Question

Which of the following describes a change to an abiotic factor of a squirrel’s habitat that could be harmful to it?

A: Increase in the population of food plants

B: Drought that depletes available water

C: Deforestation leading to reduced nesting sites

D: Increase in the population of local predators

Answer 1

Answer B
This is because a drought that depleted available water is a change to an abiotic factor. water is non living unlike the population or trees in the other answers. The fact that water is not there can be harmful to the squirrel as well!