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4.1 Climate & 4.2 Niches and Community Interactions 4.3: Succession
4.1 Climate & 4.2 Niches and Community Interactions 4.3: Succession
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1
Which of the following causes primary succession?
Flood
Strong winds
Forest fire
Retreating glacier
2
Which of the following is not one of the primary gases that causes the greenhouse effect?
Methane
Nitrogen
Carbon dioxide
Water vapor
3
Which of the following is an example of a pioneer species?
beaver
lichen
maple tree
mountain lion
4
What is a pioneer species?
The first species to colonize a barren area
The last species to remain after a large scale disturbance
The first species to fully adapt to an ecosystem
The first species to leave a disturbed area
5
What is the driving factor for winds and ocean currents?
Unequal heating of earth's surface
Gravity
Geothermal vents
Seismic activity
6
What best describes the image?
Climax community
Tertiary succession
Secondary succession
Primary succession
7
What kind of symbiotic relationship benefits both organisms involved?
Mutualism
Parasitism
Commensalism
8
What is the specific area in which an organism lives?
Niche
Habitat
Community
Ecosystem
9
What does lichen do for an ecosystem?
They are indicators of a climax community
Creates soil
Causes disturbances for succession
10
What refers to the angle of heating that creates the three climate zones?
Weather
Climate
Latitude
Longitude
11
Which climate zone has seasons due to a variation of direct and indirect sunlight?
Polar
Temperate
Tropical
12
Which of the following can cause secondary succession?
Volcanic eruptions
Hurricane
Retreating glaciers
Large asteroid impact
13
What is the difference between primary succession and secondary succession?
Primary succession has no life or soil after the disturbance
Secondary succession has no life or soil after a disturbance
Primary succession always happens first
14
What type of symbiotic relationship involves one organism benefitting at the cost of another?
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
15
What is a series of somewhat predictable changes in a community over time?
Succession
Pioneer species
Life cycle
Climax community
16
What is the day to day condition of earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place?
Weather
Climate
Climate zone
Latitude
17
Which climate zone is characterized by cold areas, due to the low angle strike of sun rays?
Polar
Temperate
Tropical
18
What is the correct order of succession after a volcanic eruption?
lichen makes soil, grasses, shrubs, trees
lichen makes soil, shrubs, grasses, trees
shrubs, grasses, lichen makes soil, trees
grasses, shrubs, trees, lichen makes soil
19
Which of the following contributes to the stability of an ecosystem?
Increase in biodiversity
The loss of a species in an ecosystem
Large scale disturbances
Decrease in biodiversity
20
What will a climax community with biodiversity look like after a minor, natural disturbance?
Nearly the same
Impossible to know
Drastically different
21
Why is an ecosystem technically never "stable" in ecology?
Ecosystems are always stable
Change is constant
Disturbances don't occur in climax communities
Change never happens
22
Which climate zone gets direct sunlight year round?
Tropical
Polar
Temperate
23
What characterizes a climax community?
Shrubs
Pioneer species
Mature trees
Grasses
24
When do ecosystems especially undergo succession (change over time)?
Before a disturbance
After a disturbance
During stable times
After it is considered a climax community
25
What is an organism's role or job in an ecosystem?
Niche
Competition
Habitat
Domocile
26
What symbiotic relationship benefits one organism and neither helps nor harms the other?
Mutualism
Parasitism
Commensalism
27
What is it known as when organisms attempt to use resources in the same place at the same time?
Dividing of resources
Symbiosis
Competition
Niche
28
What's the average, year-after-year conditions of temp. and precipitation in a certain region?
Weather
Climate
Latitude
Climate zone