Answer:
C. The number of primary consumers would increase.
Explanation:
The grasshopper(s) and squirrel(s) would increase because the predator that preys on them could be gone, therefore the reproduction rate of both would increase causing overpopulation for both.
It cannot be A cause the producers would slowly begin to decrease
It cannot be B, because without the wolf, snake or hawk, or any other such as these won't continue to the next group which is decomposers
It cannot be D because the primary consumers would increase rather than decrease, with the lack of predators.
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