Question

A recent forest fire has swept through the forest, killing many of the smaller organisms such as the hare, deer, and rodent populations that are prey for the larger organisms such as bobcats, wolves, and mountain lions. How would this affect the populations in the forest ecosystem? Check all that apply.

The populations of all organisms in the forest will stay the same.

The populations of bobcats, wolves, and mountain lions will decrease due to lack of food.

The populations of deer, hare, and rodents will decrease due to the number of predators.

The population of bobcats, wolves, and mountain lions will increase due to the availability of food.

Answer 1

I dont undertstand

Answer 2

can you break it down and explain it to me please?

Answer 3

so a fire killed a lot of animals like deer and mice

what happens to the animals that would eat mice? or animals that eat deer if all the deers die?

Answer 4

would those animals increase in number or decrease if they're not able to find prey to eat

Answer 5

they will decrease because they dont have nothing 2 eat

Answer 6

hmm?

Answer 7

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @smurfofficial
they will decrease because they dont have nothing 2 eat
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good

Answer 8

me dont understand

Answer 9

Mr.AZ/Ms.AZ A is incorrect

Answer 10

A is indeed incorrect

Answer 11

B is correct

Answer 12

So let's look at the rest

you said that if the big animals like bob cats don't have enough food to eat, they will decrease

Answer 13

Yes, B is correct! There's one more correct answer

Answer 14

C is incorrect

Answer 15

hmmmm D is correct?

Answer 16

Are you sure?

The fire killed a lot of the hare, deers, and rodents

Now there's still bobcats and wolves who need to eat
some of them will go hungry but a few of them will be able to catch the remaining deers and rodents?

so would the deers and rodents increase or decrease

Answer 17

they will increase

Answer 18

Are you sure?

let's look at it like this

we used to have 100 deers
and we have 5 mountain lions

the fire kills 80 deers
we still have 5 mountain lions but now there's only 20 deers left

now when the mountain lions are hungry, what happens to the remaining deers?

Answer 19

won't the deers decrease in number?

Answer 20

we have 100 deers divide by 5=20 the fire kills 80 deers we still got 5 so 100-80=20 20/5=4 so the deer decrease instead of increasing

Answer 21

Did I do it right?

Answer 22

well you don't need to do any math but just think about it

when we have a lot of deers, the mountain lions eat a few but at the same time the deers have babies and they grow their numbers

but now we lost so many deers, and the mountain lions need to eat the deers to survive

but there aren't as many deers left so that means their numbers are going to decrease because the mountain lions will eat the remaining deer looking for food

and then when they can't find anymore, the mountain lions will start to decrease in number because they don't have anymore food

Answer 23

does that make sense?

Answer 24

so what would be your second correct answer

C or D?

Answer 25

Im so positive it C

Answer 26

Well done!

Answer 27

thank you again for explaining!

Answer 28

You're most welcome!