In a desert ecosystem, small mammals eat plants and snakes eat small mammals. What would probably happen to the amount of plant material if all the snakes suddenly died? At first, the amount of plant material would: O A. not change because snakes do not eat plants O B. decrease because the number of surviving small mammals would increase O C. increase because there would be more room for plants to grow O D. decrease because the snakes protect the plants

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In a desert ecosystem, small mammals eat plants and snakes eat small mammals. What
would probably happen to the amount of plant material if all the snakes suddenly
died? At first, the amount of plant material would:
A. not change because snakes do not eat plants
B. decrease because the number of surviving small mammals would increase
O C. increase because there would be more room for plants to grow
O D. decrease because the snakes protect the plants
5 pts
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If you are conducting a study of elk in the Western North Carolina mountains, you are
studying a
Ecosystem
DELL
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