This is the process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time. The time scale can be decades (for example, after a wildfire), or even millions of years after a mass extinction.
Ecological Succession
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A country with an age structure that looks like this will most likely _________ in population.
Increase
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These organisms can break down rocks and create soil through decomposition of their bodies
Lichen
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What type of curve is being shown in the image?
Logistic
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This type of succession that occurs after a forest fire
Secondary
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Human population growth started during this time period
Industrial Revolution
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Plants affect many nutrient cycles that allow for other life to receive the nutrients they need. Give an example of one
Answers vary - water, photosynthesis, nitrogen from soil; phosphorous from soil; carbon from C02
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What type of succession is shown going from figure A to figure B?
Secondary
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What is the carrying capacity of the population portrayed in this graph?
About 500
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During the age of the dinosaurs, NJ was subtropical and humid. Today it is temperate. What has changed?
the climate
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Succession that occurs in an area with NO SOIL
Primary
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True/False: Climate change can be an ecological disturbance that many ecosystems may not recover from