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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the order of succession shown in this figure?A, B, C, DB, A, D, CC, D, A, BD, A, B, C - 2. Multiple Choice
What type of succession is shown going from figure A to figure B? (If you look closely around Spencer County, you will see this in many abandoned/unused fields.)
primary succession
ecological succession
secondary succession
intermediate
- 3. Multiple ChoiceAfter a volcanic eruption, lava covers the land. What is the order that plants grow to repopulate the area?Lichens → Shrubs → Grasses → TreesLichens → tree → shrubs→GrassesGrasses → Lichens → Shrubs → TreesLichens → Grasses → Shrubs → Trees
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the correct order from oldest (happened first) to youngest (happened last) in this pond succession?A, B, C, DD, C, B, AB, A, D, CC, D, A, B
- 5. Multiple ChoiceFinal illustration (#8) showspioneer speciesclimax communityonly biotic factorsonly abiotic factors
- 6. Multiple Choice
This photo is an example of ___ because soil will have to form again before a new community can form. (Much like what is currently happening in Hawaii.)
Secondary Succession
Primary succession
Utter and complete destruction! RAWR!
Climax Communities
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the most important function of pioneer species?To create rocksTo create soil and add nutrients to the environmentTo look niceFood for animals
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe limits in which an organism can live and thrive is known aszonesHigh zoneLow zoneRange of tolerance
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAny thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as __________.a limiting measurea limiting factorfactorizationmaterialization of precipitation
- 10. Multiple Choice
A hurricane hits coastal prairie and destroys the habitat. Years later there is an appearance of small plants with rapidly spreading roots on newly formed coastal sand dunes. The vegetation describes-
a microhabitat
primary succession
secondary succession
biodiversity
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe following natural events will cause primary succession to occur:floods and hurricaneswildfires and controlled burnstsunamis and tornadoesglacier movement and volcanoes
- 12. Multiple Choice
Brine shrimp can live in water that goes from slightly salty to very salty. Brine shrimp live BEST in water that is mildly salty. Mildly salty water would be considered the bring shrimp's
range of tolerence
aquatic environment
terrestrial environment
optimum range
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the distinction between a zone of tolerance and a limiting factor?Limiting factors are biotic or abioitc things that limit growth, range of tolerance defines the factors in which an organism can survive.The Range of tolerances are biotic or abioitc things that limit growth, limiting factors defines the factors in which an organism can survive.They define the same ideaBoth refer to the growth of species populations, limiting factors are only biotic factors, range of tolerance defines abiotic factors
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat range of tolerance factors could be shown for butterflies with this graph?temperaturesunlightcloudinesswater
- 15. Multiple Choice
On a Range of Tolerance graph, what is the zone called where only a few organisms are?
Zone of Intolerance
Optimum Zone
Zone of Physiological Stress
Population Zone
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