Question

8. if you removed all the cheetahs from a large area of savanna which of the following is a direct effect that could be explained by the diagrams?
A: an increase in the lion population
B: increase in the gazelle population
C: an increase in the grass population
D: increase in the shrub population

Answer 1

Answer: Option B

Explanation: If all the cheetahs from the savanna is removed then the population of the gazelle will increase.

The shrubs and trees are producers that is eaten up by the herbivores animals. They at not eaten by the cheetah.

The lion is also not eaten up by the cheetah. There will be no effect o the population of the lions.

Hence, there will be an increase in the population of the gazelle.

Answer 2

Answer:

B: increase in the gazelle population.

Explanation:

This would be the most likely consequence of removing all the cheetahs from a large area of savanna. This is because of how the food chain operates in this ecosystem. The cheetahs are considered predators in this ecosystem, and their main prey are gazelles. If the population of predators decreased, less gazelles would be hunted, which would eventually lead to an increase in the gazelle population.