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2. Overview
• Area of study 2
Biology: Unit 2 (yr 11)
• Primary and Secondary Change
• Aboriginal land use and management
• Aboriginal use of fire and influence on succession
Topic: Succession + Environmental Change
• Sound understanding of the two types of succession
• Understanding of Aboriginal fire use and how it influenced
the environment, plant growth and animal populations
• Explain difference between fires pre- settlement time and
in today’s time
• Understand how succession relates to changes in
environment over time
Learning Intention and Learning Goals

3. Success Criteria
Q1. The communities A to D are composed of different
species. Explain how the change in species composition
occurs in a succession. (3 marks)
Q2. Which community, A to D, is the most stable?
Explain what makes this the most stable community (2
marks)
Q3. Explain why it would be more appropriate to use a
transect rather than random quadrats when
investigating this succession. (1 mark)
Knowledge Application:
Sample examination Question
Know differences and key
components of primary and
secondary succession
Appropriately evaluate
succession using sampling
techniques
Describe environmental changes
relating to secondary succession.
Relate this to sustainability and
ecosystem shifts over time

4. Content Selection
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbyd0LuVoZw