Question

read the passage. then answer the question below. more than 15 million mexican free - tailed bats live in bracken cave in texas. every night at sunset, the bats leave the cave to find food. they eat flying insects such as moths, flies, and wasps. when so many bats live together in one cave, they produce a lot of bat feces, or guano. the guano builds up on the cave floor and provides food for fungus and bacteria. the fungus and bacteria are eaten by millipedes and other small crawling insects. these small insects are eaten by larger organisms, such as centipedes, spiders, and salamanders. in bracken cave in texas, the mexican free - tailed bats make up which of the following? select all that apply. a population part of a community part of an ecosystem

Explanation:

A population is a group of the same species living in the same area (15 million Mexican free - tailed bats in Bracken Cave). A community is all the different populations of organisms living together in an area, and the bats interact with other species like insects, fungi, etc. An ecosystem includes all the living organisms (biotic factors) and their physical environment (abiotic factors) in an area, and the bats are part of this dynamic system in the cave.

Answer:

a population, part of a community, part of an ecosystem