1. Ecological Succession Notes (3.1)
State Standard
SB4C. Relate environmental conditions to successional changes in ecosystems.

2. Chapter 3
Communities, Biomes, and Ecosystems
3.1 Community Ecology
Limiting Factors
Any ____________ factor or ____________ factor that restricts the numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms is called a ____________ ____________.
Includes sunlight, climate, temperature, water, nutrients, fire, soil chemistry, and space, and other living things

3. Chapter 3
Communities, Biomes, and Ecosystems
3.1 Community Ecology
Range of Tolerance
An upper limit and lower limit that define the conditions in which an organism can ____________
The ability of any organism to survive when subjected to abiotic factors or biotic factors is called ____________.

4. Chapter 3
Communities, Biomes, and Ecosystems
3.1 Community Ecology
ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION
The change in an ecosystem that happens when one community replaces another as a result of changing abiotic and biotic factors is ____________ ____________.
There are two types of ecological succession—____________ succession and ____________ succession.

5. ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION - Primary
Chapter 3
Communities, Biomes, and Ecosystems
3.1 Community Ecology
ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION - Primary
The establishment of a community in an area of ____________ __________ that does not have any ____________ is primary succession.

6. Chapter 3
Communities, Biomes, and Ecosystems
3.1 Community Ecology
ECOLOGIAL SUCCESSION - Secondary
The orderly and predictable change that takes place after a ____________ of organisms has been ____________ but the __________ has remained __________ is secondary succession.

7. Pond succession can take hundreds of years
Chapter 3
Communities, Biomes, and Ecosystems
3.1 Community Ecology
ECOLOGIAL SUCCESSION - Ponds
A pond is a relatively ____________ hole where water collects & light penetrates to the bottom.
If left unattended, a pond will fill in with dirt & debris until it becomes ____________.
Pond succession can take hundreds of years

8. Chapter 3
Communities, Biomes, and Ecosystems
ECOLOGIAL SUCCESSION - Ponds
As in all types of succession, pond succession happens in ____________ steps:
____________ Bottom (algae/microorganisms)
____________ Vegetation
____________ Pond/Marsh
____________ Ecosystem

9. Chapter 3

10. ECOLOGIAL SUCCESSION - Ponds
Chapter 3
Communities, Biomes, and Ecosystems
ECOLOGIAL SUCCESSION - Ponds