Succession Quizizz

What is the first species to colonize an area in primary succession?

• Trees

• Lichens

• Shrubs

• Mosses

What role do lichens play in primary succession?

• They provide shade for other plants.

• They break down rocks to form soil and fix nitrogen.

• They produce seeds for new plants.

• They attract animals to the area.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which of the following is a cause of primary succession?

• Deforestation

• Volcanic eruptions

• Urban development

• Flooding

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Primary succession begins in an area with:

• Abundant plant life

• No remnants of an older community

• Established soil

• Existing animal populations

What is secondary succession?

• Occurs where a disturbance affects the community without completely destroying it

• Occurs in an area with no previous life

• Involves the complete destruction of the community

• Happens only in aquatic environments

Which of the following is a cause of secondary succession?

• Earthquakes

• Wildfires

• Volcanic eruptions

• Floods

Why does secondary succession proceed faster than primary succession?

• It occurs in a desert

• Soil is still present for new plants to grow

• It happens in the ocean

• It requires no sunlight

What do ecologists believe about succession in an area?

• It always results in a uniform climax community

• It proceeds through different stages each time

• It produces a specific and stable climax community

• It never leads to a climax community

What does new evidence suggest about climax communities?

• They are always uniform and stable

• They are not always uniform and stable

• They never change

• They are always unstable

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What often reproduces the original climax community in healthy ecosystems?

• Primary succession

• Tertiary succession

• Secondary succession

• No succession