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1. Look at the data on the graph above and describe what is happening to the deer population. (Use data from the graph to support your answer)2. List 2 possible causes for the change in the number of deer in Colorado. Predict how each cause might affect the deer population.3a. What patterns do you see in Figure 1? What do the patterns tell you about the change in the deer population?3b. What patterns do you see in Figure 2? What do the patterns tell you about the change in the deer population?3c. What patterns do you see in Figure 3? What do the patterns tell you about the change in the deer population?3d. What patterns do you see in Figure 4? What do the patterns tell you about the change in the deer population?4. Write a CLAIM for the most likely cause or causes for the change in the number of deer. Support your claim with EVIDENCE from the figures and your knowledge of what organisms need to survive within an ecosystem. Share your REASONING.5. What additional data would you want to see to help you decide if your answer to question 4 really is a cause, not a correlation? Explain how the data would help you.
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