Question

An asphalt parking lot has been abandoned for 10 years. during this time, plants have filled in the cracks and holes in the weathered asphalt, and small animals can be seen there. what type of succession has happened?

Answer 1

Secondary succesion.

It is supposed that the new life developed in the parking lot is originated in conditions existing in the envir0nment previous to asphalting the lot: residual seed banks, remaining organic matter and living organisms that lived there earlier.

Answer 2

This is a secondary succession because the area had previously been colonized or destroyed or cleared out by someone else. Now plants can live there due to this.