pioneer species is...

• a large organism in a new environment

• the first organisms to arrive and adapt to a new environment

• the best organism in a new environment

• abiotic organisms in a new environment

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What is the most important function of pioneer species?

• to create rocks to the environment

• to create soil and add nutrients to the environment

• to create beauty to the environment

• to create food for animals in the environment

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What is the difference between primary and secondary succession?

• Primary succession already has soil.

• Primary succession has soil and secondary succession does not.

• Soil is present in both primary and secondary succession.

• Primary succession has no soil and secondary succession has soil.

Why does primary succession take longer to reach climax community?

• Because trees do not perform photosyntheses.

• Because climax community is in a forrest.

• Because primary succession already has soil

• Because primary succession does not have soil

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Which is the correct order in primary succession?

• Rocks, Lichens, Mosses, Ferns, Grass, Shrubs

• Lichens, Mosses, Rocks, Ferns, Shrubs, Grass

• Trees, Shrubs, Lichens, Mosses, Grass, Ferns

• Rocks, Grass, Trees, Shrubs, Ferns, Mosses

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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What is an example of an area that is likely to undergo primary succession?

• Plants die from a drought and decompose.

• Glaciers melt and leave exposed rock.

• Land is bulldozed and soil remains

• Fire ravages a forest and soil remains.

What is the term that describes a steady and stable community with the highest biodiversity?

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• climax community

• pioneer species

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