In some deserts, there are mice and lizards that are about the same size. The mice eat grains, and the lizards feed on insects. Given this information, we would expect that the biomass of the populations of

A) lizards would be about the same as the mice.
B) lizards would be greater than the mice.
C) mice would be greater than the lizards.
D) lizards and mice would be about 10 times greater than the organisms that they consume.


C

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