What is the function of a top predator in an ecosystem?(1 point)

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It increases the food for other predator species.
It increases the food for other predator species.

It maintains other populations.
It maintains other populations.

It creates imbalance in the ecosystem.
It creates imbalance in the ecosystem.

It helps increase the number of prey.

Answer 1

It maintains the balance of the ecosystem by controlling the population of other species and preventing overgrazing or overpopulation of certain prey species.