Bears and salmon have a predator-prey relationship. What would most likely happen to the bear population if the salmon population increased?

stay the same

decrease

increase

become extinct

Answer: increase

Explanation:

Salmon is a fish species. A predator can be define as an organism which obtains it's diet by killing other organism. A prey is an organism who is killed by the predator.

According to the given, situation if the population of Salmon increases then the population of Bear will increase. As Bear will be a predator species for Salmon prey. The Bear population will receive food as Salmon and increase in number by reproduction

Increase

Explanation:

The reason the bear population would increase is because the salmons population increased therefore being able to provide more food to more bears