Which scenario best illustrates secondary succession?

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Which scenario best illustrates secondary succession?

Explanation:
Secondary succession is the process of ecosystem regrowth after a disturbance that removes the existing community but leaves soil and some organisms intact. A burned woodland fits this because the fire removes the vegetation but leaves the soil and seeds or root fragments nearby, allowing plants to quickly recolonize and the forest to gradually recover through successive stages. The other scenarios start from bare rock or new land with little to no soil, so they illustrate primary succession rather than secondary.

Secondary succession is the process of ecosystem regrowth after a disturbance that removes the existing community but leaves soil and some organisms intact. A burned woodland fits this because the fire removes the vegetation but leaves the soil and seeds or root fragments nearby, allowing plants to quickly recolonize and the forest to gradually recover through successive stages. The other scenarios start from bare rock or new land with little to no soil, so they illustrate primary succession rather than secondary.

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