Primary Succession
This is how primary succession begins.
What is newly formed or exposed rock?
This type of event can cause secondary succession to occur. It can be a fire or a flood.
What is a natural disaster?
Ouch! A mosquito is drinking my blood!
What is a parasite?
Fast reproduction, no natural predators, and ability to adapt are all characteristics of these.
What is an invasive species?
A relationship where the wrasse fish cleans out a sharks teeth.
What is mutualism?
These plants take over after grasses and weeds are established.
What are shrubs or small trees?
This green plant is one of the first organisms to grow after a disturbance to an ecosystem. Cows love it!
What is grass?
This occurs when two species benefit from a close relationship.
What is mutualism?
This is how zebra mussels arrived in america.
What is by boat or ship?
This could take hundreds to even thousands of years to complete.
What is primary succession?
Primary succession takes much longer than this type of succession.
What is secondary succession?
This is the final result of secondary succession.
What is a climax community?
This occurs when a caterpillar eats the leaves of a plant.
What is predation?
This is when an invasive species does a better job of getting resources than the native species.
What is out compete?
Birds often have a commensal relationship with trees by building these in them.
What are nests?
This is the final result of primary succession.
What is a climax community?
Unlike primary succession, this substance is always present during secondary succession.
What is soil?
A shark kills and eats a seal. A remora fish eats what is left over.
What is commensalism?
This is why ferral pigs were brought to America.
What is a food source in the early 1500s?
This species was brought to Australia to kill off the cane beetle. It has spread over half of the country,
What is the cane toad?
This pioneer species is actually a symbiote.
What is a lichen?
Secondary succession does not require this type of organism to occur.
What is a pioneer species?
This occurs when raccoons and chipmunks fight over food.
What is competition?
This species was brought to America from South America for the fur trade.
What is a nutria?
Humans have a mutualistic relationship with these microscopic organisms.
What are bacteria?