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Quiz: Ecological Succession
1. A pine forest on the coast is destroyed by a tsunami. After the tsunami small plants began to grow followed
by some small trees and shrubs. Eventually over a time period of 75 years, the pines
return and over the
next 25 years, oak trees replace the pine trees.
In this scenario, what is the tsunami?
a. Climax Community
b. Secondary Succession
c. Primary Succession
d. Disturbance
2. A pine forest on the coast is destroyed by a tsunami. After the tsunami small plants began to grow followed by
some small trees and shrubs. Eventually over a time period of 75 years, the pines
return and over the next 25
years, oak trees replace the pine trees.
In this scenario, what is the oak forest?
a. Primary Succession
b. Disturbance
c. Climax Community
d. Secondary Succession
3. A glacier recedes due to global warming and exposes bare granite stone. During the summer the stone begins to
grown lichen and mosses. After several decades and numerous generations of the lichen and mosses, grasses
began to grown. Over the next 50 years these grasses are joined by shrubs, followed by small trees, a fast
growing evergreen forest, and finally a hickory forest.
The lichen and mosses in this scenario would be considered what?
a. Pioneer Species
b. Primary Succession
c. Secondary Succession
d. Climax Community
4. A glacier recedes due to global warming and exposes bare granite stone. During the summer the stone begins to
grown lichen and mosses. After several decades and numerous generations of the lichen and mosses, grasses
began to grown. Over the next 50 years these grasses are joined by shrubs, followed by small trees, a fast
growing evergreen forest, and finally a hickory forest.
This scenario would be an example of what?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Climax Community
Pioneer Species
5. What is one difference between primary and secondary succession?
a. Secondary succession begins on soil and primary succession begins on newly exposed rock.
b. Secondary succession begins with lichens and primary succession begins with trees.
c. Primary succession is rapid and secondary succession is slow.
d. Primary succession modifies the ecosystem and secondary succession does not.
6. What kind of succession does the picture above show?
a. primary
b. neither primary or secondary
c. secondary
d. both primary and secondary