Ecological Succession and Pioneer Species

Which component of the environment includes air, soil, and water?

What is a group of individuals of the same species occupying a common geographic area called?

What is formed when two or more populations reside in the same geographic location?

What is comprised of a community and its surrounding abiotic factors?

What is a collection of ecosystems with similar climates and communities called?

What is an organism that uses energy from light or chemical reactions to produce organic compounds called?

Which of the following is a heterotroph that consumes both plants and animals?

What is the term for a heterotroph that breaks down dead and decaying organic matter using biochemical reactions without ingesting it?

Which of the following is a trophic level in a food chain?

Which biogeochemical cycle involves the cyclic movement of carbon in different chemical forms from the environment to organisms and then back to the environment?

What type of community interaction is beneficial to one species, but has no effect on the other species?

What type of succession occurs when new land is formed or bare rock is exposed, providing a habitat that can be colonized for the first time?

Which type of succession occurs in oak and hickory forests cleared by wildfire?

What is the purpose of pioneer species in succession?

What is the endpoint of succession called, according to early ecologists?

What is one of the human impacts on the environment mentioned in the text?

What is the main concern for beings other than humans?

What is deforestation?

Which process is defined as the use of microorganisms or other forms of life to break down environmental pollutants?

Which term refers to the excessive richness of nutrients in a body of water, causing a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen?

What is the main cause of acid rain?

What is the term for an organism that is not native to an ecosystem and causes harm?

What is the term for the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture?

What is the term for an animal or plant species that can be used to infer conditions in a particular habitat?

What is the term for a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically?