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The melting and subsequent retreat of glaciers is a long process that may take centuries. Why is something so slow considered an extreme disturbance?(1 point)

They move giant boulders and change the physical shape of the landscape.

They leave behind bare rock with no established ecosystem.

They will never grow back after they melt.

They strip away trees and destroy everything as they move.

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They leave behind bare rock with no established ecosystem. Glacial retreat removes soil and organisms, creating bare substrate that forces primary succession—hence an extreme disturbance.