Question

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

The population of producers would decrease, while less energy would be transferred from autotrophs to heterotrophs

The population of producers would increase, while carnivores would lose their energy source

The population of producers would increase, while more energy would be transferred from the secondary consumers of the producers

The population of producers would decrease, while herbivores would adapt to using heterotrophs as an energy source

Answer 1

Then there would be a massive growth in smaller species

Answer 2

Which of my following answers?