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Deer in Colorado

Last updated over 1 year ago

16 questions

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Question 11

11.

Which organism, the deer or elk, would be negatively affected by the change in grass type? Explain your answer.

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Question 16

16.

Make a claim to explain what caused the deer population to decrease (food, predators, etc). Use the data provided to provide at least one piece of evidence and a reason.
For instance:
The birds decreased in population because of a decrease in food (Claim).

The birds eat sunflower seeds, but in 2008, the amount of sunflower seeds decreased (Evidence)

Since there was less food, the bird population decreased due to animals starving (Reasoning)

Question 1

1.

Look at Figure 1 (Change in number of deer in Colorado): What happened to the number of deer from 2005 to 2013?

it increased

it decreased

it stayed the same

Question 2

2.

Look at Figure 2 (Yearly Rainfall): What year had the highest amount of rainfall?

2003

2004

2006

2012

Question 3

3.

Look at Figure 2 (Yearly Rainfall): How much did it rain in 2004?

10 cm

2 cm

4 cm

14 cm

Question 4

4.

Look at Figure 2 (Yearly Rainfall): What happened to the amount of rainfall from 2004 to 2006?

it increased

it decreased

it remained the same

Question 5

5.

Look at Figure 2 (Yearly Rainfall): What happened to the amount of rainfall from 2006 to 2010?

it increased

it decreased

it remained the same

Question 6

6.

What type of grass do deer eat?

cheatgrass

sagebrush

both cheatgrass and sagebrush

Question 7

7.

What type of grass do Elks eat?

cheatgrass

sagebrush

both cheatgrass and sagebrush

Question 8

8.

Which grass is an invasive species, not native to Colorado?

cheatgrass

sagebrush

both cheatgrass and sagebrush

Question 9

9.

What happened to the amount of cheatgrass from 2005 to 2013

it increased

it decreased

it remains the same

Question 10

10.

What happened to the amount of sagebrush from 2005 to 2013

it increased

it decreased

it remains the same

Question 12

12.

Look at Figure 4: What happened to the number of deer from 2005 to 2013?

it increased

it decreased

it remained the same

Question 13

13.

Look at Figure 4: What happened to the number of elk from 2005 to 2013?

it increased

it decreased

it remained the same

Question 14

14.

Looking at Figure 5 (Cause of Fawn Deaths): in 2005, what caused the most of the fawn deaths?

death by predators

death by lack of food

Question 15

15.

Looking at Figure 5 (Cause of Fawn Deaths): From 2008 to 2013, what caused the most of the fawn deaths?

death by predators

death by lack of food