Ecological Succession — Definition & Diagrams
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- How Plant Communities Regrow After a Disaster When a landscape is disturbed, plants and animals may be completely gone or severely impeded in their growth. A new plant community…
By Aaron Lauer, Alex Federspiel, Deena Hauze, Mario Janakis, Valeri Natole
- What Is Ecological Succession? Communities often have to deal with disturbances. These events negatively affect their relationships and environment. Disturbances can be anything…
By Deena Hauze, Alex Federspiel, Valeri Natole, Mario Janakis, Gabi Slizewska
- What Is Primary Succession? When primary succession starts, there are no plants or animals in a given space. This kind of succession can happen after a glacier passes through. O…
By Sarah Morgan, Alex Federspiel, Deena Hauze, Valeri Natole, Mario Janakis
- (Video) Ecological Succession: Change is Good by CrashCourse Succession is the process through which plants take over new land after some disturbance destroys plant and animal p…
By Mario Janakis, Gabi Slizewska, Valeri Natole
Problems 20
- True or False\text{True or False}True or False === Examine the picture above. Which of the following statements is true?
- Which of the following are pioneer species in primary succession?
- Which of the following landscapes is least likely to undergo primary succession?
- What is the final group of organisms that inhabit an environment called?
- Which species would likely be the first to inhabit a "dead" environment after a major ecological disturbance?
- Which species would be most likely to inhabit an environment that had been completely destroyed from a volcanic eruption first?
- Look at the chart above that describes succession over time. Which explanation best describes the trends seen in the chart?
- Select the answers that correctly match the definition to the term.
- Why is primary succession "primary"?
- Why is secondary succession "secondary"?
- Why are pioneer species good at colonizing new areas? Choose all correct answers.
- A forest is bulldozed by a construction company. The construction company goes bankrupt and never builds on that land. Over time, the bulldozed area has plants that grow back. W…
- A volcano erupts and sends a flow of lava down a mountain. The lava flow flattens a farm and sets the nearby forest on fire. Some small trees and shrubs survive the forest fire …
- A glacier passes through the tundra and gouges out all the land beneath it. Over a long period of time, the glacier leaves and the land left behind grows plants. What type of su…
- You are working in a garden. Usually, the garden grows corn and wheat. You have to keep picking out weeds that grow in the garden. What type of succession are the weeds trying t…
- Could there be large trees around at the beginning of primary succession?
- Imagine two situations. In the first, a person goes out to an empty plot of land. They bring in lumber and other supplies. Eventually, they build a house, or environment, that t…
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- While hiking in the Arctic, you find a large expanse of stone. On the stone are many small lichens and mosses. What kind of ecological succession are you most likely witnessing?
- You are walking through a forest. You notice that a lot of trees were cut down by a logging company. Some smaller plants around the tree stumps are growing. What type of ecologi…