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What happens if one is removed?

Use this for “What would most likely happen if the snakes were removed?”

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A meadow food web.
Follow the arrows from the sun to the hawk.

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Each arrow means: is eaten by. The sun’s arrow is its energy going into the grass.
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When an animal is removed, what it ate grows in number.
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What ate it has less food, unless it can eat something else.
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