Name(s): ______________________________________________ Block: _____ Date: _____________
CORRESPONDING QUESTIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION
(LAB-AIDS© KIT #556)
Directions: Brainstorm with your group members and then write out responses to the following questions. Players should take turns writing the answers to the questions. Please write your initials by the question(s) you wrote the answer to. Pre-­‐Game Questions 1. Before playing the game, examine the board and record in the chart below the sequence of plant communities you will journey through and the color associated with that community. COMMUNITY NAME ASSOCIATED COLOR 2. What is ecological succession? _________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the difference between primary succession and secondary succession? __________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. List three events that could start primary succession and list the succession of plant communities in primary succession. __________________________________________________________________________________ ____________à____________à____________à____________à____________à____________ 5. List four events that could start secondary succession and list the order of plant communities in secondary succession. __________________________________________________________________________________ ______________à______________à______________à______________à______________ Course: Biology
Teacher: Ms. Manzella
Ecological Succession Board Game Questions, Page 1 of 2
6. What animals do you think you would find living in each of the following communities? a. oak and hickory forest: ____________________________________________________________ b. North American grasslands: ________________________________________________________ c. African grasslands (savanna): _______________________________________________________ d. Tropical rainforest: _______________________________________________________________ Compare the animal communities you described above. Notice there may be some similarities and differences. Explain why there are differences. ___________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Post-­‐Game Analysis Questions: 7. Which successional stage do you think lasts the longest? Explain why you think so. (Note: The number of spaces shown on the board within each community does not accurately reflect the amount of time that community exists.) __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Why do you think you move forward when a fire occurs in a softwood (pine) forest and backwards when a fire occurs in a hardwood (oak and hickory) forest? __________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Why do you think a clear cut is more damaging to a forest community than a fire? _______________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Why were there so many “no disturbance” cards? _________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Why do you think different biomes have different successional and climax communities? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Course: Biology
Teacher: Ms. Manzella
Ecological Succession Board Game Questions, Page 2 of 2

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