Ecological Succession Review

What 3 things can cause primary succession to start?

• Volcanic Eruption

• Glacial Retreat

• Hurricane

• Formation of a sand dune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are the species called that appear first during primary succession?

• Pioneer Species

• New Species

• Alpha Species

• Mature Species

True or false: trees are a type of pioneer species

• True

• False

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

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-LS2-2

Final illustration (#8) shows

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3