Question

Explain what would happen to the food chains if:

a.) A toxin was released into the local water supply, and the mice in the meadow died.

b.) There was an increase in the hawk population.

Answer 1

a. The hawks would die because the mice died, since the bottom part of the food chain was taken out, the whole food chain would fall apart;

b. All the mice would die; since there are more hawks to eat the mice, the mice would be eaten faster than they could reproduce, and they would slowly die out.