Coevolution can be seen between some plants and animals, like the yucca plant and the yucca moth. The flowers are shaped specifically so that only the tiny moth can pollinate them. If the yucca moth goes extinct due to climate change or other human- generated factors, what would be the likely outcome for the yucca plant?(1 point)

Question

Coevolution can be seen between some plants and animals, like the yucca plant and the yucca moth. The flowers are shaped specifically so that only the tiny moth can pollinate them. If the yucca moth goes extinct due to climate change or other human- generated factors, what would be the likely outcome for the yucca plant?(1 point)
Responses

Humans would have to engineer a way to pollinate the plant.
Humans would have to engineer a way to pollinate the plant.

The yucca plant would also go extinct.
The yucca plant would also go extinct.

A new animal would evolve or adapt to take over the job of the yucca moth.
A new animal would evolve or adapt to take over the job of the yucca moth.

The yucca plant would evolve a new way to be pollinated.

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The most likely outcome for the yucca plant, if the yucca moth goes extinct, is:

The yucca plant would also go extinct.

This is because the yucca plant relies on the yucca moth for pollination, and without this specific pollinator, the plant would likely be unable to reproduce effectively. While other options like engineering human intervention or adaptation of other animals could be theoretically possible, those scenarios are not guaranteed and would likely take a significant amount of time.