I believe the answer is C.
because when the dinosaurs thrived they ate most of the mammals which were small animals but when the dinosaurs went extinct the mammals grew larger in size and started to thrive.
Photosynthesis.. hope I helped (:
D. lactobacillus is the right answer
I don't know exactly what you mean but the size of a group affects its defense because there is a larger group. Therefore, more people would be protecting it, adding more to its defense.