Changing Ecosystems

A pasture gradually returns to a forested state. This is secondary succession.

• True

• False

After lava covers the land, _________ occurs

• primary succession

• secondary succession

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Final illustration (#8) shows

• pioneer species

• climax community

• only biotic factors

• only abiotic factors

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A species that does not belong in a balanced ecosystem, comes in, and changes it (usually for the worse).

• flagnship

• umbrella

• invasive

• predator

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A community with interacting abiotic and biotic factors.

• Ecosystem

• Keystone Species

• Invasive Species

• Aquifers

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Land that is covered in water seasonally or permanently.

• Wetlands

• Aquifers

• Marsh Grasses

• Brackish Water

A species that plays a critical role in the health, maintenance, growth, or definition of an ecosystem.

• keystone

• invasive

• engineer

• predator

Saltwater Intrusion

• The movement of saltwater into a freshwater ecosystem

• When flood waters flood a city

• Happens only during floods

• Happens in rich soil

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Brackish Water

• No organisms live here

• Crystal clear water

• Transitional areas with a mix of saltwater and fresh water

• Muddy water

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How do beavers affect nonliving parts of ecosystems?

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