What is a disturbance?

• Damage or destruction to a species.

• Damage or destruction to a building.

• Damage or destruction to the Sun.

• Damage or destruction to an ecosystem.

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Which of the following is an example of a natural disturbance?

• Agriculture

• Mining

• Pollution

• Volcanoes

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Which of the following is an example of an artificial disturbance?

• Settlements

• Lightning-Caused Fires

• Tornadoes

• Hurricanes

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What factor(s) determine an ecosystem’s stability?

• Resilience

• Resistance

• Both Resilience and Resistance

• Neither Resilience nor Resistance

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_________ is the ability of an ecosystem to recover after a disturbance.

• Resilience

• Resistance

• Renaissance

• Radiance

___________ both determines and improves resilience.

• Ecodiversity

• Biodiversity

• Monodiversity

• Tacodiversity

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_________ is the ability of an ecosystem to resist change from a disturbance.

• Resilience

• Resistance

• Renaissance

• Radiance

____________ succession is a series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time.

• Ecological

• Environmental

• Primary

• Secondary

_____________ succession is the succession that occurs on surfaces where no soil exists.

• Ecological

• Environmental

• Primary

• Secondary

_____________ succession is when community interactions tend to restore an ecosystem to its original condition after a disturbance.

• Ecological

• Environmental

• Primary

• Secondary