Ecological Succession
What is Ecological Succession?
Ecological succession is the changing sequence of communities that live in an ecosystem during a given time period.
What is Keystone Species
a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.
All plants and animals in a area make up a what
What is community
A group of individuals living in the same geographic area is called…
A population
An annual movement of an animal to another habitat
What is migration
What are the two types of succession?
Primary and Secondary Succession
What are Trophic Cascades?
a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.
All food webs start with what
What is producers
What is it called when something changes over a long period of time
Succession
The reservoir that is most affected by carbon and climate change
What is the atomosphere
What is the first step of ecological succession?
Nudation
What is Bottom Up?
A trophic cascade that starts from the lowest tier of the food web/Chain
When something is removed or pulled away from a food web what happens?
They fall apart
True or False: During succession a population will only increase
False
The type of interaction in which organisms struggle with each other to obtain resources
What is competition
What are pioneer species?
Pioneer species are the first species to colonize a steady-state ecosystem
What is Top down?
A trophic cascade that starts from the top predator. of the food web/Chain
Name the order of the consumers from bottom to the top
What is primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers.
An organism that depends on others for food
A consumer
Here in Memphis,In order from least to greatest.which seasons are temperatures increasing the most
What is Summer,Fall,Spring,Winter
What are the roles of lichen, pioneer species?
Lichen grow on rocks,breaking them down into soil for other plants
Multiple Answers: Give an example of an effect the absence of a Tertiary consumer could have in an ecosystem.
Answers may vary.
True or False: The producers are sprayed with a chemical and the consumers eat the producers so the chemical are spreaded throughout all of the consumers.
What is False
Third component of an ecosystem from smallest to largest, which of the following :Ecosystem, organisms, Population, Community.
Community
Behaviors that help organisms get food, build homes, and protect themselves.
What is adaptation