<p> Carrying Capacity Homework WOLF DATA</p><p>Wolf 1. In what year was the wolf population the largest? ______Year Population 1971 10 2. In which years did the wolf population remain about the same? 1972 12 ______1973 16 1974 22 3. In which years did the wolf population increase? 1975 28 ______1976 24 1977 21 4. In which years did the wolf population decrease? 1978 18 ______1979 19 1980 19 5. Plot the wolf data on the graph below.</p><p>30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10</p><p>6. What is the carrying capacity for the wolf population? ______</p><p>______</p><p>RABBIT DATA</p><p>1. What is the carrying capacity for the rabbit population? ______</p><p>2. Is the rabbit population increasing or decreasing from May 1st to June 1st? ______</p><p>3. Which month had the lowest rabbit population? ______DEER DATA</p><p># of Deer that # Deer that died died from Deer Population Year # Deer Born from predation starvation Change 1971 800 400 100 + 300 1972 920 480 240 1973 1000 640 500 1974 944 880 180 1975 996 1120 26 1976 836 960 2 1977 788 840 0 1978 766 720 0 1979 780 760 0 1980 790 760 0</p><p>1. Calculate the deer population change or each year above.</p><p>2. What happens to the deer population when more deer were born than died? ______</p><p>3. What happens to the deer population when fewer deer were born than died? ______</p><p>______</p><p>WOLVES & MOOSE</p><p>The wolves are predators of the moose. 60 50 1. Between 1965 and 1970 the wolf 40 population went down. Why do you think Wolve s 30 the moose population increased during M oose 20 that time? ______10 0 2. Did the wolf population increase or 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 decrease from 1970 to 1980? ______</p><p>3. What happened to the moose population during this same time period (1970 to 1980)? ______</p><p>4. Why do you think the wolf population dropped from 1980 to 1985?</p><p>______-</p>