<span>Within a more biodiverse ecosystem, there is a higher chance that species will be able to adapt to change. For example, even with the eradication or migration of any one particular food group, consumers higher up in the food chain will remain able to survive due to alternative sources of energy.</span>
The primary consumers like rabbits or other small animals that are normally eaten by the secondary consumers (snakes) would over populate and eat all of the producers (plants) and the plants would die out. This would eventually lead to the decrease of the primary consumer (rabbit/small animals) population.
The correct answer from the choices listed above is option A. Adaptations took advantage of the presence of free oxygen in the oceans and atmosphere by the <span>evolution of cellular respiration, which used oxygen to help harvest energy from organic molecules.</span>