A balanced ecosystem has the same population of living things over time. Mice eat grasshoppers, and snakes prey on mice. Hawks prey on snakes. What will most likely happen if the population of snakes decreases in an ecosystem?
A.
The population of hawks will increase.
B.
The population of mice will decrease.
C.
The population of all mice will increase.
D.
The population of grasshoppers will increase.
