A bird species that lives in only one swamp has a beak designed only for cracking snail shells. The birds depend on the snails for food. What will most likely happen to the bird species if the swamp suddenly dries up, killing off the snails? A. The bird species will immediately adapt to eating berries. B. The bird species will quickly evolve and adapt to have a new kind of beak. C. The bird will become extinct because it is not adapted to eat other food. D. The bird species will immediately adapt by catching insects to eat.

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Lilianna Heath

19 October, 15:02

A bird species that lives in only one swamp has a beak designed only for cracking snail shells. The birds depend on the snails for food. What will most likely happen to the bird species if the swamp suddenly dries up, killing off the snails? A. The bird species will immediately adapt to eating berries. B. The bird species will quickly evolve and adapt to have a new kind of beak. C. The bird will become extinct because it is not adapted to eat other food. D. The bird species will immediately adapt by catching insects to eat.

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Chris Stanton · Answer 1

Option C

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Well, we can rule out options A and D because adaption takes time and I am guessing the unit is Darwin's Finches. Both A and D could be valid option only if some time was added in between the intervals. With the information I just gave, option B can also be ruled out because it uses the word "quickly". Since evolution takes lots of time, quickly isn't really an option. This leaves the answer as choice C as the bird species will adapt.