Ecological Succession

What can you assume is true about erosion in the Pineywoods region of Texas?

• A. The falling leaves supply nutrients to the soil.

• B. The plants soak up all the weather drying the soil, leaving the soil exposed to erosion.

• C. There is little soil erosion due to abundant vegetation.

• D. There is heavy soil erosion due to very little vegetation.

What type of physical weathering occurs at enchanted rock?

• a. Abrasion

• b. Exfoliation

• c. Plant growth

• d. Animal action

Type the missing one: What are 4 causes of erosion (movement of sediment from one place to another)?

1. (a)  

2. 2. Running water

2. 3. wind

3. 4. glaciers

Which ecoregion would a hurricane most affect?

• a. Gulf coast prairies and marshes ecoregion

• b. Trans pecos ecoregion

• c. Edwards plateau

• d. Post oak savannah

Which ecoregion has high amounts of wind erosion?

• a. Gulf coast prairies and marshes ecoregion

• b. Trans pecos ecoregion

• c. Edwards plateau

• d. Post oak savannah

Are abrasion, exfoliation, plant growth, animal action and ice wedging examples of physical OR chemical weathering?

• physical
• chemical

Are living organisms, acid rain, carbonation, water and oxidation examples of physical OR chemical weathering?

• physical

• chemical

What does the process of carbonation produce?

• a. Underground caves and sinkholes

• b. Water

• c. carbon dioxide

• d. gravity

What kind of catastrophic event can occur WITH an earthquake?

• a. Hurricanes

• b. Wildfires

• c. Tornado

• d. Tsunamis

Which type of succession begins with NO life and NO soil?

• a. Primary Succession

• b. Secondary succession

• c. Climax succession

• d. Pioneer succession