Vocabulary
the predictable and orderly changes that occur over time in a community of plants and animals
What is ecological succession?
Sand dunes near the beach cover a large area of land.
a. Primary Succession
b. Ecological Succession
c. Secondary Succession
d. Colonize
a. Primary Succession
Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupted, laying down a new layer of ___________.
What is substrate?
Fill in the Blank: Even though a forest fire can destroy property and living things, it _________________.
Promotes ecosystem health.
The scientific study of the relationships between organisms and their environments
What is ecology?
During both primary and secondary succession, each community goes through several __________.
a. Vegetation
b. Pioneer species
c. substrate
d. seres
d. seres
The two types of ecological succession are ___________________ and _____________.
Primary Succession and Secondary Succession.
Ecology is considered ______________.
A branch of biology.
To establish growth in an ecological community.
What is colonize?
Lichen are the commonly the _______________ in most ecological successions.
a. Hardwood trees
b. Pioneer species
c. Algae
d. Ecology
b. Pioneer species
Pioneer Species include __________ and ________.
Plants and animals.
Interruptions are caused by______________________.
Natural events or human activity.
The series of changes occurring in an area where the existing ecosystem has been disturbed.
What is Secondary Succession?
Pioneer species grow back first.
a. Seres
b. Secondary Succession
c. Ecological Succession
d. Substrate
a. Seres
As a result in Glacier Bay, the repopulation of animal species _________________.
Has been a slower process.
At Primary Succession, it begins with _________________.
No soil base.
What is topography?
Choose the examples of disturbance.
a. Fertilizer
b. Volcano eruption
c. Potting Soil
d. Tornadoes
b. Volcano eruption and d. Tornadoes
_______________ was the first scientist to begin exploration of the area in 1879.
Who was John Muir?
The types of disturbances in secondary succession can be ________________.
Minor or major.