Plants produce oxygen which animals use. Animals produce carbon dioxide which plants use. Predict the most likely outcome if airborne pollution blocked the sun’s rays so significantly that the percentage of living plants was decreased by 95%.
A. Plants would quickly evolve to consume a mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide
B. Animals would quickly evolve to begin using carbon dioxide
C. The atmosphere would fill with carbon dioxide, and animals would begin to die.
D. The atmosphere would fill with oxygen, and animals would begin to die.