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PLEASE HELP, THANK YOU If all of the AUTOTROPHS were removed from an ecosystem, what would happen to the number of HETEROTROPHS? A)increase B)decrease C)stay the same D)Not enough information to answer
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If all of the AUTOTROPHS were removed from an ecosystem, what would happen to the number of HETEROTROPHS?

A)increase

B)decrease

C)stay the same

D)Not enough information to answer the question

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Hi, I'm a little late but better to be late than never :D

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of heterotrophs would, B) decrease

This is because autotrophs are the base of the food chain, and heterotrophs are not capable of making their own chemical energy. Without autotrophs, the ecosystem would slowly and painfully die out.

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