Question

Hares were introduced into a grassland ecosystem. They don’t have any natural predators there, and they can eat native plants for food. What are the outcomes of this situation?

The hares will multiply indiscriminately and destroy the ecosystem.

The hares will die off because they’ve been introduced into a new ecosystem.

The native herbivores will have a larger food supply.

The decomposers’ food supply will decrease.

The native herbivores will experience increased competition for resources.

Answer 1

Answer: The hares will multiply indiscriminately and destroy the ecosystem.

Step-by-step explanation:

The grassland biome is the biome which remain typically dominated by the grasses as vegetation and exhibit few species of shrubs and trees. Therefore, the population of faunal species is mainly of herbivores.

According to the given situation, if the hare were introduced into a grassland ecosystem, they are expected to consume the majority of the grass cover, because of the availability of food they will increase in number. The members of the other herbivorous species will left starved or may decline in future. Therefore, this can lead to extinction of some species from the grassland. Hence, this situation can destroy the ecosystem.

Answer 2

The correct answers should be the hares will multiply indiscriminately and destroy the ecosystem and the native herbivores will experience increased competition for resources.

Since the hares wouldn't have predators, and they are famous for rapid breeding, they would overpopulate the ecosystem. On the other hand, the native animals would have to compete with this population of hares for food and would have less for for themselves.