Answer the following question given this paragraph: 

Ecological succession is the process in which a community changes through time. Primary succession occurs in an area that has never before been colonized. Secondary succession occurs in a formerly inhabited area that was disturbed.


Q: What is the term for the process in which an area that has never before been colonized changes through time?

 Choices:

- continuous succession

- environmental succession

- colony succession

- ecological succession

A:
ecological succession
