5. Which of the following best explains what would happen if there were no primary consumers in an ecosystem?
A. The population of producers would decrease, while less energy would be transferred from
autotrophs to heterotrophs.
B. The population of producers would increase, while less energy would be transferred from
autotrophs to heterotrophs.
C. The population of producers would increase, while more energy would be transferred
from the secondary consumers to the autotrophs