Grasses are the dominant producers in the prairie ecosystem. Mice eat the grass seeds, snakes eat the mice, and hawks eat the snakes. The mass of a hawk is around 500 grams. In this ecosystem, how many hawks can be supported by 250,000 kilograms of producers? Recall that 1 kilogram is equivalent to 1,000 grams. (1 point) Responses 250 250 0.5 0.5 500 500 5,000
500, as the total mass of producers is 250,000 kilograms, which is equivalent to 250,000,000 grams. Since each hawk weighs 500 grams, the total number of hawks that can be supported is 250,000,000 grams / 500 grams per hawk = 500 hawks.
