Question

Consider the food chain grasshopper mouse snakes hawks. If snakes go extinct what will happen to the food chain

Answer 1

Lack of mice

Step-by-step explanation:

If the grasshopper where to go extinct the mice population would decrease. Which would lead to it being harder for snakes to find food or they would begin to rely on a different food source. But the hawks would be able to find less snakes but would overall be fine.

Answer 2

This can actually cause a major problem if the number of grasshoppers were to increase out of control. They eat plants and the number of plants,which are the basis of the food chain, could severely decrease which would impact all of the levels operating above this trophic level.