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1. Describeecologicalsuccession.
2. Whatarethetwotypesofsuccession?
a. Describethedifferencebetweenthetwo.
b. Listtwoexamplesforeachtypeofsuccession.
3. Numbertheorderofsuccessionforthefollowingpictures.
a. Whattypeofsuccessionisthis?
4. Onceanorganismissuccessfulinanenvironment,isitalwayssuccessful?Explainyour
answer.
5. Whattypesoffactorsaffectcarryingcapacity?
6. Whattypeofgrowthhappenswhenanewspeciesmovesintoanarea?
a. Drawthisgraph.
b. Willthisspeciescontinuetogrowinthispattern?Whyorwhynot?
7. WhydospecieschangeaccordingtoLamarck?
8. WhydospecieschangeaccordingtoDarwin?
9. Howdomutationsplayaroleinnaturalselection?
10. Describetheprocessofnaturalselection.
11. Considerthefollowingscenario:2frogs(theyrebrothers)endupgettingseparated.One
endsuponthemainland,whichisdryandhasfewtrees,andoneonanislandwhichis
fulloflushvegetation.Atthefrogfamilyreunion2millionyearslater,explainwhytheir
descendantsdontrecognizeeachother?
12. Doesnaturalselectionactongenotypesorphenotypes?Howdotheallelefrequencies
endupchanging?