Succession Patterns

the process of change in the living parts of the ecosystem 

• ecological succession 
• primary succession 
• climax community
• pioneer speciles

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

succession that occurs in an area with no soil

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

succession that occurs in an area where soil is already present

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

the first organisms that appear in an ecological community

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

a stable ecological community that has reached equilibrium

• ecological succession 
• climax community
• secondary succession
• pioneer speciles

ends in a climax community

• primary succession 
• secondary succession
• both types of succession

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

species diversity eventually increases

• primary succession 
• secondary succession
• both types of succession

starts with bare rock followed by lichen

• primary succession 
• secondary succession
• both types of succession

occurs over time

• primary succession 
• secondary succession
• both types of succession

reaches a climax community quicker because soil is already present

• primary succession 
• secondary succession
• both types of succession