Which of the following changes would most likely increase the rate at which a resource is consumed? a-increased conservation of the resource b-decreased population c-increased population d-decrease desire for the resource

The increase of population will likely to increase the rate at a resource to consume.

A population is a group of individuals of the same species that live in a particular area or the number of people living in the same area, for example, a city population means the number of people living in that city.

Population growth is the change in a population over time. It can be increasing or decreasing, depend on some factors, such as migration, birth rate, and mortality rate.

The population's growth rate increase when the birth rate is higher than the death rate, or the emigration is lower than the immigration. Increasing population means increasing human consumption and demand for many resources such as food production and consumption, meat production, food varieties, and infrastructure development. Bad management and distribution of these resources will lead to natural destruction and increase the amount of pressure on the agriculture sector.  

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answer; i believe that the correct answer is(d) nondisjunction during meiosis;

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.