Ecology and Succession

End result of the succession process

• climax community

• climax vegetation

• climax species

• climax habitat

What are some population affecting factors?

• death rates

• age

• climate/temperature

• water

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Which of the following are examples of a density independent factors?

• forest fire

• seasonal cycles

• storms

• disease

What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A
• B
• C
• D

diagram that shows the energy available to each trophic level in an ecosystem; 10% is passed on to upper levels, the rest is lost as heat

• succession 
• cellular respiration
• energy pyramid
• biochemical cycle

This is the process that forms a new ecosystem where no organisms lived before.

• resource
• invasive (non- native) species
• primary succession
• competition

After a forest fire, an ecosystem would start regrowth through -

• primary succession
• secondary succession
• climax community
• limiting factors

What are examples of pioneer species in a primary succession?

• Bushes and Shrubs
• Oak trees
• Mossess and Lichens 
• A rose Bush

Which is an example of where primary succession could occur?

• a glacier melts and exposes new rocks

• natural fire burns a prairie

• a corn field is abandoned and left to overgrow

• flood covers a piece of land