When the population of ant (prey) increases, what would you predict the population of the ant-lion (predator) would do? A. Decrease

B. Increase, because there is more food available to them.

B

Explanation:

When there’s more food, the populations that depend on that food with flourish. It is also worth noting for future questions that a decrease in predation will usually lead to an increase in a population of prey. Hope this helps :)

B. Because there is more food available to them.

Explanation:

if the ant ( prey ) were to instead decrease then the ant - lion ( predator ) would decrease instead due to lack of food population at some certain point of time.

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