Greenhouse Gases
Succession
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Greenhouse Effect
100

What are greenhouse gases job?

Trap heat 

100
What are the 2 successions?
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 burning everything but leaves the soil.
What is secondary succession
100

The overall effect of greenhouse gases is this global trend.

Global warming

200

This greenhouse gas is the most talked about and comes from burning fossil fuels.

What ais CO2

200
A new island is formed by a volcano.
What is a primary succession
200
The first species to colonize a newly formed island.
What is pioneer species
200
What is the difference between primary and secondary succession
Primary is the establishment of life where life has never existed, secondary is the succession where life has existed.
200

This is the term for long-term changes in temperature, weather patterns, and seasons.

 Climate change

300

This gas is produced by cows and rice paddies and is over 20x stronger than CO₂.

(Second most human-contributed gas)

Methane

300
After a forest is burned to the ground, the soil remains so new life can form.
What is secondary succession
300
_____ and _____ breaks down rocks to form soil.
mosses and lichens.
300
Pioneer species are usually________.
fast growing and sun-loving
300

Melting glaciers contribute to this environmental issue.

What is rising sea levels

400

This GHG naturally cycles with the weather and helps form clouds.

Water Vapor
400

What are some pioneer species?

lichen, moss, grasses 

400

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

What are shrubs , flowers and trees

400

Why does secondary succession take less time than primary succession?

Because soil is already present, so plants can grow more quickly.

400

The greenhouse effect works by trapping this type of energy from Earth’s surface.

What is infrared (heat) radiation?

500

These gases were banned due to their damage to the ozone layer.

CFCS ( Chlorofluorocarbons ) 

500
A mature ecosystem that is mostly stable over time.
What is climax community
500

How do lichens break down the rock over time into soil? What is the process called?

What is weathering

500

Give one example of secondary succession happening in your local environment.

Answers will vary – may include abandoned farmland, areas affected by storms, etc.

500

This layer of gases surrounds Earth and plays a key role in the greenhouse effect.

What is the atmosphere?

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