Explain what would happen to the food chains if: a.) A toxin was released into the local water supply, and the mice in the meadow died.

b.) There was an increase in the hawk population.

a. The hawks would die because the mice died, since the bottom part of the food chain was taken out, the whole food chain would fall apart;

b. All the mice would die; since there are more hawks to eat the mice, the mice would be eaten faster than they could reproduce, and they would slowly die out.

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