5.2: Dynamic and Resilient Ecosystems: 7th

the series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time

• succession

• pioneer species

• colonize

• dominate

• community

when a biological community begins to live in a habitat/ecosystem

• succession

• pioneer species

• colonize

• dominate

• community

first species to populate an area (in nature)

• succession

• pioneer species

• colonize

• dominate

• community

when one or more species begins to have a greater population or spreads more over an ecosystem

• succession

• pioneer species

• colonize

• dominate

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

an interacting group of various species (populations) in a common location

• succession

• pioneer species

• colonize

• dominate

• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

a series of changes that occur in an area (ecosystem) where no soil or organisms existed

• mature community

• secondary succession

• primary succession

• disruption

after centuries, a community becomes well established

• mature community

• secondary succession

• primary succession

• disruption

series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but soil and organisms already exist there

• mature community

• secondary succession

• primary succession

• disruption

temporary change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem (such as a natural disaster)

• mature community

• secondary succession

• primary succession

• disruption

Lichen, fungi, and algae are growing in an area that has recently been covered in lava from a volcanic eruption. There are no other plants or animals growing there.

• mature community

• secondary succession

• primary succession

• disruption