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.

Answer 1

The yucca plant would also go extinct.

Explanation: Yucca and yucca moths have an obligate, highly specialized mutualism—yuccas rely on the moth for pollination. If the moth disappears, the plant cannot reproduce sexually and will decline toward extinction (unless humans intervene artificially, which is unlikely as a natural outcome).