Decomposers

yes

no

alter the atmosphere

eat living organisms

help biomass decay

breaking down biomass

recycling nutrients

releasing carbon and nitrogen back into the ecosystem

helping producers with photosynthesis

yes

no

consumers would have more food

nutrients would never recycle

biomass would decay faster

producers would have more sunlight

producers

primary consumers

secondary consumers

tertiary consumers

producers

primary consumers

secondary consumers

tertiary consumers

It would stay the same since they don't eat beetles

Fewer owls because there would be more plants

Fewer owls because there will be less mice to eat

There is no way to predict this

Many owls to keep mice populations low

Many plants and few owls

Equal numbers of each

More beetles than plants