Succession 2

Specification point: 3.4.7: Ecosystems are dynamic systems usually moving from colonisation to climax communities in the process of Succession.- Describe the process of succession by seral stages- Explain how the amount of biomass changes with each

stage.- Distinguish between primary succession and secondary

succession, explaining there differences.

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Open up to your 4 stages of succession that you had the other day.

• Using the 4 whiteboards you have been given try to show the 4 stages of succession. Use no wore than 15 words altogether but it has to fully explain the process

Outcomes:Describe the process of succession by seral stages

Explain how the amount of biomass changes with each stage.

Distinguish between primary succession and secondary succession, explaining there differences.

• Sere/seral stage – stage of succession.

Access:Think back to GCSE, what is biomass?

AnalyseLook at the seral stages of succession, which stage has the most biomass? Which has the least?

InterpretWhat the is the relationship between time for succession and the amount of biomass?

Outcomes:Describe the process of succession by seral stages

Explain how the amount of biomass changes with each stage.

Distinguish between primary succession and secondary succession, explaining there differences.

Biomass

Primary vs Secondary SuccessionDescribe the key differences between primary succession and secondary succession.

Outcomes:Describe the process of succession by seral stages

Explain how the amount of biomass changes with each stage.

Distinguish between primary succession and secondary succession, explaining there differences.

Outcomes:Describe the process of succession by seral stages

Explain how the amount of biomass changes with each stage.

Distinguish between primary succession and secondary succession, explaining there differences.

Outcomes:Describe the process of succession by seral stages

Explain how the amount of biomass changes with each stage.

Distinguish between primary succession and secondary succession, explaining there differences.