Chapter 5, Section 2 Vocabulary and Content

The normally gradual change in species competition in a given area is called ______ _______

• resilience factor

• inertia

• volcanic eruption

• ecological succession.

Ecological ________ is the ability of an ecosystem to survive moderate disturbances.

• resilience

• inertia

• succession

• stability

Most rapid form of ecological succession.

• primary

• resilience

• secondary

• inertia

Ecological succession which starts without soil, usually on bare rock or cooled lava.

• secondary succession

• primary succession

• inertia

• resilience

The two aspects of stabilityin ecosystems are resilience and _______.

• resilience

• succession

• inertia

• topography

Ecological ___________is the abilityof an ecosystem to be restored through secondary ecological succession.

• inertia

• resilience

• succession

• stability

___________ ecological succession occurs when there is some soil or bottom sediment remaining after a disturbance.

• Primary

• inertia

• resilience

• Secondary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Lichens are an example of a ____________ species.

• resilience

• inertia

• pioneer

• primary

Identify which type of succession occurs in an abandoned farm field.

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

• Resilience Succession

• Inertia

Ecological inertia also means _______.

• resistance

• persistence

• resilience

• survival