Primary Succession
This type of succession occurs in an area with no soil, such as bare rock from a volcanic eruption.
What is primary succession?
Secondary succession occurs in ecosystems that have been ____________, but the soil remains intact.
What is damaged?
The ability of an ecosystem to survive, recover, and remain stable when conditions change
What is ecosystem resilience?
These are two things plants provide that humans use for eating and breathing.
What are food and oxygen?
Leonardo da Vinci's “Mona Lisa” hangs in what museum?
What is the Louvre Museum in Paris?
These are the first organisms to colonize a barren area during primary succession.
What are pioneer species?
The soil that remains after disturbances contains these and supports future plant growth.
What are nutrients and organic matter?
Ecosystems with greater species diversity are...
What is resilient?
From space, the Earth appears mostly green because this type of organism dominates and supports ecosystems.
What are plants?
What is the given name of the wrestler known as “The Rock?”
What is Dwayne Douglas Johnson?
Pioneer species are usually small and can grow in this type of environment.
What are harsh conditions?
Some plant seeds will only germinate after exposure to this during forest fires.
Answer: What is extreme heat?
What is extreme heat?
More plant species lead to higher _____ in the ecosystem.
What is stability?
Plants anchor ecosystems by supporting food webs, regulating water and nutrient cycles, and maintaining what part of the environment.
What is soil structure?
What Hong Kong-born actor and stuntman starred alongside Chris Tucker in the 1998 movie “Rush Hour”?
What is Jackie Chan?
As pioneer species die, they help form this, which allows larger plants to grow and increases biodiversity.
What is soil?
The stages of succession can occur in weeks in floods, but in forests, succession may continue for this many years.
What is 150 years?
High plant diversity helps ecosystems withstand disease, invasive species, and extreme weather events such as
What is droughts?
Removing plants can increase soil erosion, disrupt water cycling and weakening ecosystem resilience, reducing _______.
What is biodiversity?
What is Pythagorean Theorem?
The sequence of plant growth from mosses → grasses → annual herbs → shrubs → trees represents the expansion toward this final stage of succession.
What is a climax community?
Changes in nutrient content, moisture content, and pH during succession drive this process.
What is climax community?
High plant diversity increases the chance that some plants survive and the ecosystem can _____ after disturbances.
What is recover?
Greater plant biodiversity leads to higher ecosystem stability, productivity, and ________, which is essential for sustaining life on Earth.
What is resilience?