Which factor would increase an area's carrying capacity for prairie dogs

The correct answer is option B, that is, increased availability of food.  

The carrying capacity of a biological species in surrounding refers to the majority of the size of the population of the species, which the environment can maintain indeterminately, given the habitat, food, water, and other essential necessities in the environment.  

In terms of population biology, carrying capacity is illustrated as the maximum load that can be handled by the environment. Thus, in the given case, the carrying capacity of the prairie dogs in an area gets increased with the increase in the availability of food.  

cells use diffusion to get substances in and out of themselves. that diffusion will occur across the cell membrane or the outer covering of the cell. because we are talking about the surface of the cell, surface area and volume are  important factors here. as a cell increases in size, its surface area and volume increase as well.  we call that the surface area to volume ratio (sa: vol).  but the catch is that  volume increases at a greater rate than surface  area. in other words, as a cell gets bigger, the sa: vol gets smaller. so a really small cell like bacteria is mostly cell membrane (surface) with very little contents (volume). a really big cell like an egg, is mostly insides with a super thin membrane. so what ends up happening is that the cell cannot efficiently diffuse all of the stuff it needs in/out to survive. therefore cell size is limited to about 100mm. so how do we make organisms bigger than 100mm? cells divide! by dividing and becoming multicellular, organisms are able to grow!   check out the diagrams i attached to see the effect of sa: vol. i hope this ! good luck!