Interdependency and Environmental Changes

Producing fruit and store water

Capturing sunlight and getting rid of waste materials

Absorbing water and supporting the plant in loose, sandy soil

Releasing nutrients into the sandy soil and taking in oxygen

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Returning nutrients to the soil

Releasing oxygen into the air

Making space for new animals

Decreasing the population of herbivores

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a decrease in average wind speed.

fewer hours of daylight.

an increase in humidity.

more direct sunlight.

water to find food and survive.

other organisms for food and use rocks or plants to hide.

their antennae to find food and their claws to grab food.

the sun’s energy to produce food.

The population of predators that eat prairie dogs will increase.

Due to construction, the population of plants that prairie dogs eat will decrease.

The number of underground tunnels will increase.

The nutrients in the soil will increase.

producer to decomposer

producer to consumer

consumer to decomposer

consumer to producer

The mice would become the new producers.

All the animals would either die or move away.

The number of mice would increase.

All the animal populations would increase.