An organism that obtains nourishment by killing and consuming other animals. The process of obtaining raw materials or energy, particularly from solid waste. A cracking or splitting of the earth's crust. The gradual, predictable replacement of one community by another. The community itself creates the conditions that lead to its replacement by another community.
Succession ends with the climax community.
An organized interrelationship and interaction of bionic and non-biotic matter with energy. Such a condition acts to trap air pollutants near the grounds. A level narrow plain usually with a steep front resulting from a stream cutting into its broad valley floor. The configuration of a surface area including its relief, or relative elevations, and position of its natural and manmade features. The upheaval or lifting up of the earth's crust.