Ecological Succession
Storyboard
Name: ___________________
1. What is ecological succession? Explain in at least 3 sentences
2. What is the difference between primary succession and secondary succession?
3. What kind of succession will take place on an abandoned, unpaved country road?
Explain how you know.
4. What kind of succession will happen in areas that were wiped out by the recent
hurricane?
5. Number the following sentences in the correct order to show primary succession. Then
write them in order in the space below.
 Mosses and ferns grow in soil formed by decaying lichens.
 Thicker, richer soil supports the growth of shrubs and trees. Insects,small birds, and
mammals move in.
 Eventually, the soil layer thickens and grasses, wildflowers, and other plants begin to
take over.
 Life on a bare rock begins as lichens and the forces of weather and erosion help
break down rocks in to smaller pieces to form soil.
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Name: _____________________
Succession Cartoon
Each block has a picture with an action and a space for a line of two of caption. You can
draw pictures, and then write a description of the action in the blocks below.
Your cartoon is divided into six frames. Within each frame is a box shaped like a TV screen
with some lines below it. Using pictures you will use the TV shaped box to describe what one
sees at that stage in succession. Then you will type or write in a caption or description below
that box.
You will make two cartoons. One will show succession in a terrestrial environment, and the
other will show succession in an aquatic environment.
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Summary:
1. Define succession.
2. Explain the difference between primary and secondary succession.
3. List three physical environmental factors and explain how they will determine the kind of climax
community that will develop.
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