Name:_____________________________
Date:_____________
Per:______________
WS 5.6: Habitat Destruction & Recovery
1. Use the pictures and the description to arrange the stages of succession in order. Record the order of the
letters on the cards from the earliest to the latest stages of succession. Complete the flowchart using the
descriptions on the pictures.
1. Do the cards show primary or secondary succession?
2. Explain how you can tell whether the cards show primary or secondary succession?
3. List some events that will cause primary succession?
4. List some events that will cause secondary succession.
5. What are 2 results of excess negative human interaction with the environment?
6. What is deforestation?
7. What type of succession will proceed deforestation?
8. What are the different ways humans cause deforestation?
9. Are most forest fires cause by humans?
10. Is fire a natural part of a forests life cycle?
11. Why is preventing of all forest fires a bad idea?