Atemperate deciduous forest is dominated by oak trees, which produce acorns. populations of deer, black deer, and squirrels all rely on the acorns as a primary source of food. a large portion of the forest is cut down, causing it to loose most of its oak trees. what is most likely to happen? a)black bears would benefit from the space made available by the loss of trees, so their population would increase b)black bears, deer, and squirrels would undergo a mass extinction, so the forest’s biodiversity would decrease c)squirrels would instantly adapt to the lack of acorns, so their population would remain stable d)deer would become less likely to survive and reproduce, so their population would decline

B) Black bears, deer, and squirrels would undergo a mass extinction, so the forest’s biodiversity would decrease.

Limiting factor is a factor which limit the growth, distribution and abundance of  population of one or more species in an ecosystem. A limiting factor can be natural or man-made. Natural limiting factor includes resources (food, shelter and water), abundance in predator population, natural disasters like landslide and earthquakes. Man-made limiting factors include deforestation, forest fires and nuclear explosions.

Here, oak trees can be considered as limiting factor. Oak trees are source of food resource in temperate deciduous forest. Cutting down of these trees will affect the populations of animals residing in the forest. As, populations of beer, black deer, and squirrels all rely on the acorns obtain from oak trees, cutting down of trees will result in mass extinction of black bears, deer, and squirrels. Hence, the diversity of animals in forest would decrease.  

Plato Deer would become less likely to survive and reproduce, so their population would decline.

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a fossil fuel is a fuel formed by natural processes, such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms, containing energy originating in ancient photosynthesis.[1] the age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years, and sometimes exceeds 650 million years.[2] fossil fuels contain high percentages of carbon and include petroleum, coal, and natural gas.[3] other commonly used derivatives include kerosene and propane. fossil fuels range from volatile materials with low carbon to hydrogen ratios like methane, to liquids like petroleum, to nonvolatile materials composed of almost pure carbon, like anthracite coal. methane can be found in hydrocarbon fields either alone, associated with oil, or in the form of methane clathrates.

the theory that fossil fuels formed from the fossilized remains of dead plants by exposure to heat and pressure in the earth's crust over millions of years was first introduced by andreas libavius "in his 1597 alchemia [alchymia]" and later by mikhail lomonosov "as early as 1757 and certainly by 1763".[4] the first use of the term "fossil fuel" was by the german chemist caspar neumann, in english translation in 1759.[5]

in 2017 the world's primary energy sources consisted of petroleum (34%), coal (28%), natural gas (23%), amounting to an 85% share for fossil fuels in primary energy consumption in the world.[6] non-fossil sources in 2006 included nuclear (8.5%), hydroelectric (6.3%), and others (geothermal, solar, tidal, wind, wood, waste) amounting to 0.9%.[7] world energy consumption was growing at about 2.3% per year. in 2015 about 18% of worldwide consumption was from renewable sources.[8]