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Ecological
Succession Unit
Start Part V / V of an educational unit about
Change Topics in Science for
students in grades 7-10
Part I: Evolution and Natural Selection

Part II: Evolution and Natural Selection
Part III: Earth System History
Part IV: Life and Human Origins
Part V: Ecological Succession
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Ecological
Succession Unit
 Ecological Succession Unit.

• What would happen to this street if people
disappeared forever that morning.
– 1 year
– 5 years
– 10 years
– 50 years
– 100 years
– 500 years
– 1000 years

• Start

• First few years – Only lichens grow.

• Lichens wear down rock, facilitate
weathering and soil formation. Moss then
begins to grow.

• Moss will hold more soil and moisture,
Grasses begin to colonize.

• Sun loving shrubs and weeds colonize the
grasses.

• Sun loving trees emerge from the old-field
community.

• Sun-loving trees and conifers.

• Shade tolerant trees.

• Climax community – until an event starts it
over.

• After a 1000 years, there would be very
little evidence that this was once a city.

 Ecological succession: The gradual
replacement of one community of living
things by another community.






 Primary Succession: Begins in an area with
no previous life supported (bare rock).

 Secondary Succession: Succession in an
area that previously colonized life but is
now disturbed.

now disturbed.
Recent Disturbance

now disturbed.
Earlier Disturbance
Recent Disturbance

now disturbed.
Older Disturbance
Earlier Disturbance
Recent Disturbance

• In secondary succession, regrowth is
usually faster because…
–-
–-
–-

• Seeds are already in soil.

• Stumps and roots and some plants can re-
grow.

• There is still soil, nutrients, and micro-
organisms.

organisms.

organisms.
“Hoot” “Hoot”
“Did Anybody
see me.”

organisms.
“Hoot” “Hoot”
“Did Anybody
see me.”

 Plant Succession: Plants are replaced
(succession is dominated by plants).

 Animal Succession: Animals are replaced
(Animals help succession).

 The order of ecological succession from
primary succession
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• Notes need to use indentations so that they are
organized.
– Bare Rock
– Lichens
• Acids secreted by the lichens attack the rock
(chemical weathering) and create soil fragments.
– Mosses
• Create humus and retain moisture.
– Grasses and Sedges
– Meadow Stage
• Grasses
• Yearly plants
• Weeds
– Old Field Community
• Perennials (year after year).
• Goldenrod, Milkweed.

 Bare rock.

 Lichens
 Lichens
 Acidssecreted by the lichens attack the rock
(chemical weathering) and create soil
fragments.

 Lichens
 Acidssecreted by the lichens attack the rock
(chemical weathering) and create soil
fragments.

 Mosses.
 Create humus and retain moisture.

 Mosses.
 Create humus and retain moisture.

• The growth, death, and decay of mosses
produces more humus, and soon there is
enough to support the growth of grasses.

 Meadow Stage
 Grasses
 Yearly plants
 Weeds

 Meadow Stage
 Grasses
 Yearly plants
 Weeds

 Meadow Stage
 Grasses
 Yearly plants
 Weeds

 Meadow Stage
 Grasses
 Yearly plants
 Weeds

 Old-Field Community
 Perennials (year after year).
 Goldenrod, Milkweed.



 Sun-loving Shrubs
 Soil
base now forms.
 Sumac, Willow, Dogwood, Apple.

 Soil
base now forms.

 Soil
base now forms.

 Sun-Loving Trees
 Organic matter increases from fallen leaves.
 Poplar, Birch, Quaking Aspen.



 Conifers
 Enriched soil allows pines to grow
 Pines are sun loving and grow well
 Eventually they shade out their offspring, no
new pines grow.

 Conifers
new pines grow.

 Conifers
new pines grow.

 Conifers
new pines grow.

• You can see the conifers encroaching
upon the aspens.

 Shade Tolerant Hardwoods
 These can grow in shade.
 Oak, Hickory, Ash.



 Shade Loving Trees: Climax Community
 Beech Trees, and Maples
 Climax means final community.



• Their offspring can survive the shade so
the population lasts until…
• The climax community of Beech trees
exists until….

• What could reset the forest back to rock?

 Events that can restart succession.
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -

 A forest fire.

• Video! Succession after a fire
 A volcanic event.

 Logging / Human Impact.

 Erosion.

 Ice Age / Glaciers.

• On rare instances, a catastrophic meteor
event can blast away any life in an area.
• Quiz 1-10 Name the stage of succession.

• Bare Rock, Lichens, Mosses, Meadow
Stage, Old-Field Community, Sun-loving
shrubs, Sun-loving trees, Conifers, Shade
tolderant Trees, Shade Loving Trees
(Climax).

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
• Bonus – Name the Movie.

• Bare Rock, Lichens, Mosses, Meadow Stage,
Old-Field Community, Sun-loving shrubs, Sun-
loving trees, Conifers, Shade tolerant Trees,
Shade Loving Trees (Climax).

1
1 Sun-loving
Trees
2
2 Lichens
3
3 Shade Loving
Trees / Climax
4
4 Bare rock
5
5 Meadow
Stage
6
6 Sun-loving
shrubs
7
7 Shade
Tolerant Trees
8
8 Mosses
9
9 Old-Field
Community
10
10 Conifers
• Bonus – Name the Movie.

• Bonus –Bring it on (2000).

• Process of succession is similar in
aquatics. Eventually, a pond will be
become a forested wetland, and then a
forest.

• Layers of vegetation accumulate on the
bottom of pond or lake.

• Layers of vegetation accumulate on the
bottom of pond or lake.
• Emergent vegetation begins.

• This area use to be a…

• This area use to be a…Pond

• Video! Pond Succession.
– A well done student project.
• Which pond is the youngest and most
Oligiotrophic?

Oligiotrophic?

Oligiotrophic?

Oligiotrophic?

Oligiotrophic?

• Answer! Which pond is the youngest and
most Olgiotrophic?

• Which pond is the oldest and most
Eutrophic?

• Answer! Which pond is the oldest and
most Eutrophic?

• Which ponds are middle aged and
Mesotrophic?

• Answer! Which ponds are middle aged
and Mesotrophic?

• Video! Ecological Succession.








 As succession increases in time
# of species…………………………increases
 Total population……………………increases
 Total Biomass………………………. “
 Organic Matter……………………… “





• What use to be here? What happened to
them?

• The essence of succession is that each
species brings upon it’s own downfall by
changing the environment.
• Other organisms can survive and then
dominate.
• The process repeats and each species die
until climax community. You create your
own extinction.

dominate.
own extinction.

dominate.
own extinction.

• When you change your environment you
bring about your own downfall.

• Try to guess the picture hidden beneath the
boxes.
– You only get one guess. Raise your hand when you
want to guess.

Rock with
Lichens
• Try Again! Try to guess the picture hidden
beneath the boxes.
– You only get one guess. Raise your hand when you
want to guess.

Central Park,
New York City
Central Park,
New York City
Essence of Succession: By
changing your environment you
bring upon your own demise.
• Succession Assessment due shortly.

End Ecological
Succession Unit




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Unit, The Astronomy Topics Unit, The Weather and Climate Unit, and
The River Unit, The Water Molecule Unit.
Physical Science: The Laws of Motion and Machines Unit, The Atoms
and Periodic Table Unit, The Energy and the Environment Unit, and The
Introduction to Science / Metric Unit.
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The Life Topics Unit, The Plant Unit, The Taxonomy and Classification
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