Changes in ecosystems

Some damaged ecosystems can recover after a disturbance

• True

• False

Ecosystems only change slowly after natural disturbances.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The process in which organic matter and nutrients slowly build up in a body of water is......

• Succession

• Biodiversity

• Eutrophication

Select the natural disturbance to an ecosystem

• Clearing land for a new intersection.

• Cutting down trees in a forest for wood to build houses.

• A hurricane's strong winds blowing trees.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Changes in climate, development of disease, and human activity all impact an ecosystem and affect what resources are available to organisms.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Ecosystems eventually stop changing

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

The slow development or replacement of an ecological community by another ecological community over time is called......

• Eutrophication

• Succession

• Biodiversity

What are the two types of ecological succession

• Primary & Secondary

• Biodiversity & Primary

• Secondary & Eutrophication

The first organisms to live in an unhabituated area is called....

• Pioneer

• Primary Succession

• Pioneer Species

The number and variety of species that are present in an area is referred to as....

• Biodiversity

• Succession

• Climax Species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5