What do you think could have happened to the annount of food and precipitation from that period to help explain the growth of the buffalo population?

The rate that would change would be the  searching efficiency/attack rate. there are only two other rates in this model: the  growth rate of prey, and the  predator or consumer mortality rate.the  searching efficiency/attack rate is what indicates how effectively can a predator capture its prey whether in the searching process or actual capturing/attacking process. 

A  reaction  in which  energy  is  released  to the surroundings is called an exothermic  reaction. in this type of  reaction  the enthalpy, or stored  chemical energy, is lower for the products than the reactants. when ammonium nitrate is dissolved in water,  energyis  absorbed  and the water cools.

Hey .a. is the correct option