Jarl makes several minor mistakes during his conversational French class. Instead of thinking, "everyone makes mistakes sometime
s," he thinks, "I am so stupid." What kind of cognitive distortion is this? A. all-or-nothing thinking
B. beating a dead horse
C. jumping to conclusions
D. overgeneralization
Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that the kind of cognitive distortion that this is would be overgeneralization. This is a mental thought process in which you generalize a single experience to all the experiences that you are having now and in the future. Which is what Jarl is doing by stating that he is stupid for making a mistake in his french class. Most likely because he has done it before.
One section of the food web would be greatly impacted: the section containing the insects and insect-eating animals. Without insects and possibly spiders, there would be no food for the toads and insectivorous birds.