Suppose a Forest Is Cut Down and Replaced with Cornfields

Multiple Choice

Suppose a forest is cut down and replaced with cornfields.How would evapotranspiration rates be likely to change in this situation, if at all?

A) Rates would not change, because corn also carries out evapotranspiration.
B) Rates would increase, because corn is much more productive than trees.
C) Rates would increase, because replanting corn every year increases evapotranspiration.
D) Rates would decrease, because only trees, not herbaceous plants, can undergo evapotranspiration.
E) Rates would decrease, because the corn surface area undergoing evapotranspiration is much smaller than the tree surface area.