Question

this food chain shows organisms in a grassland ecosystem.
use the food chain to complete the text below.
if the population of pocket gophers decreases, bull snakes will be likely to survive and produce offspring. so, the population of bull snakes will likely

Explanation:

In the food chain (slender wheatgrass → pocket gopher → bull snake → golden eagle), pocket gophers are prey for bull snakes. If pocket gopher population decreases, bull snakes have less food. With less food, bull snakes will have lower survival and reproduction rates, so their population will likely decrease (or be less likely to survive and produce offspring). For the first blank (describing bull snakes' likelihood to survive/reproduce), "less" fits. For the second blank (bull snakes' population change), "decrease".

Answer:

First blank: less
Second blank: decrease