
Ecological Succession Vocabulary Quiz
Authored by Nina Clark
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5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The change in an ecological community over time.
ecological succession
Climax community
pioneer species
eutrophication
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When human use fertilizer, the runoff can end up bodies of water such as a lake or pond. This causes an excess of nutrients to be added to the body of water. What is this called?
ecological succession
Climax community
pioneer species
eutrophication
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When an ecological community has undergone succession and has become stable, no longer changing.
ecological succession
Climax community
pioneer species
eutrophication
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The first species to colonize a habitat.
ecological succession
Climax community
pioneer species
secondary species
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A pioneer species that breaks down rock in order to form a more compatible substrate for other, larger plants to grow. They spread their spores in order to reproduce.
lichens and mosses
primary succession
secondary succesion
aquatic succession
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Succession that begins with rocks.
lichens and mosses
primary succession
secondary succesion
aquatic succession
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Succession that begins with dirt.
lichens and mosses
primary succession
secondary succesion
aquatic succession
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