DISTURBANCES LAB

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Directions: Use your birthday to determine which disturbance you have. In picture 1 below, draw your disturbance. In pictures 2-4 draw the succession of your community. Write to explain the events in succession and if the species diversity increased or decreased compared to the previous illustration. Include and underline the terms on the back. When finished answer the questions at the bottom.

1. What did your community start off with? ROCK OR SOIL 2. Which type of succession did you illustrate? PRIMARY OR SECONDARY3. What was the pioneer species in this ecosystem?4. Did the species diversity increase or decrease and why?

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Disturbances Lab

1. Tornado (7)

2. Flood (8)

3. Fire (9)

4. Volcanic Eruption (10)

5. Old parking lot (11)

6. Abandoned farm(12)

Work Bank (must use all of these.)i.Succession

ii.Disturbance

iii.Pioneer species

iv.Lichen

v.Climax community

vi. population

vii.diversity

Example of Answer Sheet DISTURBANCES LAB

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Directions: Roll the dice to discover which disturbance your community has undergone. In picture 1 below, draw your disturbance. In pictures 2-4 draw the succession of your community. Be sure to include captions under your drawings explaining what is happening and which organisms are present. Also make sure you include the following vocabulary terms: pioneer species and climax community. When finished answer the questions at the bottom.

Changes that occur in ecosystem

1. What did your community start off with? ROCK OR SOIL 2. Which type of succession did you illustrate? PRIMARY OR SECONDARY3. What was the pioneer species in this ecosystem?4. Did the species diversity increase or decrease and why?