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What most likely caused the rabbit population to decrease over the first time unit shown in the following graph? a. A disease in the rabbit population b. A decrease in amount of healthy grass available c. An decreasing population of hawks d. A higher-than-ideal population of snakes Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D

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It’s either A or B

Diseases can often cause a decrease in the population

But also without healthy grass for them to eat, they begins to die off cause of not a lot of food left for them to eat enough to survive.

A food chain is the part of the ecosystem that depicts the flow of energy. The rabbit population decreases because of the higher-than-ideal population of snakes. Thus, option D is correct.

What is a food chain?

A food chain is the most important part of the ecosystem that portrays the flow of the food and the energy in the different trophic levels of the producers and the consumers.

In the graph, the population of snakes is too high, as they are the consumers and eat rabbits, which makes the population of rabbits to decrease as they are the prey for the snakes (predators).

Therefore, the population of rabbits decreases because of the high number of snakes.

Learn more about the food chain here:

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