Which best explains why a decrease in the types of insects in an ecosystem reduces the sustainability of the ecosystem?

Insects are part of interconnected food webs and may serve as food, pollinators, or other essential resources for organisms. If insect diversity decreases, organisms that depend on particular insects may struggle to survive, which can affect other connected organisms in turn. This chain of effects makes the ecosystem less sustainable, so the best choice is “Organisms that depend on insects may not survive, eventually harming all the organisms that are interconnected.”

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