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Test Description: Students will review ecological succession.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following are most likely to be pioneer organisms for primary succession?
A
small grasses and weeds
B
fast growing pine trees
C
small shrubs
D
lichens
2) What term refers to a final and stable community?
A
colonized
B
climax
C
pioneer
D
culminating
3) What type of succession occurs on a surface where an ecosystem where no previous ecosystem has existed?
A
old-field succession
B
soil succession
C
secondary succession
D
primary succession
4) What area is most likely to undergo secondary succession?
A
bare patch of rock
B
a newly formed island
C
area disrupted by a forest fire
D
an rocky area exposed after a glacier recedes
5) What type of vegetation would most likely be dominant on a piece of abandoned farm land after 150 years have passed?
A
short trees and shrubs
B
wildflowers and other weeds
C
tall, mature oak trees
D
lichen
6) What term is used to describe the first organisms to colonize an area?
A
predominant
B
pioneer
C
climax
D
successive species
7) Which of the following statements is true?
A
Secondary succession takes longer than primary succession.
B
Only primary succession involves a gradual change and replacement of types of species within a community.
C
Old-field succession is an example of primary succession.
D
Primary succession must begin with soil formation.
8) What word best describes the process of succession?
A
change
B
energy production
C
fixation
D
formation
9) Which of the following is the earliest step of primary succession?
A
An community undergoes a natural or man-made disaster.
B
Leaves and other decaying matter make soil rich in nutrients.
C
Mid-size shrubs and trees block the sun and use water needed by smaller plants.
D
Lichen and weathering help to break down rock into soil.
10) A forest type community was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. What type of succession took place afterwards?
A
pioneer succession
B
primary succession
C
secondary succession
D
old-field succession
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