Question

a student designed a model to represent a community. what change should the student make to represent the community more accurately? remove the tree from the model. remove the elephant from the model. add abiotic factors like water and soil to the model. add more types of animals and plants to the model.

Explanation:

A community in an ecological context consists of all the different populations of living organisms in an area. Adding more types of animals and plants would better represent the diversity within a community. Removing the tree or elephant reduces the representation, and adding abiotic factors represents the ecosystem rather than just the community.

Answer:

D. Add more types of animals and plants to the model.