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Why would removing all producers from an ecosystem cause higher levels to collapse? (1 point)
The basic energy source for the entire food web is gone.
Decomposers can no longer recycle nutrients back into soil.
The ecosystem's water cycle stops working right.
Consumer populations grow due to less competition.
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The basic energy source for the entire food web is gone.
Without producers (photosynthesizers), primary production stops so herbivores and then predators lose their energy/food source and populations collapse.
Without producers (photosynthesizers), primary production stops so herbivores and then predators lose their energy/food source and populations collapse.
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