Post on 31-Dec-2015
Do Now – January 27th, 2014:Draw a picture or describe what you think this neighborhood looked like
200 years ago.
Succession• Succession is a series of slow
changes that occur in an area until a stable community is reached.
• An abrupt change in an ecosystem (like a forest fire or flood) can lead to succession.
Describe the change that you see happening from 1840 to 1990 in this ecosystem.
This ecosystem started as a pond but then gradually was filled in until the pond had become part of a forest.
What do we call this kind of ecological change?
Does this kind of change usually happen
quickly or gradually?
succession
gradually
Which species would have been harmed the most by this succession?
Which species would have benefited the most by this succession?
Fish, seaweed
Trees, plants, animals
How might a forest fire lead to more succession of this ecosystem?
Gradually, the ecosystem would return to being a forest even after a forest fire destroyed the trees.