Environmental Change

A pioneer species is...

• a large organism
• the first organisms to adapt to a new environment 
• The best organism 
• Abiotic organisms 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What are examples of pioneer species in a primary succession?

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

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is the most important function of pioneer species?

• To create rocks
• To create soil and add nutrients to the environment 
• To look nice
• Food for animals 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

After a volcanic eruption, lava covers the land. What is the order that plants grow to repopulate the area?

• Lichens → Shrubs → Grasses → Trees
• Lichens → tree → shrubs→Grasses
• Grasses → Lichens → Shrubs → Trees
• Lichens → Grasses → Shrubs → Trees

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Reaches a climax community quicker because soil is already present

• primary succession 
• secondary succession
• both types of succession

Succession that occurs in an area with NO SOIL

• ecological succession 
• primary succession 
• secondary succession
• pioneer speciles

Natural disasters such as flooding and tornadoes are linked to ________________.

• primary
• secondary
• old field
• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is formed during primary succession that doesn't need to be formed during secondary succession?

• pioneer species
• soil
• climax community
• lichens

What is the difference between a primary vs. secondary succession?

• secondary occurs where there was no previous community
• they are the same
• secondary occurs in an area that was only partially destroyed
• primary ocurs in an area that was only partially destroyed

Which would cause a primary succession?

• flood
• cyclone
• tornado
• glacier retreat

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2