Chapter 4 vocab quiz

The base, usually rock or soil, in which an organism lives.

• substrate

• ecology

• sere

• topography

The series of changes occurring in a newly formed, barren habitat.

• ecological succession

• vegetation

• substrate

• primary succession

The predictable and orderly changes that occur over time in a community of plants and animals.

• ecology

• ecological succession

• primary succession

• colonize

The plant life in an area.

• sere

• botanist

• ecology

• vegetation

The first species to populate or repopulate a barren or disturbed area.

• ecological succession

• primary succession

• pioneer species

• substrate

The series of changes occurring in an area where the existing ecosystem has been disturbed.

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• vegetation

• sere

To establish growth in an ecological community.

• colonize

• substrate

• sere

• primary succession

The wood from conifers or evergreen trees.

• botanist

• sere

• hardwood

• softwood

The scientific study of the relationship between organisms and their environments.

• botanist

• ecology

• vegetation

• topography

A scientist who studies plant life.

• botanist

• topography

• ecology

• vegetation