What does ecological succession describe?

How a community changes over time.

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  1. How rocks are named
  2. How weather is forecast
  3. How a community changes over time ✔

Why: Succession is the gradual change in plant and animal communities over time.

Huh, didn't know that: Succession is the gradual change in plant and animal communities over time.

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Succession is nature's change of seasons, but longer.
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Answer: How a community changes over time. Succession is the gradual change in plant and animal communities over time.

  1. Scouting America: Nature www.scouting.org/merit-badges/nature
    Explain what succession is to your counselor.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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