Long-billed curlews eat many different kinds of insects, including grasshoppers, as a source of food. It has been shown that pesticide use kills many of these insects. How would you expect an increase in pesticide use to affect to the population of long-billed curlews in the same area?(1 point)

Question

Long-billed curlews eat many different kinds of insects, including grasshoppers, as a source of food.  It has been shown that pesticide use kills many of these insects. How would you expect an increase in pesticide use to affect to the population of long-billed curlews in the same area?(1 point)
Responses

It would decrease.
It would decrease.

It would stay the same.
It would stay the same.

It would increase.
It would increase.

It would not be affected.

GPT-4o mini · Answer

It would decrease.

An increase in pesticide use is likely to reduce the population of insects, including grasshoppers, which are a food source for long-billed curlews. As the availability of food decreases, the population of long-billed curlews would likely decrease as well.