I am pretty sure the answer is B but correct me if I'm wrong hope this helps.
Answer:
Multiple organisms may be affected by the loss of a plant species.
Explanation:
Organisms that feed directly off the lost plant will be affected, and because of that, organisms that feed off those organisms will be affected. This could also affect other organisms like parasites. Other plant species may be affected from the loss of a competitive species. This could affect organisms that feed off that plant, and the organisms that feed off those organisms.
This is false. They were both chemists and they made many discoveries such as realizing that charcoal and diamond are different forms of the same element and proposing an atomic theory, but they never tried to turn diamonds to gold.