Ecological succession

What are the two types of succession ?

• Primary succession and secondary succession

• 1st succession and 2nd succession

• 3rd succession and 4th succession

How does Primary Succession begin?

• Begins in the mountains

• Begins in the oceans

• Begins in swamps

• Begins in a place without any soil

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What are Pioneer species ?

• Bare rock

• Flooded areas

• the arrival of living things such lichens

• the arrival of sunflowers

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When lichens die what happens to them?

• They are blown away by the wind

• They float down the river

• They decompose adding small amounts of organic matter to the rock to make soil

• They made flowers and animals

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What is secondary succession ?

• Where there is bare rock

• Where there is no soil present

• Where soil is already present

• where there is a flood

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What succession is represented in the photo

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

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In what order does Pond Succession move?

• forest >shrubs>dry land/ grasses> marsh > pond

• marsh> shrubs> forest> dry land/grasses> pond

• pond> dry land/grasses> shrubs > marsh

• Pond> marsh> dry land/grasses> shrubs> forest

First species to begin a succession

• lions

• cats

• dogs

• pioneer species

What is climax community?

• the final stage in a succession

• first species to begin a succession