Ecology Succession

An ecological community in which populations remain stable and exist in balance with which other and their environment

• Pioneer community

• Climax community

• Initial community

• Symbiotic community

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Which picture would come last and represent the climax community?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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After a forest fire, an ecosystem would start regrowth through -

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• climax community

• limiting factors

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Breaking News! A new island has formed off of Hawaii! What must occur for it to become an ecosystem?

• Secondary Succession

• Aquatic succession

• Primary Succession

• Ferns must grow

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After a volcanic eruption, lava covers the land. What is the order that plants grow to repopulate the area?

• Lichens → Shrubs → Grasses → Trees

• Lichens → tree → shrubs→Grasses

• Grasses → Shrubs→ Lichens → Trees

• Lichens→ Grasses → Shrubs → Trees

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Stable, final stage of succession

• adaptation

• pioneer species

• niche

• climax community

First species occuring in areas of primary succession are mosses and

• grasses

• wildflowers

• trees

• lichens

Succession type?

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• tertiary succession

• variable succession

Succession type?

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• tertiary succession

• variable succession

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Plant life starting to grow on a volcano

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• tertiary succession

• variable succession

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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