Populations, Evolutions and Genetics

Category: Populations, Evolutions and Genetics

All individuals of a population show variation in their phenotype, caused by the environment and genetics. In this unit, we look at mendelian ratios derived from monohybrid and dihybrid crosses. We also look at sex linkage, autosomal linkage and epistasis.

The Hardy Weinberg equation is a quadratic equation which allows us to calculate allele frequency in a population. The Hardy Weinberg equation assumes a population to be large, with random mating, and no immigration, no emigration, no mutation . To use the Hardy Weinberg, you must first identify what is the recessive allele, and then if the information on that allele is about whole organisms ( in which case use ‘q2’) or number of alleles in which case use ‘q’. Variations due to meiosis and mutation, and ensuing differential reproductive success give rise to new alleles and changes in allele frequency.

This can lead to evolution of new species, called speciation. Speciation can be either allopatric ( geographically separated) or sympatric (reproductively isolated without geographical barriers). This unit also looks at the study of populations in ecosystems. Here we recap terms such as ‘community’ and ‘niche’ and interspecific and intraspecific speciation.

Techniques such as random sampling, belt transects and mark-release-recapture are also covered here. Succession is the process where an ecosystem changes overtime ( this is not the same process as evolution). Pioneer species ( often lichen) are the first species to grow on bare rock, creating a thin soil, so bigger species are then able to take root. Lastly conservation is also covered in this unit.

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Definitions, Monohybrid, Dihybrid and Codominance

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What is a gene?

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What is the definition of 'genotype'?

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What is the definition of 'phenotype'?

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What is the definition of 'allele'?

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What is the definition of 'homozygous'?

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What is the definition of 'heterozygous'?

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What is the best definition of a 'dominant allele'?

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What is the best definition of a 'recessive allele'?

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How can you tell when an allele is recessive in a pedigree (a family tree)?

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In guinea pigs, Short hair (S) is dominant to long hair (s). In a monohybrid cross between a heterozygous mother, with a heterozygous father, what ratio of long hair to short hair will the offspring have ?

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In Guinea pigs, ginger(G) hair is dominant to white(g), and short hair (S) is dominant to long (s). In the following cross: GgSs and GgSS, what percentage chance will the offspring being born short haired and white?

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In Guinea pigs, ginger(G) hair is dominant to white(g), and short hair (S) is dominant to long (s). In the following cross: GgSs and GgSS, what percentage chance will the offspring being born long haired and ginger?

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Marfan syndrome is a dominant inherited disorder, where the suffer develops an increase in a growth factor ( TGF - beta) which effects connective tissue. What is the probability of a healthy mother and a heterozygous father having a healthy child?

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How could you tell if Marfan Syndrome is Dominant by looking at a pedigree ( family tree)?

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Marfan Syndrome ( TGF Beta) is dominant (T) to the healthy recessive allele(t) . Having a V shaped hairline (V) is dominant to having a straight hairline (v). What percentage of the offspring of a father = TtVv and a mother TtVv will have Marfan syndrome and a V shaped hair-line ?

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Marfan Syndrome ( TGF Beta) is dominant (T) to the healthy recessive allele(t) . Having a V shaped hairline (V) is dominant to having a straight hairline (v). What is the percentage probability of the offspring of a father = TtVv and a mother = TtVv would have Marfan Syndrome and a straight hair - line ?

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Marfan Syndrome ( TGF Beta) is dominant (T) to the healthy recessive allele(t) . Having a V shaped hairline (V) is dominant to having a straight hairline (v). What proportion of the offspring of a heterozygous father (TtVv) and a heterozygous mother (TtVv) will be health and have a V shaped hair-line ?

 

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What does the term 'Codominance' mean?

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A codominant allele' is when both alleles are expressed. One breed of chickens can have Black feathers(B) or White feathers(W). What phenotype will a chicken have with the genotype BW ?

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If B = black, W = white and BW = speckled feathers in hens. Two heterozygous speckled hens mated, what will the ratios be of offspring that are black : speckled : white?

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Sex Linkage, Autosomal Linkage and Epistasis

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Which Chromosome contains more genes?

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Which chromosome carries the sex linked alleles?

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How can you tell from a pedigree (family tree) that a trait is sex linked?

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Which type of allele tends to be sex linked?

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Why are women far less likely to show sex linked disorders?

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What would be the genotype for a man with colour-blindness (b)?

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Which sex is the carrier of sex lined genes?

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Being colour blind is a sex-linked disorder. What is the probability of an unaffected male having a colour- blind child with a heterozygous female?

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What is the probability of a colour- blind father and a homozygous dominant female having a colour blind child?

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What is an autosome?

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If two genes are on the same chromosome, how do we say they are linked?

