Essential Question:

• What are the types and stages of succession?

Related Benchmarks:

• SC.912.L.17.8 Recognize the consequences of the losses of biodiversity due to catastrophic events, climate changes, human activity, and the introduction of invasive, non-native species.)

Related Vocabulary:

• primary succession- the development of plant and animal life in an area without topsoil
• secondary succession- the sequence of changes that takes place after an existing community is severely disrupted in some way.
• ecosystem-a population of organisms together with their non-living environment
• pioneer species- the first species to move in and colonize and area