In any field of sunflowers, the height of the plants vary. Birds first eat the seeds from the tallest plants. If this eating pattern continues season after season, what would we expect to happen to sunflowers over time?

Question

In any field of sunflowers, the height of the plants vary. Birds first eat the seeds from the tallest plants. If this eating pattern continues season after season, what would we expect to happen to sunflowers over time?

Responses
A get shorterget shorter
B become extinctbecome extinct
C reproduce asexuallyreproduce asexually
D stop producing seedsstop producing seeds
E exhibit phototropism

Answer 1

A. The sunflowers would likely get shorter over time as the tallest plants are consistently being targeted by birds for their seeds. Gradually, the shorter plants that are left would become the dominant characteristic in the field of sunflowers.