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True or False? A change from one ecosystem to another happens over a few weeks or months.
False. Ecological succession can take years before an ecosystem fully changes into a new ecosystem.
Once ____________ life begins to form in an ecosystem, then _____________ life follows shortly after.
Plant, animal
The process of one ecological community gradually changing into another is called ___________________ ________________.
ecological succession
Ecological succession occurs in a series of _____________.
steps
The steps in ecological succession can usually be _________________.
predicted
A stable community that no longer goes through major ecological changes is called a ___________________ _________________.
climax community
Ecological succession in new areas of land with little or no soil or vegetation is called _______________ _________________.
primary succession
The growth of a new ecological community on the rock created by an erupted volcano is an example of _____________ succession.
primary
____________________ __________________ occurs in areas where existing ecosystems have been disturbed or destroyed.
secondary succession
The regrowth of an ecological community after a fire in the area is an example of ___________________ succession.
secondary
