White-tailed deer are native to both North and South America. They can be found in many areas of the United States. They can adapt to a wide range of habitats and eat a large variety of plants, including leaves, fruit, bark from sapling trees, flowers, corn, and even poison ivy. All states track the population of deer by various methods. In Ohio the population between 2000 and 2010 can be seen in figure 1. The main predators for deer in Ohio are human hunters and coyotes.

1. Based on the graph what might have happened to the number of deer predators between 2000 and 2004?

a) the number of predators decreased.

b) the number of predators quadrupled.

c) the number of predators increased.

d) the number of predators equalized.


2. What is happening to the deer population between 2005 and 2010?

a) it stays about the same.

b) it plummets

c) it increases exponentially and then stabilizes.

d) it decreases and then stabilizes.


3. During the same period, 2005-2010, what might have also happened to the number of deer hunting licenses.

a) the graph goes up and then down so there are more people hunting deer.

b) the graph is different so there is no change.

c) less people wanted to hunt deer so they didn't have to buy a hunting license.

d) the graph goes down so there are more wolves and ticks.