Succession
Catastrophic Events
Texas Eco-Regions
WED
Groundwater/Watersheds
100
The pioneer species found in primary succession.
What is lichen?
100
The type of catastrophic event that occurs over warm water.
What is hurricane?
100
The name of the eco-region we are a part of.
What is the Gulf Coast Plains and Marshes?
100
The type of erosion that shaped beaches in the Gulf Coast.
What is water erosion by waves?
100
Lakes, streams, rivers
What is surface water?
200
The type of pioneer species found in secondary succession.
What is grasses?
200
Three types of catastrophic events that could occur in Katy.
What is floods, hurricanes and tornadoes?
200
The type of weathering that helped create caves in the Edward's Plateau.
What is chemical weathering (carbonic acid)?
200
This type of erosion creates a wide, U-shaped valley.
What is a glacier?
200
Carbonic acid that seeps into the ground and limestone creates these.
What are caves?
300
glacier
What is primary succession?
300
The type of catastrophic event that would contribute most to the erosion of soil in North Texas.
What is tornado?
300
The cause of nutrient-rich soils in East Texas.
What is large amounts of rainfall?
300
More of this is eroded when you have little vegetation.
What is soil?
300
Rocks that are better aquifers have greater ___________
What is porosity?
400
The proccess a pioneer species must be able to perform in order to change a bare habitiat into one that is suitable for other organisms.
What is photosynthesis?
400
Urban build-up increases the effects of this type of catastrophic event in Houston, Texas.
What is flooding?
400
The eco-region you would find evidence of volcanic activity.
What is the Trans-Pecos?
400
The 4 agents of deposition.
What is water, wind, ice and gravity?
400
Found between saturated and unsaturated ground.
What is the water table?
500
What scientists would measure in order to show that succession is occurring on a new island.
What is soil depth?
500
The scale used by meteroroligists to classify tornadoes.
What is the Fujita Scale?
500
Four factors used to distinguish eco-regions of Texas.
What is soil types, landforms, climate, vegetation?
500
Landslides, rockfalls and mudflows.
What are types of erosion by gravity?
500
Too much use of this can cause areas of land to sink.
What is groundwater?
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