In a forest, gazelles were the main source of food for cheetahs. The gazelles depended on grasses and shrubs for their food. A m
ysterious disease quickly spread among the cheetahs, killing many of them. What impact would the decline of the cheetah population have on resource availability? Because the number of cheetahs declined, the population of gazelles will most likely ____________. This situation, in turn, will lead to increased __________ between the gazelles and other herbivorous animals that eat the same food as gazelles.
first blank- decrease, increase, stay the same
second blank- competition, predation, sharing
Due to natural selection , if the predator of the gazelle declines, then the prey the gazelles will increase since there isn't many cheetahs killing them anymore. the second should be competition, since there will be more gazelles needing to eat.
As the population of cheetahs decrease due to the disease the population of gazelles would increase. This is because the cheetahs feed on gazelles, now when the population of cheetahs decline the predation of gazelles would decrease and hence, they will <em>increase</em> in number.
Now, that the population of gazelles is increasing and they feed on grasses and shrubs for food , they will compete with other herbivores as they will also depend on the same shrubs and grasses. So the <em>competition</em> between the gazelles and herbivores <em>increases</em>.
The answer is A. - Prokatyotic cells lack a defined nucleus while eukaryotic cells do have one :) I loved learning about the cells in biology! But I noticed your question is worded a little differently so the nucleus would be the one thing a eukaryotic cell has that a prokatyotic cell does not...
Edaphon is the general term used to reffer to the animals and plants present in the soil.
On the other hand, there is not only one name for the fallen leaves on the forest floor. It could be either plant litter, leaf litter or even tree littler. Although the name suggests it is only leaves, this <u>plant litter</u> could include leaves, barks and twigs that can fall off a tree.
The edaphon its made up of thousands of organisms including a huge number of bacteria, fungi, and arthropods. A good example of organisms living in the soil is an earthworm. Earthworms crawl through the soil feeding from it, digesting part of the organic material and fertilizing it with their excrement.
