Succession
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. Succession
A. A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage
2. biotic
B. Green plant covering lawns
3. pioneer
C. Tall plants with trunks and leaves
4. opportunistic
D. Large area covered with trees
5. climax
E. Taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
6. primary
F. A preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
7. secondary
G. Any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together (plural)
8. development
H. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
9. grass
I. To develop and reach ___
10. moss
J. Tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
11. lichens
K. One of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
12. mature
L. A following of one thing after another in time
13. trees
M. Of or relating to living organisms
14. forest
N. The defensive football players who line up behind the linemen