Question

Statistics about the climate in a tundra ecosystem were collected for 30 years. which hypothesis about a population of caribou could be made based on the climate data collected?
a. caribou calf survival is directly related to annual rainfall amounts.

b. an outbreak of disease in 1984 killed 35% of the caribou population.

c. caribou remain with the same mate throughout their lifetime.

d. mortality of caribou from hunters was less than 5%.

Answer 1

A hypothesis is an expectation of what you are going to investigate. So B and D are canceled C has nothing to do with climate So the only remaining answer is A

Answer 2

Answer: a. Caribou calf survival is directly related to annual rainfall amounts.

Explanation:

A hypothesis can be define as the presupposed explanation of the cause of natural event or natural phenomena. It exhibit some kind of evidences and facts that are required to be tested on the basis of suitable scientific methodology.

Among the given options, a. Caribou calf survival is directly related to annual rainfall amounts. is the correct option because here the population of the surviving Caribou calf can be compared with the recorded or measured amounts of annual rainfall. Hence, the information is testable by scientific procedures therefore, it is an example of hypothesis.