The direction of succession is:

Related Mcqs:

1. When the process of succession sidetracks the advancement line, it is called:

   A. Primary
   B. Deflated
   C. Secondary
   D. Induced

2. The last stage of plant succession is:

   A. Ecotone
   B. Climax stage
   C. Seral community
   D. Ecotype

3. A succession exhibiting changes in the communities at a place is described as:

   A. Biotic succession
   B. Physiographic succession
   C. Climatic succession
   D. Geographic succession

4. The community which begins succession in a habitat is designated as:

   A. Seral community
   B. Biotic community
   C. Pioneer community
   D. Ecosere

5. Primary succession refers to the development of communities on a:

   A. Pond freshly filled with water after a dry phase
   B. Freshly cleared crop fields
   C. Newly exposed habitat with no record of earlier vegetation
   D. Forest clearing after devastating free

6. Due to modification of the environment by the plant community itself, when one community is replaced by another suitable community, the succession is called:

   A. Induced
   B. Deflated
   C. Allogenic
   D. Autogenic

7. The ecological succession occurring as population 1 ? 2 ? 3 ? 4 indicates

   A. Cyclic succession
   B. Induced succession
   C. Retrogressive succession
   D. Allogenic succession

8. The physiographic factor responsible for the initiation of succession to:

   A. Erosion
   B. Fire
   C. Hail
   D. Wind

9. If a piece of land which had a plant community becomes barren due to some external thrust, the succession taking place here is called:

   A. Induced
   B. Deflated
   C. Secondary
   D. Retrogessive

10. The last community in a succession is called:

    A. Ecosystem
    B. Climatic community
    C. Ecotons
    D. Seral community