Question

How can natural selection affect a predator-prey relationship in an ecosystem?

Choose all answers that are correct.

A.
Over time populations stay the same even when another population changes.

B.
Natural selection only acts on select generations of predator and prey populations.

C.
Natural selection can act on both the predator and prey populations.

D.
Nature selects for traits that allow for them to survive and reproduce at a greater rate than those without these traits.
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Answer 1

c and d because the increase of the reproduction provides more food for the predator and adaptation will work on both predator and prey

Answer 2

D. Nature selects for traits that allow for them to survive and reproduce at a greater rate than those without these traits.

C. Natural selection can act on both the predator and prey populations.