Primary and Secondary Succession

The series of changes that occurs in an area where no soil or organisms exist.

• Succession

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

• Estuary

The first species to populate an area after a disaster.

• Pioneer Species

• Prominent Species

• Estuary

• Succession

The series of changes that occurs after an ecosystem has been disturbed, but where the soil and organisms still exist.

• Succession

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

• Estuary

The series of predicable changes that occur in a community over time.

• Succession

• Estuary

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

What types of organisms would be found in this stage of primary succession?

• moss and lichens

• grasses

• trees

• shrubs and low plants

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What evidence is there that figure B shows the climax community in this example of succession?

• The sky is a darker color.

• There are dead trees in the forest, but new trees are growing, so the forest community is stable.

• There are more trees in figure b than in figure A.

• There are more pines and other evergreen trees.

Primary succession begins in an area without __________.

• air

• wind

• sunlight

• soil

After a house is torn down, the land it stood on begins to have grass and weeds. What is this an example of?

• eutrophication

• climax community

• secondary succession

• primary succession

What is a pioneer species?

• the last species to evolve

• the first species to evolve

• the first species that colonize new or undisturbed land

• the first species that can be used for food for humans

The first organisms to appear during ecological succession are called ____.

• succession plants

• pioneer species

• climax communities

• primary organisms