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Activity 1.4: Graphing Rainfall and Fawn Survival

Directions: Use the provided data table below to construct a graph that illustrates the effects rainfall has on
the amount of fawn that are able to survive.

Year Rainfall Fawns surviving to

(cm) December (fawns per 100
females)
1995 11 12
1996 3 0
1997 4 0
1998 19 32
1999 6 0
2000 5 15
2001 15 78
2002 2 9

-Complete and label the scale on the x-axis

-Complete and label the scale on the y-axis
-Title your graph and create a key
-Draw a bar graph for the rainfall data
-Draw a line graph for the fawn data
Questions:

1. How did the amount of rain change over time?

The rain has increased and decreased overtime.

2. How did the survival rate of Sonoran fawns change over time?
The survival rate of fawns has increased over time.

3. What is the relationship between rainfall and fawn survival?

Every time the rain has increased the fawns decrease and when the rain decreases the fawns increase.

4. What effect could these changes have on the Sonoran pronghorn population (recall that fawns are baby
pronghorn)?
The pronghorn population has decreased due to lots of rain.

5. What other biotic and abiotic factors could be affecting the survival rate of the fawns?

Name two biotic factors: Other animals like predators, and the amount of food to eat.

Explain how these two biotic factors influence the survival rate of the fawns.
They influence the survival rate of fawns because if there is not enough food then the fawn have nothing
to eat and other predators can eat the fawn which also affect their survival.

Name two abiotic factors: Weather and climate are two abiotic factors

Explain how these two biotic factors influence the survival rate of the fawns.
These two abiotic factors affect the rate of fawns because if the weather is not right then the animals
will move and not live there, also if the climate is not right and maybe if the climate is changing that
would definitely affect the fawn survival rate.