1. Do now activity #5 What is population density?
How is geographic distribution measured?
If there are 500 foxes inhabiting 100 km 2 area of land, what would the population density be?
What is a growth rate?

2. Essential Question: Section 8-3: succession
What are the possible consequences that can result from (1 or 2) succession happening within a community?
Section 8-3: succession
Learning Target
Predict how a specific change within an ecosystem can impact the organisms within the community.

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4. When an environment is changed over time
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When an environment is changed over time

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6. Primary Succession: happens on “new land”

7. Pioneer Community: First species to take over an environment (weeds).
Primary succession
Pioneer Community: First species to take over an environment (weeds).

8. Primary succession
Climax Community: The end of succession. The community is stable for a long time.

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10. Secondary succession
Secondary Succession: happens after an environment is destroyed (“old land”)

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