Question

In the ecosystem of a park, deer eat plants, coyotes eat deer, and wolves eat both deer and coyote. What would most likely happen to the deer and coyote population if many plants died?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

If many plants died, then the food source for the deer is gone. Without food, the deer population would decrease. Since they are below the coyotes in the food chain, their low population would mean less food for coyotes. Again without food, the coyote population would also decrease.

Answer 2

Answer: The entire ecosystem population would decrease.

Explanation: As plants die, the deer have nothing to eat and thus the cycle of depopulation begins.