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A food web. fox consumes shrew, mouse, and rabbit. shrew consumes grasshopper. mouse consumes grasshopper and grass. grasshopper consumes grass. rabbit consumes grass. snake consumes mouse. what would happen to the population of mice if grasses were lost to a forest fire? it would increase because there would be new plant growth. it would decrease because grass is the mice’s main source of food. it would not change because the mice have several other sources of food.

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Answer:

It would decrease because grass is the mice’s main source of food.

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A food web. fox consumes shrew, mouse, and rabbit. shrew consumes grasshopper. mouse-example-1
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Answer:

they would decrease

Step-by-step explanation:

as grasshoppers (there food source) would die out through lack of grass. so without there food source the pop. of mice would decrease

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