The table below shows population data for a particular country in 2010: Population (millions) 40.5
Births (per 1,000) 30
Deaths (per 1,000) 4
Total Fertility Rate 3.3
Infant Mortality Rate
(per 1,000 births) 11

Five years later, the total fertility rate for this country is 2.4. Which of the following statements could be a possible reason for this change?

if the hares very faster than they are now, and thus the lynx's hunting success rate drops because it will be harder to catch them, the rate that will change will be the pray-rate. the pray-rate will change because more hares will be able to survive, thus more individuals for reproduction, so the end result will be increasing population of hares.

the predator-rate will remain pretty much the same because there will be more than enough pray, but the hunting success rate is stagnant.

only about ten percent of the energy at one trophic level is passed on to organisms at the next trophic level. the remainder of the energy is used in life processes or lost as heat.

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