Multiple choice

Why would some organisms, like frogs or plants, produce poisons like cyanide?

  1. increases its ability to resist predation

  2. makes it more efficient to breathe

  3. the poisons reach a water source, killing everyone

  4. makes the organisms larger or smaller in size
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Explanation

Chemical defenses like poisons are adaptations that deter predators from eating the organism. This increases the organism's chances of survival and reproduction.

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