Mono Lake's salt content doubled when the water level dropped to half its normal level. How did this affect the primary consumers in the lake? * A. This had no effect on primary consumers as it only affected producers.
B. This caused the population of primary consumers to grow.
C. This caused populations of flies and shrimp to be greater.
D. This caused populations of flies and shrimp to decline and shrimp were much smaller than usual.

i think the answer would d

1. a host loses nutrients to a parasite

2. a parasite only benefits when the host is alive (cause if the host dies the parasite dies with it )

3. producers to consumers

4. the tapeworm is a parasite

5. they convert energy from the sun (photosynthesis)

6. sunflower-robin (i think im 80% sure)

7. producer

8. consumer

9. prey

10. fresh water snails ( cause the green algea is the producer and the snails are the primary consumers and the small fish consumer so is the big fish)

the last one: artificial selection/genetic engineering

plant breeding is modifying the genetic composition of the plant - but this isn't cloning (which is specifically introducing a gene into a genome). but you are artificially selecting for the phenotype that you want.

the second one is literally genetic engineering - the gene would have been cloned first and then inserted or genetically engineered into the new plant cell (the cotton).