Question

A recent scientific study of the land surrounding a large city has found a 40 percent decrease in forest area and 60 percent decrease in wildlife over ten years. Which factor has most likely caused this occurrence?

Answer 1

B. urban sprawl

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Answer 2

The most likely reason would be that this city has either been expanding and with that effectively decreasing the amount of available living spcace the animals and trees as well have, at the same time it is possible that this city has been emiting increased amounts of the different types of pollution - one example being light polution which can strongly influence certain ecological niches.