Question

Consider the following food chain:

Plants are eaten by grasshoppers, which are eaten by mice, which are eaten by snakes.
What would happen to the other members of the food chain if the plant population was wiped out?
a. The populations of grasshoppers, mice, and snakes would increase.
b. The populations of grasshoppers and mice would increase, while the population of snakes would decrease.
c. The populations of grasshoppers would decrease, while the population of mice and snakes would increase.
d. The populations of grasshoppers, mice, and snakes would decrease.
D?

Answer 1

D

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

It's D, Without plants for the grasshopper to eat they would begin to decrease in population causing a decrease in mice population from the lack of food supply and so forth for the snake.