Ecological Succession Vocabulary Quiz

The change in an ecological community over time.

• ecological succession

• Climax community

• pioneer species

• eutrophication

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

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When an ecological community has undergone succession and has become stable, no longer changing.

• ecological succession

• Climax community

• pioneer species

• eutrophication

The first species to colonize a habitat.

• ecological succession

• Climax community

• pioneer species

• secondary species

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

Succession that begins with rocks.

• lichens and mosses

• primary succession

• secondary succesion

• aquatic succession

Succession that begins with dirt.

• lichens and mosses

• primary succession

• secondary succesion

• aquatic succession

Succession that occurs in places such as a pond, river, or lake.

• lichens and mosses

• primary succession

• secondary succesion

• aquatic succession

Which type of succession is occurring in the image?

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• ecological succession

• aquatic succession

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Which image shows the beginning of primary succession?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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