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Biodiversity I Study Guide
Succession
What you need to know:
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The four stages of pond succession (Pioneer-Submergent-Emergent-Climax)
The definition of pioneer species
Examples of primary and secondary successions
Know the positives and negatives of secondary succession events
What you need to do:
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List examples of pioneer and/or secondary succession on a flowchart based on the time
they occur
Niches and Biodiversity
What you need to know:
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Definitions and purposes of a niche
The difference between a monoculture and diverse ecosystem
The four things organisms compete over (food, water, shelter, space)
The definition of natural selection and competition
What you need to do:
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Determine if two populations are occupying the same niche based on a scenario
Adaptations
What you need to know:
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The definition of adaptations
The purposes of adaptations
The difference between a vertebrate and invertebrate
What you need to do:
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Name adaptations and purposes of those adaptations based on a scenario or picture
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Biodiversity I Study Guide Practice
Pond Succession
Word Box: Submergent
Climax
Pioneer
New Pond
Emergent
Plants below the
water
1. Create a flowchart for Pond Succession
Plants growing
above the water
Wetland
Forest Succession
Word Box: Rocks and Lichen
2. Create a flowchart for Forest Succession
3. Circle the pioneer species
Primary
Succession
Later Primary
Succession
Forest
Secondary
Succession
Grasses
Grasses and Shrubs
Late Secondary
Succession
4. What are examples of events that can cause primary succession?________________________
5. What are examples of events that can cause secondary succession?______________________
6. What are the negatives of secondary succession events? ______________________________
7. What are the positives of secondary succession events? _______________________________
Niches and Biodiversity:
The Hidden Pond has 25 different species of trees. The Oil Creek area has 6 different species of
trees. Great Blue Herons and Red-winged Blackbirds live at Oil Creek. They eat different foods
and live in different parts of the creek. Use this information to answer the questions below.
1. Which area would be considered a mono-culture(less healthy) ecosystem? ___________
2. Do the Great Blue Heron and Red-winged blackbird occupy the same niche? _______
Why? ________________________________________________________________
3. What is the purpose of having a niche? (Ecological Niches and Competition paper)
a. ___________________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________________
4. What is an abiotic factor used by the birds in the ecosystem? _____________________
5. What is natural selection? _________________________________________________
Adaptations
Use the bird below to answer the following questions:
Bald Eagle
Adaptation
1.
Purpose of that adaptation
2.
Teeth and Beak Adaptations: Use the word box to answer the following questions.
Sharp Teeth
Flat Teeth
Gnawing Teeth
Short-Thick Beak
Curved-Sharp Beak
1. Eagle-Carnivore:____________________________________________________
2. Muskrat-Chews wood:________________________________________________
3. Fox-Carnivore:______________________________________________________
4. Cardinal-Seeds and insects:____________________________________________
5. Deer-Leaves and other plants:__________________________________________