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How can you tell if two alleles are autosomally linked?

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In hamsters two genes are autosomally linked : Fur and Eye colour . Where Ginger fur = G, and White fur =g. Black eyes = B and red eyes = b. In a cross between a homozygous recessive male for both traits and a heterozygous female for both traits , what would be the expected ratio of Ginger & Black eye, White and Black eye, ginger and red eye and white with red eyes?

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The actual ratio of phenotypes after several matings between the above two hamsters was more similar to 6:1:1:6. How are the alleles linked?

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In the actual ratio of 6:1:1:6, there were more of the ginger and black eyed hamsters and more of the white with red eyed hamsters than expected. Therefore, there are proportionately fewer of the mixed traits (Ginger and red eyes and white with black eyes). What process allowed those few mixed trait offspring to occur?

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What term describes when a characteristic is controlled by more than one gene, and the expression of one gene will effect the expression of others?

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This gene interaction once again alters the phenotype ratio. Which type of Epistatic allele will produce a ratio of 9:3:4?

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Which statistical test would we use to see if the observed phenotypes are different from the expected phenotypes?

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53

Hardy Weinberg & Allele Frequency

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What is the definition of a species?

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A group of organisms of the same species living in a particular area at a particular time' is the definition for what?

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All the alleles of every gene in a breeding population' is the definition for what?

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The Hardy Weinberg principle only applies to a population that is or has ____.

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The Hardy Weinberg principle only applies to a population that is or has____.

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What is the formula for the Hardy Weinberg equation?

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Which part of the Hardy Weinberg equation represents the homozygous recessive individuals?

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What does 'p' represent ?

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What represents the total allele frequency in a population?

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Drosophila is a type of fruit fly which is used in many genetic experiments. It has two alleles for eye colour : Red ( R) and White (r). If 0.8 of the alleles are red, how many are white?

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Drosophila fruit flies can have either vestigial wings (w)or wild-type wings (W). If 20% of the population have vestigial wings, what proportion of the population are homozygous dominant?

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An Ethiopian breed of cattle has low whey protein in its milk. This is controlled by a dominant allele (M). If 6 % of the herd have low whey protein, what proportion are heterozygotes?

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The probability of an individual having Cyctic Fibrosis is about 1 in 2500 in the UK. What proportion of the population will be carriers?

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The probability of an individual having Cystic Fibrosis is about 1 in 2500 in the UK. How many individuals will suffer with Cystic Fibrosis in a city of 1.2 million people in it's population?

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In peppered moths, having light coloured wings is dominant. In Sheffield (an industrial northern town in the UK) a sample of moths was taken. The numbers collected were 73 light coloured , and 326 dark coloured. What proportion of all alleles are for the dark one?

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In peppered moths, having light coloured wings is dominant. In Sheffield (an industrial northern town in the UK) a sample of moths was taken. The numbers collected were 73 light coloured , and 326 dark coloured. How many are heterozygotes?

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In peppered moths, having light coloured wings is dominant. In Sheffield (an industrial northern town in the UK) a sample of moths was taken. The numbers collected were 73 light coloured , and 326 dark coloured. What is the allele frequency ( as a decimal) of the light allele in the population?

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Tay Sachs is a recessive disease which leads to the build up of certain lipids which eventually become toxic. The Cajun community in the USA has an incidence of about 1 in every 3,500 births. What is the allele frequency of the normal healthy genes?

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Tay Sachs is a recessive disease which leads to the build up of certain lipids which eventually become toxic. The Cajun community in the USA has an incidence of about 1 in every 3,500 births. What is the number of sufferers of Tay Sachs in a Cajun population of 100,000 people?

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Tay Sachs is a recessive disease which leads to the build up of certain lipids which eventually become toxic. The Cajun community in the USA has an incidence of about 1 in every 3,500 births. What is the number of homozygous dominant healthy individuals in a Cajun population of 100,000 people?

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59

Variation, Evolution and Speciation

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Which of the following is a cause of variation?

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Which of these is a source of variation?

 

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In the creation of gametes, which process mixes up the alleles?

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What is 'crossing over'?

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Which of the following is not a cause of variation?

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Natural Selection is when organisms which are better adapted are more likely to survive and pass on their genes. Factors which affect the chance of survival are called selection pressures. These can be positive ( advantageous) or negative ( disadvantageous). Which of these is a negative selection pressure?

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Natural Selection is when organisms which are better adapted are more likely to survive and pass on their genes. Factors which affect the chance of survival are called selection pressures. These can be positive ( advantageous) or negative ( disadvantageous). Which of these is a negative selection pressure?

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Natural Selection is when organisms which are better adapted are more likely to survive and pass on their genes. Factors which affect the chance of survival are called selection pressures. These can be positive ( advantageous) or negative ( disadvantageous). Which of these is a negative selection pressure?

