NATURAL SELECTION UNIT TEST:

AFTER A BOTTLENECK EVENT, THE POPULATION OF RABBITS IN AN AREA HAS SIGNIGICANTLY DECREASED. A DECADE LATER, THE POPULATION OF THE RABBITS RECOVERS TO ITS ORIGINAL NUMBERS. WHICH STATEMENT IS CORRECT ABOUT THE RABBITS?

1. THEY ARE AS LIKELY TO SURVIVE ENVIROMENTAL CHANGES BECAUSE THEIR POPULATION HAS RECOVERED.
2. THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO SURVIVE ENVIROMENTAL CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE BOTTLENECK EVENT.
3. THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE ENVIROMENTAL CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE BOTTLENECK EVENT.
4. THEY ARE AS LIKELY TO SURVIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES BECAUSE THEY SURVIVED THE BOTTLENECK EVENT.

1. They are as likely to survive environmental changes because their population has recovered.