5 - Ecosystem Dynamics and Stability
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Practice Questions
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What is primary succession?
💡 Hint: Think of what happens after a volcano erupts.
Define a keystone species.
💡 Hint: Consider examples like top predators.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What type of succession occurs on barren land?
💡 Hint: Remember what happens when there's no support for life.
True or False: A climax community is always changing.
💡 Hint: Think about stability.
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Challenge Problems
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Analyze an ecosystem where a keystone species has been removed. What potential effects could this have?
💡 Hint: Think about the balance that the keystone species provided.
Evaluate how ecological succession would be different if humans frequently disturbed an area.
💡 Hint: Consider how disturbances affect the recovery process.
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