Purposeful Design Level 5 Chapter 4

Front 1

Softwood

Back 1

the wood from conifers or evergreen trees

Front 2

vegetation

Back 2

the plant life in an area

Front 3

sere

Back 3

a stage in the series of communities formed during ecological succession

Front 4

Pioneer species

Back 4

the first species to populate or repopulate a barren or disturbed area

Front 5

substrate

Back 5

the base, usually rock or soil, in which an organism lives

Front 6

hardwood

Back 6

the wood from broad-leaved, mostly deciduous trees

Front 7

colonize

Back 7

to establish growth in an ecological community

Front 8

ecology

Back 8

the scientific study of the relationships between organisms and their enviroments

Front 9

ecological succession

Back 9

the predictable and orderly changes that occur in nature

Front 10

primary succession

Back 10

happens after a new substrate is formed

Front 11

botanist

Back 11

a scientist who studies plant life

Front 12

secondary succession

Back 12

the series of changes occurring in an area where the existing ecosystem has been disturbed

Front 13

topography

Back 13

the physical surface features of a place or region

Front 14

base has been completely destroyed

Back 14

primary succession

Front 15

base has not been completely destroyed

Back 15

secondary succession

Front 16

an ecological community will go through a series of changes over time

Back 16

ecological succession

Front 17

Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupted laying down a new layer of ___________________

Back 17

substrate

Front 18

As _____________ grows back animals begin to inhabit the community again

Back 18

Vegetation

Front 19

Lichen are commonly the ___________ ____________ in most ecological successions

Back 19

Pioneer species

Front 20

During both primary and secondary succession each community goes through several ___________

Back 20

seres

Front 21

After lichen and moss have broken down the rocks and a sufficient soil base has been created larger plants such as ferns and grasses to ______________ the area

Back 21

colonize

Front 22

Plants are this scientist favorite thing to study

Back 22

botanist

Front 23

it bears cones

Back 23

softwood

Front 24

this is an areas features such as the mountains, valleys,and rivers

Back 24

topography

Front 25

its leaves drop off in the fall

Back 25

hardwood

Front 26

this is the study of environmental relationships

Back 26

ecology