Question

The Canadian lynx is a large wild cat that lives in the cold regions of Canada. The snowshoe hare is the main prey species that is hunted by the Canadian lynx. The snowshoe hare eats grass, fern, and leaves. If the population of Canadian lynx were to completely disappear, what would most likely happen to the food supply of the snowshoe hare? *

A. The snowshoe hare would stop eating grass, so there would be less food available.

B. The snowshoe hare would start eating each other, so the food supply would not be affected.

C. The population of snowshoe hare would outgrow the food supply, so there would be less food available.

D. The population of snowshoe hare would decrease, and there would be more food available.

Answer 1

The population of snowshoe hare would outgrow the food supply, so there would be less food available.

Step-by-step explanation:

Predators keep the population of prey species from getting too large. Without predators, prey species would overpopulate areas and use up all of the resources, causing the food supply of the prey to decrease. If the Canadian lynx were to disappear from Canada, the population of snowshoe hare would outgrow the food supply, so there would be less food available. This would result in the eventual decline of the population of snowshoe hare.

Answer 2

C. The population of snowshoe hare would outgrow the food supply, so there would be less food available.

Step-by-step explanation:

As there would be less animals hunting the snowshoe hare population, the number of rabbits would outnumber the quantity of food available to the wildlife.