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Scientists have been studying the size of three populations in a grassland. In this ecosystem, lizards eat fireflies, and fireflies eat gnats (a type of insect). The data showed that all three populations were stable. Then the lizard population decreased suddenly. What will most likely happen to the size of the firefly population as a result? The firefly population will . . . *

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The population of the fireflies are going to increase because the lizards species is decreasing which there would be nothing to consume the fireflies.

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