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)

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

It would decrease.
It would decrease.

It would increase.
It would increase.

It would not be affected.

Answer 1

It would decrease.

An increase in pesticide use would likely lead to a reduction in the population of insects, including grasshoppers, which are a food source for long-billed curlews. With fewer available insects to eat, the curlews would struggle to find enough food to survive and reproduce, which would likely lead to a decline in their population.