Bellringer: Ecological succession

______is the gradual change in living communities that follows a disturbance.

• Biodiversity

• Invasion

• Succession

• Ecology

A/an______ is a group of organisms belonging to the same species that live in the same area and interact with one another.

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

What type of Ecological Succession occurs in an area that once had plants and animals, then there was a disturbance (like a forest fire) and now only has soil?

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Sucession

• Tertiary Succession

• Quaternary Succession

What type of succession occurs in an area that has no soil (i.e., lava flow or volcanic rock)

• Primary succession

• Secondary Succession

• Tertiary Succession

• Quaternary succession

What are the pioneer species for primary succession?

• Grass and weeds

• Trees and Shrubs

• Fruits and vegetables

• Lichen and moss

What are the pioneer species for secondary succession?

• Grass and weeds

• Trees and Shrubs

• Fruits and vegetables

• Lichen and moss