Practice - Ecosystems
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Practice Questions
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What is natural selection?
💡 Hint: Think about survival based on advantageous traits.
Define ecological succession.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens after a disturbance in an ecosystem.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is defined as the process where advantageous traits prevail?
💡 Hint: This process is often referred to as the survival of the fittest.
True or False: Secondary succession occurs in lifeless areas after volcanic eruptions.
💡 Hint: Think of an ecosystem with some initial life after a disturbance.
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Challenge Problems
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Analyze how alterations in precipitation patterns due to climate change could influence natural selection in a specific species.
💡 Hint: Consider the impact of food sources on survival.
Illustrate the impact of human-induced changes on the process of ecological succession and provide an example.
💡 Hint: Think about how a once thriving ecosystem changes with human intervention.
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