3.2

Question 1

What is ecological succession?

Answer 1

process of change in the species that make up an ecological community over time.

Question 2

What is primary succession?

Answer 2

beginning step of ecological succession where species known as pioneer species colonize an uninhabited site

Question 3

What is secondary succession?

Answer 3

happens when a climax community or intermediate community is impacted by a disturbance.

Question 4

Pioneer Species

Answer 4

Species that colonize an uninhibited land

Question 5

Seral stages

Answer 5

The series of relatively transitory plant communities that develop during ecological succession from bare ground to the climax stage.

Question 6

Climax stage

Answer 6

The final stage of ecological succession attainable by a plant community

Question 7

Species richness

Answer 7

Amount of different types of species

Question 8

Species evenness

Answer 8

How proportionally species are spread out through a habitat

Question 9

Keystone Species

Answer 9

Species neccessary for a habitat to thrive and without them it wouldn’t exist

Question 10

Invasive Species

Answer 10

Nonnative species that take over

Question 11

Is a glacier an example of primary or secondary succession

Answer 11

Primary because there is no soil

Question 12

Is a forest fire an example of primary or secondary succession?

Answer 12

Secondary because there is still soil left