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Succession and Natural Selection CheckPoint

Resources: Ch. 6 of Visualizing Environmental Science and Ch. 6 Succession animation

Due Date: Day 5 [Individual forum]

View the Ch. 6 Succession animation located under the Week Three Materials section of

your aXcess page.

Post a total of 200 to 300 words in response to the following items:

o View the succession of the ecosystem in the Succession animation. Is it primary or

secondary succession? Explain your answer.

o Respond to question 9 under the Critical and Creative Thinking Questions in Chapter

6 of the text. Review Ch. 6 on natural selection to help you with your response. If you

need additional help with your hypothesis, refer to the following article to see an

explanation of how evolution could have occurred in a population of mussels: