Question

Which of the following best explains what would happen if there were no primary consumers in an ecosystem?

Answer 1

POSSIBLE ANSWERS:
A) The population of producers would increase, while carnivores would lose their energy source.
B) The population of producers would increase, while more energy would be transferred from the secondary consumers to the producers.
C) The population of producers would decrease, while herbivores would adapt to using heterotrophs as an energy source.
D) The population of producers would decrease, while less energy would be transferred from autotrophs to heterotrophs.

Answer 2

A