based on the food web, correctly predict how changes in the number of a certain species affects the balance of the ecosystem. choose each correct statement by clicking on the sentence. if the number of rabbits increased, the number of grasshoppers increases. if the number of hawks increased, the number of grasshoppers increases. if the number of rabbits increased, the number of insect-eating birds decreases. if the number of hawks increased, the amount of grass increases. if the number of snakes increased, the number of rabbits decreases. if the number of insect-eating birds decreased, the amount of grass increases.

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  • -If the number of hawks increased, the number of grasshoppers increases
  • -If the number of rabbits increased, the number of insect-eating birds decreases.
  • -If the number of snakes increased, the number of rabbits decreases.

Explanation:

The branch of science which deals with the environment is called ecology.

The correct answer is D and E.

The food chain is defined as the arrangement of the consumer and the producer. Consumers depend on the producer for their food.

Both the species help in maintaining the population of each other.

In the food chain, big species are eaten by smaller species.

In Option D is the hawk's increases, they eat more herbivores due to which amount of grasses increases.

In option E, if the population of the snake increases they eat more rabbit gradually which lead to a decline in the rabbit population.

Hence the correct answer is D and E.

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