What Is a Climax Community

question 12

Multiple Choice

What is a climax community?

• A) The first community after a large disruption
• B) A new, growing community
• C) A stable, long-established community
• D) The decline of a community after it peaks

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Definitions:

Corporation

A form of business organization that is owned by owners, called shareholders, who have no inherent right to manage the business, and is managed by a board of directors that is elected by the shareholders.

Takings Clause

Part of the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, stating that private property cannot be taken for public use without just compensation.

Eminent Domain

A governmental power whereby the government can take or condemn private property for a public purpose on the payment of just compensation.

Private Property

Land or possessions owned by individuals or corporations, not by the government or public as a whole.