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Worksheets Name
Primary and Secondary Succession
Class
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Date
Instructor name: Hoa D
1. What is the goal of the pioneer species in Primary Succession?
a) To rebuild soil b) To kill the dead materials after a disaster
c) To feed Johnny d) To put fresh oxygen into the air
2.
What are examples of pioneer species in a primary succession?
a) A rose Bush b) Bushes and Shrubs
c) Oak trees d) Mossess and Lichens
3. After a volcanic eruption, lava covers the land. What is the order that plants grow to repopulate the
area?
a) Lichens → Shrubs → Grasses → Trees b) Grasses → Lichens → Shrubs → Trees
c) Lichens → tree → shrubs→Grasses d) Lichens → Grasses → Shrubs → Trees
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4.
the process by which a new community forms where no community lived before
a) invasive (non- native) species b) resource
c) primary succession d) competition
5.
What is the order of succession shown in this figure?
a) D, A, B, C b) B, A, D, C
c) A, B, C, D d) C, D, A, B
6.
What type of succession is shown going from figure A to figure B?
a) secondary succession b) primary succession
c) intermediate d) ecological succession
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7.
The picture shows what type of succession?
a) secondary b) tertiary
c) quadanary d) primary
8. Reaches a climax community quicker because soil is already present
a) secondary succession b) both types of succession
c) primary succession
9.
What is the first species you will see after a primary succession? (in picture)
a) small plants b) grasses
c) lichens
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10.
This is an example of...
a) Primary succession b) Secondary Succession
c) Utter and complete destruction! RAWR! d) Climax Communities
11.
A pioneer species is...
a) a large organism b) Abiotic organisms
c) The best organism d) the first organisms to adapt to a new
environment
12.
What is the most important function of pioneer species?
a) To create rocks b) Food for animals
c) To look nice d) To create soil and add nutrients to the
environment
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13. Succession that occurs in an area with NO SOIL
a) ecological succession b) primary succession
c) secondary succession d) pioneer speciles
14. Natural disasters such as flooding and tornadoes are linked to ________________.
a) secondary b) old field
c) ecosystem d) primary
15. What is formed during primary succession that doesn't need to be formed during secondary
succession?
a) soil b) pioneer species
c) climax community d) lichens
16. What is the term for the final stage of any ecological succession?
a) last community b) final community
c) optimal community d) climax community
17. What is the difference between a primary vs. secondary succession?
a) secondary occurs where there was no previous b) they are the same
community
c) primary ocurs in an area that was only partially d) secondary occurs in an area that was only
destroyed partially destroyed
18. What is an ecological succession?
a) Series of gradual changes that occur after a b) a series of changes that cause a population to
disturbance increase or decrease
c) an INSTANT change caused by a disturbance d) Changes that only happen when species die
19. Starts with BARE ROCK followed by lichen
a) secondary succession b) primary succession
c) both types of succession
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20. Which would cause a primary succession?
a) flood b) tornado
c) glacier retreat d) cyclone
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