Which concept is defined as succession after a disturbance that preserves the soil?

Which concept is defined as succession after a disturbance that preserves the soil?

• A. Old-Growth Forest
• B. Invasive Species
• C. Secondary Succession
• D. Climax Community

Answer: (C)

Secondary succession is the process that follows a disturbance when the soil remains intact. Because the soil stays, seeds, roots, and nutrients in the ground can quickly regenerate vegetation, so recovery happens faster than starting from bare rock. The vegetation tends to progress from grasses and herbs to shrubs, then trees, and can eventually reach a stable, mature state. Old-growth forest describes that mature end point, not the recovery process; invasive species are organisms that spread in the area, not the sequence of succession; and a climax community is the final stage, not the initiating process.

Secondary succession is the process that follows a disturbance when the soil remains intact. Because the soil stays, seeds, roots, and nutrients in the ground can quickly regenerate vegetation, so recovery happens faster than starting from bare rock. The vegetation tends to progress from grasses and herbs to shrubs, then trees, and can eventually reach a stable, mature state. Old-growth forest describes that mature end point, not the recovery process; invasive species are organisms that spread in the area, not the sequence of succession; and a climax community is the final stage, not the initiating process.