Question

A marshy area dries up, and most of the organisms in a population of flowers die. However, some of the flowers have adaptations that allow them to survive the change. If the land stays dry, what will the population of flowers be like several generations from now?

A. The population will have greater genetic diversity because the additional stress caused by lower water levels will result in increased immigration.

B. The population will have the same genetic diversity as when the area was marshy.

C. The genetic diversity will be less than in the original population, as more flowers will have the adaptations to live in the drier conditions.

D. The flowers will all die off because they could not survive in the drier conditions.

Answer 1

C

Step-by-step explanation:

All that is left are the plants capable of surviving in dry conditions; whereas before there were plants that thrived in more marshy conditions. Therefore decreased genetic diversity. The adaptations of the plants will be much less diverse.