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SAT Subject Test
The first items in the Biology E/M test are arranged in sets with common answer choices. These items appear in the core section of the test. Remember, these are not MATCHING challenges — each answer choice can be used once, more than once, or not at all.
The change in plant types inhabiting an area over time, resulting in a climax community
Select an Answer
Succession
Correct Answer:
Yes
Dispersion
Correct Answer:
No
Fertilization
Correct Answer:
No
Speciation
Correct Answer:
No
Mutation
Correct Answer:
No
View Correct Answer
The correct answer is succession. Within a given area, the vegetation changes over time, tending towards the climax type of vegetation for that particular area. (Repeated disturbances, of course, interrupt this process, and may in effect reset the clock, so that succession begins anew.)
Question Difficulty:
easy