Sequence of Primary and Secondary Succession

a process that develops a biotic community in a previously uninhabited and barren habitat with little or no soil

• Primary succession

• Secondary succession

• Biodiversity

• Pioneer species

a process started by an event that reduces an already established ecosystem to a smaller population of species

• Primary succession

• Secondary succession

• Equilibrium

• Sustainability

the changing sequence of communities that live in an ecosystem during a given time period

• Primary succession

• climax community

• ecological succession

• secondary succession

• pioneer species

a process that develops a biotic community in a previously uninhabited and barren habitat with little or no soil

• Primary succession

• climax community

• ecological succession

• secondary succession

• pioneer species

a process started by an event that reduces an already established ecosystem to a smaller population of species

• Primary succession

• climax community

• ecological succession

• secondary succession

• pioneer species

A group of hardy organisms, such as lichens, found in the primary stage of succession and begin an area's soil-building process.

• equilibrium

• climax community

• pioneer species

• secondary species

Occurs when a community has been partially destroyed after a forest fire, flood, and drought. This succession still has soil remaining.

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• ecological succession

• climax community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A community of lichen and moss growing on an area after a glacier retraction.

• pioneer species

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• climax communities

Which of the following represents secondary succession

• lichen on rocks

• plants growing on sand dunes

• moss growing on volcanic lava

• plants growing in a forest after a fire

Which of the following is considered secondary succession?

• an abandoned field

• cooled lava flow

• a forest destroyed by fire

• a community destroyed by a tornado

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4