D. Liquid oils are converted to solid fats.
Answer:
Q: ...what do you expect to happen to the population of each color of rabbit?
A: The white rabbit population may slowly die off while the brown rabbit population thrives and reproduces.
Explanation:
The white rabbits are well adapted to survival in cold winter months and snowfall, where they may camouflage effectively to avoid predation. However, the brown rabbits, more adapted to warmer periods in the fall, spring and summer in the temperate deciduous forest; the trees lose their leaves before cold seasons.
Leaf litter and foliage in warmer months likely provides better camouflage for brown rabbits. Camouflage is an adaptation to predation; the rabbits blend into surrounding colors, textures and patterns to avoid detection. In the onset of shorter winters, the white rabbits will be unable to avoid predators without snow to blend into; they would contrast with their surroundings making them easy targets to be hunted. Thus, with extended periods of warm temperatures, brown rabbits are more likely to survive and reproduce leading to a thriving population.
The carrying capacity of any individual biological species is the maximum size of the population which can sustain indefinitely in that environment provided the necessary requirements like food, water and other environmental conditions are available.
The carrying capacity in the graph is the point on the graph where the line of population is horizontal. The graph has the population in y-axis and time period on x-axis. Alternatively if in the carrying capacity graph the line becomes parallel to x axis then it gives the carrying capacity. Here, at the point 2000 on y-axis and starting from 15 months in x-axis is the point of carrying capacity is marked with red horizontal line and green border in the image attached.
