Ecological Succession Lesson

What is succession?

• The first species to populate an area.

• Is the same of intereaction

• Is Disruption to the physical or biological components.

• The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time.

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 → Lichens → Shrubs → Trees

• Lichens → Grasses → Shrubs → Trees

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What are examples of pioneer species in a primary succession?

• Bushes and Shrubs

• Oak trees

• Mossess and Lichens 

• A rose Bush

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the process by which a new community forms where no community lived before 

• resource

• invasive (non- native) species

• primary succession

• competition

After a volcanic eruption, volcanic rock is present (but no soil). Label the following illustrations with the correct order of succession.

c

d

e

f

b

a

Shrubs and Bushes

Grasses

Large Trees

Small Annual Plants

Bare Rock

Lichens

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112.34.c.11.B

What is ecological succession?

• The process by which the structure of a biological community evolves over time

• The study of how living organisms interact with each other

• The recycling of nutrients in an ecosystem

• The migration of species from one habitat to another

Label the parts of primary succession.

e

d

c

a

b

grasses & shrubs

hardwoods

young saplings

bedrock

lichens & mosses

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

After a volcanic eruption, volcanic rock is present (but no soil). Label the following illustrations with the correct order of succession.

c

d

e

f

b

a

Shrubs and Bushes

Large Trees

Lichens

Small Annual Plants

Grasses

Bare Rock

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112.34.c.11.B

Select what kind of succession the following example represents:

Glaciers start to melt revealing newly exposed rock.

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112.34.c.11.B

Monday May 1st

Which type of succession begins with rock.