What is a possible cause for a decrease in ecosystem productivity?
a. an increase in the biodiversity of the ecosystem
b. a decrease of the biodiversity of an ecosystem
c. the biodiversity of an ecosystem experiencing no change
d. an ecosystem becoming more stable

nacl or sodium chloride is an ionic compound. this is because an ionic compound pertains to a compound that consists of positively and negatively charged ions. in this case, na (sodium) has a tendency to lose one electron when it reacts with with other atoms, so the resulting sodium ion contains 11 protons and 10 electrons, thus making it positively charged (na+), when chlorine reacts, it usually gains one electron to form an ion called chloride, thus making it negatively charged ( since the ions are oppositely charged, they attract.