Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Food chains and food webs

Food chains and food webs — practice question

The diagram illustrates a food chain: rose bush $\rightarrow$ aphids $\rightarrow$ ladybirds $\rightarrow$ spiders. A disease caused the number of ladybirds to fall. What would be the most likely effect of this on the numbers of aphids and spiders?

  • Aaphids decrease; spiders decrease
  • Baphids decrease; spiders increase
  • Caphids increase; spiders decrease
  • Daphids increase; spiders increase

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