The answer is A) That the seed eating species would disappear, because the seeds would disappear followed by the finches that ate those seeds and the other finches that eat other food like insects would thrive.
The natural rate of extinction as assumed by science is about 5 species per year. Currently scientists estimate we are losing species at 1000-10000 times that rate, with multiple species disappearing every day. A note on this idea is that the average extinction rate gives an unrealistic depiction of nature when we consider the catastrophic extinction events that ended the dinosaurs and shaped the ice age.
Mutualism describes the ecological interaction between two or more species where each species has a net benefit.[1] Mutualism is a common type of ecological interaction. Prominent examples include most vascular plants engaged in mutualistic interactions with mycorrhizae, flowering plants being pollinated by animals, vascular plants being dispersed by animals, and corals with zooxanthellae, among many others. Mutualism can be contrasted with interspecific competition, in which each species experiences reduced fitness, and exploitation, or parasitism, in which one species benefits at the "expense" of the other. Mutualism is often conflated with two other types of ecological phenomena: cooperation and symbiosis. Cooperation refers to increases in fitness through within-species (intraspecific) interactions. Symbiosis involves two species living in proximity and may be mutualistic, parasitic, or commensal, so symbiotic relationships are not always mutualistic.
Mutualism plays a key part in ecology. For example, mutualistic interactions are vital for terrestrial ecosystem function as more than 48% of land plants rely on mycorrhizal relationships with fungi to provide them with inorganic compounds and trace elements. As another example, the estimate of tropical forest trees with seed dispersal mutualisms with animals ranges from 70–90%. In addition, mutualism is thought to have driven the evolution of much of the biological diversity we see, such as flower forms (important for pollination mutualisms) and co-evolution between groups of species.However, mutualism has historically received less attention than other interactions such as predation and parasitism.
Answer:
Option). Increasing enzyme, increasing substrate, increasing co-factors
Explanation:
Enzymes are bio-catalysts that increase the rate of a chemical reaction by decreasing its activation energy. As enzymes are catalytic molecules, increasing enzyme concentration would increase rate of reaction.
Substrates are those substrates that react with other molecules to form products. Thus, increasing the concentration of substrates, along with enzymes to an enzyme-catalyzed reaction would increase rate of that reaction.
Co-factors are non-protein compounds or ions, which are required for proper functioning of many enzymes. Thus, increasing the concentration of co-factors, along with enzymes to an enzyme-catalyzed reaction would increase rate of that reaction.
Thus, the correct answer is option). 'increasing enzyme, increasing substrate, increasing co-factors.'
