Ecological Succession/Abiotic and Biotic

What is the gradual, sequential, regrowth of a community?

• Ecological succession

• Biomes

• Carrying capacity

• Conservation

Development of life in an area where NO life was originally present

• Primary succession

• Secondary succession

• Pioneer species

• Biomes

Development of life in an area AFTER life was disrupted by humans or a natural disaster

• Primary succession

• Secondary succession

• Pioneer species

• Biomes

The first species to thrive in a new area

• Primary succession

• Secondary succession

• Pioneer species

• Biomes

Biotic factors in an ecosystem include...

• people & animals

• water resources

• only members of the food chain

• plants, animals, and other organisms

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What is a living thing that breaks down plant and animal material, returning the nutrients to the soil?

• Producer

• Primary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• Decomposer

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What is a living thing that converts energy from the environment into sugars?

• Producer

• Primary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• Decomposer

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An individual living thing is a/an __________.

• habitat
• ecosystem
• organism
• population

The place where an organism lives is its:

• home

• territory

• habitat

• niche

an ecosystem consists of:

• all of the biotic factors in a given area

• the types of plants that inhabit a given area

• abiotic factors such as the sun, salinity, temperature, and weather found in a specific area

• all of the biotic factors and their interactions with the abiotic factors in a given area

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