Figure 53-3 Use the Figure to Answer the Corresponding Question(s)

question 94

Multiple Choice

Figure 53-3
Use the figure to answer the corresponding question(s) .
-Based on Figure 53-3, the decline in the moose population in 1996 was most likely due to:

• A) a predictable increase in the wolf population.
• B) an unpredictable increase in the wolf population.
• C) a decrease in the intrinsic rate of increase for the moose population.
• D) a decline in the food supply.
• E) an unknown disease organism.

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