Why do new species evolve more rapidly after a mass extinction? a few organisms survive, which allows the remaining organisms to reproduce rapidly. b mutations increase during mass extinctions, which then increase the rate of evolution. c ecological niches become available for organisms to evolve into by adaptive radiation. d there is a lot more food available, so the remaining organisms are able to flourish.

Residential construction is expanding in florida, the expansion has caused fragmentation of habitats, one of the results of the increased construction is a decrease in the number of large predators such as the coyote, black bear and pool panther, which will be the most immediate local result of this fragmentation? 1)large predators will become extinct 2)decrease in middle sized predators 3)increase in population of top carnivores 4)increase in population of prey species