1. Succession A community change in which new population of organisms replace existing ones

2. What causes succession? Fires Mining Agriculture Logging Catastrophic events (floods, earthquakes, volcanic activity etc.) The first 4 bullets above are examples of Secondary succession, the 5 th, primary succession

3. Secondary succession Has established soils. This is not the case with primary succession.

4. Sketch Primary Succession

5. Each stage along the way is called a seral stage. There are 5 seral stages shown.

6. The first group of organisms to occupy the area is : Pioneer Community

7. Examples of these organisms: Lichens Algae Moss

8. Climax community Use this word bank to complete the bottom of your hand out. Well-adapted Stable Slows down competing