A Small Island Has Stable Populations of Plants and Animals,including

question 39

Multiple Choice

A small island has stable populations of plants and animals,including one species of hawk as the only predator.A ship docks at the island,and the ship's cat has recently had a litter of kittens.One of the young cats accidentally goes ashore in a small boat,jumps to land and runs into the brush.No one notices,and they leave the cat on the island.

• A)It's only one cat and will make no difference to the island.
• B)The increase in nitrogenous waste from the cat will increase the size of many plants.
• C)The fish in the lagoon will decrease due to predation.
• D)Some species of ground-nesting birds may go extinct within a few years.
• E)The insect populations will declinE.

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