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Afarmer began a new method of reducing grain spills. this reduced the number of mice on the farm. the number of snakes in the surrounding area decreased at the same time. the snakes depended on the mice that lived in the field. what’s the likely reason the snake population decreased? a. the number of snake predators increased. b. the number of mice increased. c. the number of mice decreased. d. the pesticides affected the snakes. e. a new breed of mice moved into the field.

Adult wasps sting caterpillars and inject their eggs into the caterpillars. the larvae feed on the caterpillars, leading to the death of the caterpillars. what kind of a relationship exists between the wasps and the caterpillars? a. the adult wasps are parasites to the caterpillars. b. the caterpillars are parasites to the wasps. c. the adult wasps are commensals, and the caterpillars are hosts. d. the caterpillars are commensals, and the adult wasps are hosts.