Question

1 pts Question 4 Imagine the construction of a highway splits the prairie habitat of a rare native flower into two fragments of habitat. The flower populations on either side of the highway become isolated from one another. Population A has 2,000 individuals, and population B has 30 individuals. Which population will be better able to adapt to a new environmental stress or a sudden change in environment? Population A There's no way to predict with the given information. Population B Populations A and B will have approximately equal genetic diversity

Answer 1

Small population is more prone to the environmental disturbacens, the large population can handle the stress very well. So population B will be more effected.

The answer is A.