Ecological succession quiz

Last updated about 5 years ago

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Last updated about 5 years ago

18 questions

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Primary and secondary succession are different because secondary succession has what at the start?

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A) primary succession because it starts with soil

B) primary succession because it doesn’t have soil

C) secondary succession because it starts with soil

D) secondary succession because it doesn’t have soil

A) low nutrient requirements

B) deep root system

C) short heights

D) mosses, ferns and lichens

A) mosses, ferns and lichens

B) short grasses and shrubs

C) small, fast growing trees

D) tall, slow growing trees

A) tall grasses and slow growing trees

B) shrubs and fast growing trees

C) flowers and short grasses

D) mosses and lichens

A) secondary

B) primary

C) deflected

D) none of the above

A) primary succession only

B) secondary succession only

C) deflected succession only

D) primary and secondary succession

True

False

primary

secondary

primary

secondary

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Lichens		The first plants to grow during succession
Pioneer Species		The final, stable community reached during the stages of sucession
Ecological succession		An organism that grows on rocks and helps form organic soil
Conifers		A process of regrowth that follows an environmental change
Climax community		A tree that bears cones and needle-like leaves

 Select ALL of the answers below that are considered pioneer species for a primary succession.  

flowers

trees

mosses

bushes

lichen

grasses

 Select ALL of the answers below that are considered pioneer species for a secondary succession.  

flowers

trees

mosses

bushes

lichen

grasses

Which type of succession takes longer and why?

A) primary succession because it starts with soil

B) primary succession because it doesn’t have soil

C) secondary succession because it starts with soil

D) secondary succession because it doesn’t have soil

Which of the following is not true of pioneer communities?

A) low nutrient requirements

B) deep root system

C) short heights

D) mosses, ferns and lichens

Which of the following represents a climax community ?

A) mosses, ferns and lichens

B) short grasses and shrubs

C) small, fast growing trees

D) tall, slow growing trees

What would most likely be the dominant community found in stage I?

A) tall grasses and slow growing trees

B) shrubs and fast growing trees

C) flowers and short grasses

D) mosses and lichens

What are the functions of the pioneer community?

A) to make rocks

B) to make soil

C) to add nutrients to the soil 

D) both B and C

E) both A and B

The type of succession that happens from tornadoes is

A) secondary

B) primary

C) deflected

D) none of the above

Biodiversity increases in

A) primary succession only

B) secondary succession only

C) deflected succession only

D) primary and secondary succession

In succession, plant populations precede, which means to come before, animal populations.

True

False

A pond filling in with sediment is an example of ____ succession because there was no soil to begin with. 

primary

secondary

A fire is an example of ____ succession because there was soil present.

primary

secondary

Match the following words to the correct definition

Lichens

The first plants to grow during succession

Pioneer Species 

The final, stable community reached during the stages of sucession

Ecological succession

An organism that grows on rocks and helps form organic soil

Conifers

A process of regrowth that follows an environmental change

Climax community

A tree that bears cones and needle-like leaves