The ice age 10,000 years ago killed off most cheetahs. This is an example of A. artificial selection. B. the founder effect. C. the bottleneck effect. D. natural selection. E. macroevolution.

C. "THE BOTTLENECK EFFECT".

Explanation:

This could be placed as a rigid example of genetic glitch that happens when the size of a population is severely reduced. Events like earthquakes, floods, fires can reduce a population, killing most individuals and leaving behind a small random group of survivors.

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.  

the correct answer is 2 and 4