A landslide in the Oregon Cascades causes all the soil in a 30-meter by 300-meter section of a mountain to fall away, taking the trees and their roots and all other vegetation with it. Within three years, however, lichens and some small herbaceous plants

can be seen on the surface of the remaining rock. This is an example of:

A) facilitation. B) secondary succession.
C) primary succession. D) a climax community.


Answer: C

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Four of the five answers listed below are parts

of a germinating seed. Select the EXCEPTION

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