Asked by damon

Consider the following food chain:
Plants are eaten by grasshoppers, which are eaten by mice, which are eaten by snakes.

What will happen to the other members of the food chain if the grasshoppers are removed?
a.
the number of plants will increase, the number of mice will decrease, the number of snakes will decrease
b.
the number of plants will decrease, the number of mice will increase, the number of snakes will increase
c.
the number of plants will decrease, the number of mice will increase, the number of snakes will decrease
d.
the number of plants will increase, the number of mice will increase, the number of snakes will increase

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
a. the number of plants will increase, the number of mice will decrease, the number of snakes will decrease

Explanation: Removing grasshoppers removes the plant consumer (so plants increase) and the food source for mice (so mice decline), which in turn reduces food for snakes (so snakes decline).