(Answered):Exploring Succession And Ecosystem Change Lab . . . .

Question Description

For this lab, you need:

• Google Earth
• A browser with Adobe Flash Player
• The ability to access videos online

An Introduction to Ecological Succession

Ecosystems are always changing. Ecologists and geographers are interested in this change. Is the change beneficial or harmful? To which species? Can we predict what an ecosystem will look like in the future? Succession is how ecosystems form and change over time. Succession comes in two types:

• Primary succession: where there is no ecosystem and no soil, so life is starting from “scratch” in an area.
• Secondary succession: where an ecosystem has been disturbed, from something as small as a falling
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