Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. In a forest, gazelles were the main source of food for cheetahs. The gazelles depended on grasses and shrubs for their food. A mysterious disease quickly spread among the cheetahs, killing many of them. What impact would the decline of the cheetah population have on resource availability?
Because the number of cheetahs declined, the population of gazelles will most likely . This situation, in turn, will lead to increased between the gazelles and other herbivorous animals that eat the same food as gazelles.

What would happen to the nutrients in an ecosystem if decomposers, such as bacteria, didn’t exist there?

Variety of living organisms; includes genetic, species, and ecological types.

Agroup of plant cells was exposed to radiation, which damaged the chloroplasts and caused them to lose function. if the mitochondria were unharmed, what would happen to the overall function of the plant cells? a. the cells would not be able to make food, but would be able to release energy from biomolecules. b. the cells would not be able to replicate dna, but would be able to break down waste. c. the cells would not be able to break down waste, but would be able to replicate dna. d. the cells would not be able to release energy from biomolecules, but would be able to make food.