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Natural Selection means that over time the frequency of beneficial alleles in a population will do what?

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Which type of selection is when the number of individuals with a particular characteristic, increase around a middle or mid value, and outliers decrease?

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Which type of selection is when the number of individuals with a particular characteristic, increase around an extreme or outlier value?

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Which type of selection is when the number of individuals with a particular characteristic, split into two groups?

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Which type of selection is shown by Darwins finches, where small and large beaks were both at an advantage due to different food sources?

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What type of variation is show in the graph?

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Which type of selection is shown by fossils of black bears, showing them becoming bigger during glacial periods ( ice ages)?

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What type of variation is show in the graph?

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Which type of selection is human birthweight showing? (As low birth - weight babies and high birth - weight babies are less likely to survive)

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What type of variation is show in the graph?

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Speciation is when a new species arises from another: they can no longer produce fertile offspring because their DNA is no longer compatible. What term describes this inability between two populations to reproduce successfully?

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What type of speciation is caused by a physical barrier between two populations such as a body of water?

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What type of speciation is caused by reproductive Isolation, but without a physical barrier between two populations?

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An alteration in bird calls caused by difference in beak size, preventing mating calls between individuals of the same population is an example of what type of speciation?

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Natural selection can change allele frequencies over time, due to those with the best alleles surviving and reproducing. What is the term used to describe the 'chance' or 'random' selection of alleles in a population?

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What type of population does genetic drift have the greatest effect on?

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Which of the following isn't an example of genetic drift?

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11

Populations in Ecosystems

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What is the word used to describe 'Populations of different species in specific habitat'?

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What is the word used to describe 'The specific role of a species within its habitat'?

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What is the word used to describe 'All the different populations in a habitat along with all the abiotic conditions'?

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True or False : Two different species cannot occupy the same niche?

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Is the following an 'Abiotic adaptation' or a 'Biotic Adaptation': The Warbler Finch has a short slender beak for catching insects whilst, flying. Where as the Large Ground Finch has a strong , deep beak for crushing seeds.

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Is the following an 'Abiotic adaptation' or a 'Biotic Adaptation': Monarch butterflies fly south when the number of daylight hours shorten?

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Which of the following is an abiotic factor which effects population size?

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A mild winter and a warm spring meant that the population of robins (birds which feed on insects) increased. This was due to the above average biomass of insects, so more young robins survived. However the following winter was very cold so fewer insects were available in the spring, and the robin population decreased. Is the decrease in robin population, intraspecific competition or interspecific competition?

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Was the cold winter an example of an abiotic factor or a biotic one?

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Was the reduction in insects caused by the cold weather an abiotic factor or a biotic factor?

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Is predation a biotic or abiotic factor that effects population size?

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Population growth can be exponential . How would we turn a curved population curve into a straight line graph?

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What would you press to show a bacterial population graph , plotted with a log 10 scale, back into actual bacterial population?

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What should you use to estimate a population of a sessile organism?

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Why is random sampling used?

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How many samples should you take to get reliable data?

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You can also use a transect to sample a population. When should a transect be used?

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What is the advantage of carrying out an interrupted belt transect compared to belt transect?

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What is the equation for Mark Release Recapture?

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Which of the following is not an assumption that affects the accuracy of the Mark Release Recapture population estimate?

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Which method would you use to see if there is a correlation between profile height and percentage cover of marsh grass?

 

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Which method would you use to see if there is a difference between the percentage cover of moss on the north face compared to the south face of tree trunks?

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Using mark release recapture, what would the population of woodlice be if : 27 were caught in the first sample , and 16 unmarked caught in the second, and 3 were marked?

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A student is using a quadrat to estimate percentage cover of clover on the school field. What is the most accurate way to do this?

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Succession

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What is the biological meaning of succession?

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True or false : Succession is the same as evolution.

 

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True or false : Succession involves only the change of biotic factors ( Not abiotic).

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Which of the following is an example of primary succession?

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Which stage represents lichen and mosses?

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What do we call a stage of succession?

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What term do we use to describe lichen and mosses in succession?

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At which stage will abiotic factors be most hostile?

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Which factor will the lichen and mosses change the most?

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What is lichen made out of ?

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Between stages B and C, what will happen to soil depth?

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Between stages D and E, what will happen to light intensity at ground level?

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What is humus?

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Which stage represents the climax community?

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Which of the following is an example of secondary succession?

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Which type of plants are more likely to be the pioneer species in secondary succession?

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What is it called when succession is stopped artificially?

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What is the native climax community in the UK?

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Which of the following does NOT stop succession?

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True or false: Succession only happens on land?

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