Catastrophic Events
An event that causes devastation to an ecosystem and can have short and/or long term effects.
What a catastrophic event?
Tree roots breaking apart a boulder are an example of ______________ weathering.
What is physical/mechanical?
This succession starts from bare rock caused by a volcano eruption or glacier.
What is primary succession?
Water underground
What is groundwater?
This will mostly likely to destroy plant life when a volcano erupts.
What lava?
Movement of weathered rocks and other sediments
What is erosion?
This type of succession occurs after a catastrophic event or disturbance.
What is secondary succession?
Water on Earth's surface
What is surface water?
A period without preciptation.
What a drought?
Dropping off sediment in a new location.
What is deposition?
These are the pioneer species in primary succession.
What are lichens and mosses?
Land formsation defined by highpoints & carries water to a lower elevation
What is a watershed?
Destorys landscape by movement in Earth's plates.
What is an earthquake?
Large amounts of water from a hurricane or flooding create _____________ .
What is an erosion?
What are grasses?
Underground source of water
What is an aquifer?
What is wildfires and floods?
The 3 forces that drives weathering, erosion and deposition.
What is water, wind or gravity?
This is the term for a balanced and stable ecosystem.
What is climax community?
Industrial, agricultural and residential activities affects the surface water and groundwater by ________________.
What is pollution?