asked 31.3k views
12 votes
The Canada lynx is a rare wildcat in Minnesota. The lynx has large "snowshoe' like feet that enables it to walk on top of deep, soft,

snows. Snowshoe hares are also common in the area. According to the graph of the interactions between the lynx and the hare, what
best describes their ecological relationship?

A)
Mutualism

B)
Predator/prey

C)Parasite/Host

D)
Interspecific competition

The Canada lynx is a rare wildcat in Minnesota. The lynx has large "snowshoe-example-1

2 Answers

3 votes

Answer:

B) Predatory/Prey

Step-by-step explanation:

Did it on USATESTPREP

answered
User Kars
by
7.7k points
2 votes

Answer: B) Predator/prey

=========================================================

Step-by-step explanation:

The lynx is the predator that hunts and eats the snowshoe hare, which is the prey.

The graph shows that when the hare population is large, so is the predator population because they rely on the hares as a source of food. However, the more predators there are, the less prey there will be. This causes the prey population to decrease. In turn, this decrease causes the predator population to decrease as well. If there's less food, then some of the lynx population will starve to death.

At some point, the hare population will rebound and go back up due to less predators eating them. They have a better chance to survive. As the hare population goes up, so does the lynx population. They're both strongly linked together, and we have this cyclic pattern the graph indicates. You could say this is "the cycle of life" or "cycle of nature" so to speak.

This is a very simplistic viewpoint because it does not account for other factors such as other predators and other prey, and it also doesn't take account of things like habitat loss for instance. Despite that, such predator-prey models are still useful to understand the connection between the two species.

answered
User Jarret
by
7.4k points
Welcome to Qamnty — a place to ask, share, and grow together. Join our community and get real answers from real people.