10.2

Question 1

Process of how the community changes over time

Answer 1

Ecological Succession

Question 2

Succession starting with barren rock

Answer 2

Primary Succession

Question 3

Starting after an enviroment is destroyed leaving a layer of soil.

Answer 3

Secondary Succession

Question 4

The first colonizers: lichens, mossess, ferns, and bacteria

Answer 4

Pioneer Community

Question 5

As soil improves, the life forms, and goes under many changes known as…

Answer 5

Seral Stages

Question 6

A mature forest

Answer 6

Climax Ecosystem

Question 7

The number of species

Answer 7

Species Richness

Question 8

How similar the abundance of different species are

Answer 8

Species Eveness

Question 9

Amount of genetic variation between individuals in the population

Answer 9

Gentetic Diveristy

Question 10

How to find Shannon-Wiener Index

Answer 10

Determined by both the number of speiceis and the even distribution of indiciduals amoung these species. H= - SUM of (n1/N times the log of n1/n)

n1= indivudals in one species
N= total number accross all species.