Vocabulary
The definition of Succession
What is the process by which animals and their habitat in an area changes over time?
What is the difference between Primary and Secondary Succession.
In primary succession, colonization happens in a lifeless land that has not been previously colonized. Secondary Succession happens when animals and habitats change after a destructive force when recolonizing.
What is the significance of pioneer species?
They allow colonization to happen as they first shapes the environment.
What is preservation?
What is the first stage of succession?
Nudation
What is the colonization on lifeless land?
Lava from a volcanic explosion oozes down to the water. It soon creates land that turns into a community. Is this Primary or Secondary?
This is Primary.
When do intermediate species form?
After 5 to 150 years
What is the difference of preservation and urbanization?
Preservation is when organisms maintain the existing state of an environment while urbanization destroys that environment.
What is the importance of the first two stage?
Shows how the species progress and colonize.
The definition of Secondary Succession.
What is recolonization after natural disasters or other forces of destruction?
Give an example of a secondary succession.
Recolonization after a tsunami, wildfire, etc.
When do Climax Communities form?
After 150+ years
What are some elements of a Tsunami that allows nudation to happen?
Tsunami destroys everything in its path, which creates areas for animals to recreate and recolonize.
The definition of Urbanization.
What is the process of making an area more urban or fit for modern, artificial architecture?
Give an example of a primary succession.
Lava cooling, glacier retreats, etc.
What is the significance of the climax community?
It shows how recolonization leads to a more diverse and stable community.
What are examples of preservation?
What is the importance of the last stage?
It shows a now stable and functioning community?
The definition of Pioneer species.
What are animals that are able to adapt to the newly forming environment destroyed by natural disaster?
What specific elements of volcanoes allow it to be a driver of primary succession?
Wind → blowed spiders and other insects into blast radius
Lava → oozes out to cool into land
What is the difference between a climax community and a intermediate species.
A climax community is much more diverse with multiple species of organisms.
Preservation: Growing trees in low oxygen areas, putting a limit to cutting down trees, etc.
Urbanization: Building architecture in natural landscapes, taking down trees, etc.
What does this process represent?
A cycle in which colonization or recolonization happens after destructive forces.