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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?

Over time the rainfall increases over time

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

Over time the fawn’s survival increased

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

The more rainfall the more fawns survival increased

4. What effect could these changes have on the Sonoran pronghorn population (recall that fawns are baby
pronghorn)?

when there more rainfall the Sonoran pronghorn usually has a better chance of surviving

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

Name two biotic factors: more predators and less food

Explain how these two biotic factors influence the survival rate of the fawns.

When there’s more predators the survival rate will decrease and if there’s less food it will have the affect

Name two abiotic factors: rainfall , heat

Explain how these two biotic factors influence the survival rate of the fawns.

Rainfall because it helps the fawn live and heat because it will evaporate and the fawns will die