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Daily Notes

Daily Notes. Define the following terms in your own words: Pioneer – Colonize – Climax – . Succession. Succession. The process of environmental change from field to forest Primary Secondary Climax (Final community). Primary Succession. Starts with an area that has no topsoil

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Daily Notes

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  1. Daily Notes • Define the following terms in your own words: • Pioneer – • Colonize – • Climax –

  2. Succession

  3. Succession • The process of environmental change from field to forest • Primary • Secondary • Climax (Final community)

  4. Primary Succession • Starts with an area that has no topsoil • Very first plant and animal species move into the area – “Pioneering” • Pioneer species slowly change the ecosystem…

  5. Pioneer species • Saplings (baby trees) • Mosses • Small bushes

  6. Primary Succession • Meadow Saplings grow (young trees) Taller trees create a young forest

  7. Secondary Succession • Happens in an area that has already been colonized, but was damaged • Fire • Severe logging • Happens much quicker than primary succession because there is already some soil, seeds and other remains of previous ecosystem

  8. Secondary Succession

  9. Climax Community • Ecosystem thrives and is in balance • Happens at the end of both kinds of succession

  10. Succession!

  11. Succession Game

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