Chapter 3 - Bioaccumulation

Question 0

What is adaptive radiation?

Answer 0

Change from a common ancestor into a number of different species.

Question 1

What is natural selection?

Answer 1

Making change possible in living things

Question 2

What is ecological succession?

Answer 2

Changes that take place over time.

Question 3

What is primary succession?

Answer 3

No soil exists, only bare rock. Wind and rain carry spores of organisms such as lichens to the rocks, creating life.

Question 4

I am an the first organism to survive and reproduce in an area. What am I?

Answer 4

Pioneer species

Question 5

I am a stable and unchanging community. Who am I?

Answer 5

Climax community

Question 6

What is secondary succession?

Answer 6

The reintroduction of life after a disturbance that already has soil and was once a home of living organisms

Question 7

What are events that effect ecosystems?

Answer 7

Floods, droughts, insect infestations

Question 8

What is a native specie?

Answer 8

Plants and animals that inhabit the area naturally

Question 9

What are invasive species?

Answer 9

Organisms that take over the habitat of native species