Natural Disturbances
Succession
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Miscellaneous
100

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, and forest fire.

What are natural disturbances/disasters? 

100

Theses are the two types succession.

What are primary and secondary?

100

What is an example of primary succession?

Volcano erupting and the lava forms a solid ground and turns into an island.

100

Forest fire burnin but leaves the soil and some plants.

What is secondary succession?

100

In 1988 a fire hit the__________.

What is Yellowstone National Park?

200

Natural disturbances can destroy ecosystems, but new, _____ will eventually establish itself.

What are stable ecosystems?

200

A new island is formed by a volcano. (no plants yet, what type of succession is this?)

What is a primary succession?

200

The first species to colonize(come to) a newly formed island.

What is pioneer species?

200

This is the difference between primary and secondary succession.

What is Primary is the establishment of life where life no longer exist & bare rock and secondary is the succession where life is still existing with soil? 

200

Secondary succession is slower than primary succession. True or False.

What is false?

300

After the eruption on Mount St. Helens, wind blew in seeds of _____ and _____.

What are seeds of grasses and shrubs?

300

After a forest is burned to the ground, the soil remains along with some plants, so new life can form.

What is secondary succession?

300

_____ and _____ breaks down rocks to form soil.

What are mosses and lichens?

300

Pioneer species are usually________.

What is fast growing and sun-loving?

300

How long did it take for Mount St. Helen to flourish with life again?

What is about 3 years?

400

On May 1980 the volcano _______ destroyed 500 square kilometer of land.

What is Mount St.Helens?

400

Theses are some types pioneer species.

What are mold, bacteria, and grass?

400

As soil builds up over time on a newly formed island, grasses begin to grow, followed by ___ and ___.

What are shrubs and sprouts?

400

Secondary succession receives boosts from_______ and _______.

What is nearby plants and animal survivors?

400

What kind of pioneer species breaks down rocks to make soil? Name at least 3.

What are bacteria, mold, mosses, or lichens?

500

Slowly life returns to a destroyed ecosystem. Large plants move in followed by________.

What are large animals?

500

A mature ecosystem that is mostly stable over time.

What is climax community?

500

1963, eruption formed an island called_______.

What is Surtsey? 

500

Change is ____ in a climax community until_________.

What is slow, a new disturbance hits?

500

What is the last thing that would appear on a newly formed island?

What is the arrival of big animals and trees?

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