Question: Which of the following would most likely happen if grasses and shrubs were removed from a rural Massachusetts ecosystem?

  Options: 
 A. There would be an increase in consumers in the ecosystem.
 B. There would be an increase of photosynthesis in the ecosystem.
 C. There would be a decrease in food energy produced by the ecosystem.
 D. There would be a decrease of carbon dioxide available to the ecosystem.
Answer: C