Ecological Succession

Previously occupied area is re-colonized following a disturbance that kills much or all of its community.     

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

• Lichen

• Political Succession

starts with bare rock

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

• Political Succession

• Royal Succession

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

secretes/releases acid that breaks the rock down into dirt/soil

• Primary Succession

• Lichen

• Hardwood trees

• Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

After a fire, nutrients are returned to the ground in the form of

• Hope

• Ash

• Lichen

• Moss

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Energy in an ecosystem is acquired by plants from the ...

• sun

• moon

• stars

• lichen

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the correct order?

• lichen, moss, grasses, shrubs, trees

• lichen, shrubs, moss, grasses, trees

• lichen, trees, flowers, moss, shrubs

• Shrubs, trees, lichen, moss, flowers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

How many types of Ecological Succession are there?

• 2

• 1

• 5

• 3

Secondary succession is caused by....

• catastrophic event

• volcano lava

• glacier receding

• san dunes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The end result of succession is...

• Climax Community

• Lichen

• Volcano

• Glacier Receding

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Primary succession begins with...

• Climax Community

• Hardwood trees

• Grasses

• Bare Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4