Question

Food web starting with sun and pointing to grasshopper and squirrel; Grasshopper pointing to squirrel, wolf, and snake; squirrel pointing to wolf, snake, and bird; wolf pointing to decomposition with worms and mushrooms; snake pointing to wolf and decomposition with worms and mushrooms; bird pointing to decomposition with worms and mushrooms; decomposition pointing to the sun stating soil nutrients.
If we removed the producers from this food web, how would it affect the balance of the ecosystem?


There would be an increase in consumers and decomposers.

There would be a decrease in consumers and decomposers.

There would be a decrease in primary consumers and an increase in secondary consumers.

There would be an increase in primary consumers and a decrease in secondary consumers.

Answer 1

There would be a decrease in consumers and decomposers.