Name: Hour: Teacher: ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION INTERNET ACTIVITY

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Name: _____________________________________________ Hour: __________ Teacher: _____________________

ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION INTERNET ACTIVITY

PART 1: Going to the Website 1. Open up the internet.

2. Go to this website:

PART 2: Defining Succession 1. Click on the first tab labeled "Succession". 2. What is a COMMUNITY?

3. It states in the description of a COMMUNITY, that a community is defined by its diversity of species living within it. What does DIVERSITY mean?

4. What do you think the word BIODIVERSITY means?

5. What is SUCCESSION?

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6. Show as a Diagram / Flow-Chart the process of Succession:

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7. What is a CATALYST? 8. What are some catalysts of succession in an ecosystem?

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PART 3: Primary Succession

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1. Now click on the tab labeled "Primary Succession".

2. Using the "Temperature and Rainfall" slider control, select "LOW" temperature and then watch the animation. *If you need to replay the animation, simply re-click on the Temperature/Rainfall control.

3. What creates the island at the very beginning?

4. What was the catalyst in this scenario? Why do you think this?

5. List out the order in which the different types of organisms invade and grow on the island:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. What happens with the TOP SOIL and NUTRIENTS as time passes?

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7. How much TIME does this PRIMARY SUCCESSION take when temperature and

rainfall are LOW?

8. Now set the "Temperature and Rainfall" slider to MEDIUM and then watch the animation.

9. How much TIME does this PRIMARY SUCCESSION take when temperature and rainfall are MEDIUM?

10. Now set the "Temperature and Rainfall" slider to HIGH and then watch the animation.

11. How much TIME does this PRIMARY SUCCESSION take when temperature and rainfall are HIGH?

12. Does the change in temperature and rainfall change the types of organisms that invade the island, or in what order? Explain.

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PART 4: Secondary Succession

1. Click on the tab labeled "Secondary Succession". 2. Click the arrow to start the fire in the forest. 3. What is the catalyst in this scenario? Why do you think this?

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4. List out the order in which the different types of organisms invade and grow on the island: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

5. What happens with the Topsoil and Nutrients over time?

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PART 5: "Quiz"

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1. Now click on the "Quiz" tab and take the first quiz on Primary Succession.

2. After Primary Succession is complete, how are the organisms ARRANGED on the island? In other words, where would you find them as you came ashore from the water and climbed to the peak of the island?

3. Now take the second quiz on Secondary Succession and record the order the different types of plants invade:

PART 6: Comparing Primary & Secondary Succession 1. What were some similarities between Primary and Secondary Succession?

2. What were some differences between Primary and Secondary Succession?

3. What do you think caused the differences between Primary and Secondary Succession?

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