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Ecological Succession
Test Description: Test on Ecological Succession
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The first species to populate an area when primary succession begins are
A
small brush
B
grasses
C
lichens and mosses
D
trees
2) What is one difference between primary and secondary succession?
A
Secondary succession begins on new surfaces, and primary succession begins on soil
B
Primary succession is slow, and secondary succession is rapid
C
Secondary succession begins on soil, and primary succession begins on newly formed surfaces
D
Secondary succession begins with lichens, and primary succession begins with trees.
3) A series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time is called __________.
A
ecosystem
B
pioneer species
C
succession
D
climax community
4) A type of succession that occurs in an area where no previous ecosystem existed, soil is newly being created and new species begin to populate the area describes which of the following?
A
primary succession
B
secondary succession
C
climax community
D
pioneer species
5) Succession occurs
A
as one generation of organisms replaces the previous one
B
after a new food web is established.
C
as a previously existing community is replaced
D
only after a glacier retreat.
6) The final community to settle an area after primary succession is called
A
the primary community
B
the climax community
C
the keystone community
D
the pioneer community
7) When the settlers arrived in New England, many forests were turned into fields. Eventually, some fields were abandoned and then grew back into forests. This is best described as
A
niche realization
B
primary succession.
C
pioneer species formation
D
secondary succession
8) The kind of succession that occurs after a volcanic eruption covers an island with lava is
A
tertiary succession
B
habitat succession
C
primary succession
D
secondary succession
9) Which of the following represents the correct sequence that would occur after a glacier retreated.
A
rock would be exposed, grasses would show up, lichens and mosses would invade and then the trees would come in
B
rock would be exposed, mosses and lichens would grow on the rock, grasses would show up and then small shrubs
C
small shrubs would show up, rocks would be exposed, grasses would grow and the mosses and lichens would show up.
D
grasses would grow, rock would be exposed, mosses and lichens would appear, small shrubs would appear
10) Which event would most likely cause a huge drop in the diversity of species in an ecosystem?
A
A large volcanic eruption
B
A flash flood
C
A small tornado
D
A swarm of locusts (grasshoppers)
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