Question

Primary succession is development of communities on ?

• A. Newly exposed habitat.
• B. Cleared forest area.
• C. Freshly harvested crop field.
• D. Pond filled after a dry season.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Newly exposed habitat.

Biotic succession or ecological succession is the successive development of different biotic communities at the same site till a relatively stable climax community develops there.

Both abiotic and biotic components of the area take part in this successional change.

Primary succession or prisere is biotic or ecological succession on a primary bare area like rock, outcrop or glaciers or newly exposed area like igneous rocks formed after volcanic eruptions. It takes a long time of 1000 years or more.

So, the correct answer is 'Newly exposed habitat.'