What Am I?
What is primary succession?
When new organisms or life grow somewhere where nothing is able to grow.
Name one way humans negatively impact the environment.
Polluting, driving, littering, clear-cutting, etc.
What is an example of primary succession?
Cooled lava, rocks, mountains, etc.
What is sustainability?
Meeting our needs without hurting the ability for future generations to meet their needs; using resources responsibly and not using them all.
What is secondary succession?
When a community regrows after a disturbance.
What does every food chain or food web begin with?
The Sun
Why is it important for an ecosystem to be balanced?
Many answers possible.
Name an example of secondary succession.
A forest fire, clear-cutting trees, a flood, windstorm, etc.
True or False: the energy moving up the pyramid increases.
False
Name a positive way humans can impact the environment.
Planting trees, helping animals, recycling, composting, conserving water, etc.
Name the first stage of secondary succession.
Pioneer stage
Name the primary consumer in the following food chain:
sun - grass- rabbit - fox - bear
Rabbit
Why is it important to care for ecosystems?
Many answers possible.