On an expedition to a barren land that had witnessed volcanic activity, geologists noticed heavy lichen growth on some of the hard lava. in other areas, lichens were replaced by grasses. after many years, the geologists expect to find the area filled with full-grown hardwood trees, grasses, and shrubs. what is this process called?
a. succession
b. mutualism
c. competition

interphase   is the cell cycle stage in which the cell acquires nutrients, creates and uses proteins and other molecules and starts the process of cell division by replicating the dna. it is the longest stage in the eukaryote cell cycle.

the following   can go wrong during interphase:   a base pair could be mismatched during the duplication process causing a mutation.   correct answer: c

explanation:

biology is the study of life. it is the study of living organism.