3. What is the general pattern of current flow and temperature within the Atlantic basin?

Have both clockwise and anticlockwise directions and warmer temperature.

Explanation:

Atlantic oceans have a circular pattern of surface currents that moves in the clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere while on the other hand, the temperature of the Atlantic basin is warm and having high salinity in the water. The Atlantic Ocean has about 9 degrees Celsius more warmer than the water of Pacific Ocean that leads to the warmer climate of Atlantic basins.

answer: decrease

a limiting factor is the one which decrease the abundance, distribution and causes extinction of the population of species in a ecosystem. here, predators including hawks, owls and snakes are the limiting factor for the population of mexican free tailed bat.   although bats are nocturnal animals as they forge for food at night these predators also may remain active during night which can decrease the population of the mexican free-tailed bats. also, these bats eat only one type of insects that are moths. the food can also be a limiting factor as all 400 members are dependent upon same type of food needs that are moths. the decrease in the moth population can cause decrease in population size of the mexican free-tailed bats.

therefore, the scenarios will most likely to decrease the population size of the mexican free-tailed bats.