Question

A population of raccoons lives in a forested area with lots of trees. The raccoons eat insects, eggs, berries, nuts, and small animals such as

rodents and frogs. One of the main predators of the raccoons are coyotes, which also prey on rabbits.
Identify whether the changes to the ecosystem are more likely to increase or decrease the population of raccoons.
More permits to hunt
Pollution from a nearby farm
disease decreases
coyotes are approved.
decreases the population
the population of rabbits
of insects in the forest.
in the forest.
Large parts of the forest
Additional rain increases
Frogs in a pond near
are cut down for wood.
the population of plants
the forest experience |
in the forest.
population surge.
Increases Population
Decreases Population

Answer 1

since theres 6 examples , im assuming 3 go in " increases " and 3 go in " decreases " so , here you go :

Step-by-step explanation:

INCREASES : addition rain makes more plants grow ( if there are more plants , raccoons can get more food and plus the rabbits will also eat the plants so the coyotes might go for either which doesnt freak out the raccoons as much )

INCREASES : frogs grow in population ( similar to the rain / plant example , the raccoons will have more food available to them , which means that the babies wont die and raccoons wont die of hunger )

INCREASES : more coyote kill permits ( i mean , people who hunt want some type of challenge and saying you shot a coyote is way cooler than saying you shot a raccoon , and also less coyotes , less raccoons they need to eat )

DECREASES : pollution from the farm kills insects ( the raccoons will have less food since they eat insects which means more raccoons will die of hunger )

DECREASES : the disease kills off rabbits ( if there arent rabbits , then the coyotes will only have raccoons to eat so theyll end up killing off the raccoons )

DECREASES : wood is cut down ( thats going to remove the food that the raccoons eat such as eggs and rodents and nuts , so theyre probs going to starve to death )

please tell me this helps lol