For both Y axes, what value do the numbers on the axes need to be multiplied by?
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x10 to the 3rd power
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What was the approximate population of snowshoe hares in 1865?
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160 Hares
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What was the approxoimate population of lynx in 1865?
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60 Lynx's or 57 to be exact
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When the number of snowshoe hares is high, what happens to the number of lynxes? Use actual data from the graph to support your observations.
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After 1865 the number of Snowshoe hares increase and decreasing with the Lynx so both are on the same path
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What happens to the population of Lynx as the number of Snowshoe Hares decreases? Use actual data from the graph to support your observation.
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When the predators start dying out that means their food source is running out as well.
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Propose an explanation for the apparent cause and effect relationship between the populations of Lynx and Hares.
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Since Lynx's are carnivores their food source easiest to get. It only resorts to a Predator - Prey relationship.
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What does this information tell you about the effect of the size of prey populations on the number of predators?
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The predator-prey populations depend on each other.
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What does this information tell you about the effect of predators on the populations of their prey?
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Their survial depends on their prey.
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What other factors would influence the size of the hare population in addition to the size of the population of Lynx.
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Disease, weather, food, water, environment and oxygen
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-Model 2 - Symbiosis-
Dog & Flea
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Parasitism
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Fungus & Algea
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Mutalism
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Termite & Cellulose-Digesting bacteria
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Mutalism
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Shark & Remora
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Commensalism
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Cattle & Cattle Egret
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Commensalism
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Human & Tapeworm
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Parasitism
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In the Dog and Flea relationship, is there a benefit for one of the organisms or for both?
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Only beneifits 1 organism
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Is either the Dog or the Flea harmed by this relationship?
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The dog is harmed by this relationship
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Which is another relationship in Model 2 similar to that between the dog and flea?
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The human & tapeworm
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-Refer to the Fungus & Algae relationship in Model 2-
Is there a benefit for one of the organisms or for both?
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both benefit
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Is either the Fungus or the Algae harmed by this relationship?
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None are harmed
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Which is other relationship in Model 2 similar to that between the Fungus and the Algae?
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termite & cellulose - digesting bacteria
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In the Shark and Remora relationship, is there a beneift for one of the organism or for both?
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Only benefits 1 organism
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Is either the Shark or the Remora harmed by this relationship?
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None are harmed
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Which other relationship in Model 2 is similar to that between the Shark and the Remora?
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Cattle & Cattle Egret
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With your group, choose one of the organism pairs from Model 2 and justify why you categorized the relationship as you did.
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The one we choose was the Dog & Flea. The reason why we choose Parasitism for it was because parasitism means one organism benefits and the other is harmed. The Dog gets infections & rashes from the Flea, while the Flea gets what it needs, so in the end, the Dog is getting harmed in the process.
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