Biology 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078024269
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-426-9

Chapter 45 - Community and Ecosystem Ecology - Assess - Page 880: 6

Answer

a.

Work Step by Step

Primary succession begins when organisms such as lichen and mosses, along with abiotic factors, act on bare rock to eventually form soil. In secondary succession, soil does not need to be created because secondary succession occurs when soil is already present.
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