Succession and Conservation

Can occur after a glacier moves through an area and scrapes away everything but the bare rock surface.

• Primary Succession
• Secondary Succession
• Pioneer Species
• Global Warming

Can occur after a mudslide exposes the bedrock.

• Primary Succession
• Secondary Succession
• Pioneer Species
• Global Warming

Pioneer species include moss, lichens and bacteria.

• Primary Succession
• Secondary Succession
• Pioneer Species
• Global Warming

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Can occur on old islands after a hurricane uproots all of the trees exposing soil.

• Primary Succession
• Secondary Succession
• Pioneer Species
• Global Warming

Begins in an area that previously did not support life.

• Primary Succession
• Secondary Succession
• Pioneer Species
• Global Warming

Can occur after a farmer abandons their fields because their children didn't want to be farmers. (Come on Old MacDonald, not everyone wants to be a farmer)

• Primary Succession
• Secondary Succession
• Pioneer Species
• Global Warming

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

It is much faster than the other type of succession.

• Primary Succession
• Secondary Succession
• Pioneer Species
• Global Warming

It is much slower than the other type of succession.

• Primary Succession
• Secondary Succession
• Pioneer Species
• Global Warming

Pioneer species include plants and grasses.

• Primary Succession
• Secondary Succession
• Pioneer Species
• Global Warming

This is a gradual process of change and replacement of the types of species in a community.

• Conservation
• Climate Change
• Succession
• Pioneer Species