The secondary consumers will be able to survive, as well as decomposers, as they kill the primary consumers, which depends on the plants, and teaches them to their offspring
Answer:
This will most likely accelerate the process. So the answer is 1.
The cell goes in a "dormant phase". A good example is the neuron. Neurons are very metabolically active but they don't divide so they go into a phase that doesn't include growth or replication of genetic material.