What do you mean by ecological succession?

1. One community is succeeded by another

2. One community is dominant over another

3. The gradual and fairly predictable change in the species composition of a given area

4. Success of the ecological community.

During succession some species colonise an area, what does happen to the native species then?

1. Decline and even disappear

2. Flourish equally

3. Migrate

4. Decline in number

Ecological succession occurs-

1. In a species

2. In population

3. In a community

4. All of the above

Nature of change in community during succession is –

1. Orderly, sequential and parallel with the changes in the physical environment.

2. Independent of the changes in the physical environment.

3. Constant change

4. Depends upon the community

What do you mean by sere?

1. Series of communities in an area

2. The entire sequence of communities that successively change in a given area

3. The entire sequence of communities.

4. The entire sequence of communities that do not change in a given area.

The individual transitional communities in a sere are termed as-

1. Seral stages

2. Seral communities

3. Seral species

4. Both 1 and 2.

When did ecological succession start on earth?

1. after the rise of mammals

2. since life started

3. after the rise of plants

4. can’t say

Which of the following does not happen during successive seral stages?

1. Change in the diversity of species of organisms

2. Increase in the number of species and organisms

3. A decrease in the total biomass.

4. Change in the properties of soil

Where does succession starts?

1. In an area inhabiting small plants

2. In an area with no living organisms.

3. In an area with fertile soil only

4. In an area with blue green algae

If succession starts on bare rocks, it is known as-

1. Early succession

2. Primary succession

3. Secondary succession

4. None of the above