Notes Quiz: Succession and Biodiversity

The ______ between living organisms with their nonliving environment in a specific area is known as an ecosystem.

• interaction

• relation

• connection

• interdependence

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A ______ such as a hurricane, volcanic eruption, flood, or human activity can create an ecological disturbance.

• natural disaster

• cultural event

• urban development

• industrial accident

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All or most of the existing life is ______, and there are ______ in the soil and vegetation.

• removed, changes

• preserved, substances

• maintained, nutrients

• conserved, components

A lack of ______ and/or ______ will affect other consumers.

• producers, primary consumers

• consumers, decomposers

• herbivores, predators

• producers, scavengers

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Over time, ecosystems ______ and ______ in a gradual process. This is known as ecological succession.

• change, develop

• remain, collapse

• evolve, end

• slow, scatter

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Primary succession occurs when the ecosystem develops from ______ with no soil present.

• bare rock

• floodplain

• grassland

• riverbed

Primary succession occurs after a ______ such as a volcanic eruption, glacial retreat, or a landslide that exposes new rock.

• natural event

• man-made disturbance

• gradual process

• random incident

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The ecosystem will develop in secondary succession after a habitat is destroyed, but the ______ is still present.

• soil

• water

• vegetation

• seeds

Secondary succession occurs after a natural event or a ______ such as forest fires, floods, or farmland that has been abandoned.

• human activity

• volcanic eruption

• earthquake

• landslide

Pioneer species are ______ that modify the area and allow larger and more complex organisms to appear.

• producers

• decomposers

• consumers

• detritivores

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