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ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION (PRIMARY/SECONDARY)

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7th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Some students take care of a vegetable garden. When it is time to plant in the spring, the students leave part of the garden empty in order to observe ecological succession.Which of these will most likely occur first?

Development of top soil

Growth of weeds and grasses

Growth of trees and shrubs

Development of a stream

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Read the passage and answer the following question(s). Directions: Use the information from this passage and your knowledge of science to answer any questions that follow.  Mr. Mac had his students conduct an experiment on ecological succession. He built a large 20-foot by 20-foot wooden box in the school yard and had his students fill it with fresh sand and rocks. He then had his students record weekly data on what was growing in the microhabitat over a twelve month period.

If Mr. Mac's students came back to visit the school twenty-five years later, and their microhabitat were left undisturbed, what would theymost likely observe?

The microhabitat would be barren because it did not occur naturally.

The microhabitat would contain only a variety of grasses.

The microhabitat would be overgrown by a large variety of bushes and trees.

The microhabitat would contain many varieties of pioneer species.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Both primary and secondary succession begin with pioneer species that —

change the area and make it safer from predatory organisms

invade the area so that new organisms cannot be established

modify the area and allow larger and more complex organisms to appear

use up all the existing resources and prevent establishment of non-native organisms

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Weeds are plants that grow in areas where they are unwanted. Often they spread aggressively and damage garden plants by competing with them for sunlight, water, and nutrients. The growth of weeds is the first stage of ecological succession, which acts to —

restructure a habitat and allow only the most hardy plants to survive.

clear-cut a habitat and allow only the smallest plants to survive.

bring water to a habitat and allow only the most water-loving plants to survive.

drain water from a habitat and allow only the most fibrous plants to survive.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Read the passage and answer the following question(s). Directions: The diagram below shows an example of an ecological succession in a particular area after a volcanic eruption. Use the diagram to answer any questions that follow.

Using the diagram, which organisms most likely produced soil first?

Mosses and lichens

Grasses

Shrubs and small trees

Hardwood trees

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Primary succession can occur on

NEW LAND AREA WITH BARE ROCKS

USED AND PLANTED LAND AREA WITH GEGETATION

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Secondary succession can occur on

NEW LAND AREA WITH BARE ROCKS

LAND AREA THAT HAS BEEN DISTURBED BY MAN, NATURAL DISASTER, OR FIRE

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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