Ecological Succession

Front

Which organism is the MOST LIKELY food source for the deer? Options: mountain lion, plant, hawk, squirrel

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plant

Front

Look at the food web of a pond ecosystem.

Which food chain shows the correct flow of energy in the pond 

of the food web?

Back

Front

Which of the following statements describes how consumers get food?

• Consumers are able to make their own food.
• Consumers must get food from other organisms.
• Consumers make food or get food from other organisms.
• Consumers use sunlight and carbon dioxide for food.

Back

Consumers must get food from other organisms.

Front

What prevents the small trees in the forest from growing larger?

Back

Less sunlight reaches the smaller trees.

Front

Consumers...

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Eat other organisms

Front

Producers are always at the __________ of a food chain.

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Beginning

Front

Which takes longer, primary or secondary succession?

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Primary Succession

Front

What are the species called that appear first during primary succession?

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Pioneer Species

Front

A pattern of change after existing ecosystem is destroyed, such as clearing for farming.

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Secondary Succession

Front

Primary succession takes ____________ time than secondary succession.

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