Statistics about the climate in a tundra ecosystem were collected for 30 years. which hypothesis about a population of caribou could be made based on the climate data collected?

a. caribou calf survival is directly related to annual rainfall amounts.

b. an outbreak of disease in 1984 killed 35% of the caribou population.

c. caribou remain with the same mate throughout their lifetime.

d. mortality of caribou from hunters was less than 5%.

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Mira Wilkins

19 August, 22:56

Statistics about the climate in a tundra ecosystem were collected for 30 years. which hypothesis about a population of caribou could be made based on the climate data collected?

a. caribou calf survival is directly related to annual rainfall amounts.

b. an outbreak of disease in 1984 killed 35% of the caribou population.

c. caribou remain with the same mate throughout their lifetime.

d. mortality of caribou from hunters was less than 5%.

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Patrick Maldonado · Answer 1

A hypothesis is an expectation of what you are going to investigate. So B and D are canceled C has nothing to do with climate So the only remaining answer is A