Consider the Following Segment of a Food Web: If

question 79

Multiple Choice

Consider the following segment of a food web: If the removal of hawks from this part of the food web triggered a trophic cascade, what would be the effects, if any, on the population sizes of snakes and frogs?

• A) There would be no effects on either population.
• B) Snakes and frogs would both increase.
• C) Snakes and frogs would both decrease.
• D) Snakes would increase and frogs would decrease.
• E) Snakes would decrease and frogs would increase.

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