Biology: The Dynamics of Life, California Edition

Section 1: Communities

Communities

1.
An organism with the ability to withstand changes to biotic and abiotic environmental factors is said to have __________.
A)tolerance
B)a pioneer community
C)limiting factors
D)secondary succession
2.
Which of these statements is NOT true?
A)The process of succession resulting in a climax community always happens within one year.
B)Ecological change does not always equate with destruction.
C)Primary succession happens when communities of organisms populate otherwise barren land.
D)Secondary succession happens in areas where organisms had previously lived.
3.
Soil chemistry is one example of __________.
A)a climax community
B)a limiting factor
C)primary succession
D)tolerance
4.
An undersea volcano in the Hawaiian Islands chain erupts, forming a new island in the Pacific Ocean. Over the course of time, which of these would most likely be the first species to survive on the new island?
A)lichens
B)grasses
C)mammals
D)birds
5.
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What does the red line on this graph represent?
A)secondary succession
B)a climax community
C)a limiting factor
D)primary succession
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