Consider the following food chain: plants are eaten by grasshoppers, which are eaten by mice, which are eaten by snakes. what is likely to happen if a new organism that feeds off mice is introduced? a. the mice population will increase in response to the arrival of the new organism. b. the mice population, grasshopper population, and plant population will all increase. c. the new organism will compete with the snake population for resources. d. the populations of the existing organisms will remain unaffected.

d wasn't the answer                                                            

The correct answer is c. The new organism will compete with the snake population for resources.

In the given food chain snake is top consumer which feeds on mice. With the introduction of new organism which also feeds mice. New organism is also carnivore and will be top consumer and will compete with snake for the food which is mice. The population of grasshopper will increase and snake population will decrease due to shortage of food (mice) in the given food chain.  

the answer is d (apex) good luck : ))

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