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    D.W. Kaufman investigated the effect of prey camouflage on predation. He hypothesized that the amount of contrast between the coat color of a mouse and the color of its surroundings would affect the rate of nighttime predation by owls. In this exercise, you will analyze data from his owlmouse predation studies.

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    D.W. Kaufman investigated the effect of prey camouflage on predation. He hypothesized that the amount of contrast between the coat color of a mouse and the color of its surroundings would affect the rate of nighttime predation by owls. In this exercise, you will analyze data from his owlmouse predation studies.

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    D.W. Kaufman investigated the effect of prey camouflage on predation. He hypothesized that the amount of contrast between the coat color of a mouse and the color of its surroundings would affect the rate of nighttime predation by owls. In this exercise, you will analyze data from his owlmouse predation studies.

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    Chapter1FRQ:InterpretingaPairofBarGraphs

    HowMuchDoesCamouflageAffectPredationonMicebyOwlswithandwithoutMoonlight?
    Nearlyhalfacenturyago,D.W.Kaufmaninvestigatedtheeffectofpreycamouflageonpredation.Kaufman
    testedthehypothesisthattheamountofcontrastbetweenthecoatcolorofamouseandthecolorofits
    surroundingswouldaffecttherateofnighttimepredationbyowls.Healsohypothesizedthatthecolor
    contrastwouldbeaffectedbytheamountofmoonlight.Inthisexercise,youwillanalyzedatafromhis
    owlmousepredationstudies.

    HowtheExperimentWasDone
    Pairsofmice(
    Peromyscuspolionotus
    )withdifferentcoatcolors,onelightbrownandonedarkbrown,were
    releasedsimultaneouslyintoanenclosurethatcontainedahungryowl.Theresearcherrecordedthecolorof
    themousethatwasfirstcaughtbytheowl.Iftheowldidnotcatcheithermousewithin15minutes,thetest
    wasrecordedasazero.Thereleasetrialswererepeatedmultipletimesinenclosureswitheithera
    darkcoloredsoilsurfaceoralightcoloredsoilsurface.Thepresenceorabsenceofmoonlightduringeach
    assaywasrecorded.

    DatafromtheExperiment

    InterprettheData
    1. First,makesureyouunderstandhowthegraphsaresetup.GraphAshowsdatafromthe
    lightcoloredsoilenclosureandGraphBfromthedarkcoloredenclosure,butinallotherrespectsthe
    graphsarethesame.
    a. Thereismorethanoneindependentvariableinthesegraphs.Whataretheindependent
    variables,thevariablesthatweretestedbytheresearcher?
    b. Whichaxisofthegraphshastheindependentvariables?
    c. Whatisthedependentvariable,theresponsetothevariablebeingtested?
    d. Whichaxisofthegraphshasthedependentvariable?
    2.

    a. Howmanydarkbrownmicewerecaughtinthelightcoloredsoilenclosureonamoonlit
    night?
    b. Howmanydarkbrownmicewerecaughtinthedarkcoloredsoilenclosureonamoonlit
    night?
    c. Onamoonlitnight,wouldadarkbrownmousebemorelikelytoescapepredationbyowlson
    darkorlightcoloredsoil?Explainyouranswer.
    3.
    a. Isadarkbrownmouseonadarkcoloredsoilmorelikelytoescapepredationunderafull
    moonorwithnomoon?Explain.
    b. Alightbrownmouseonlightcoloredsoil?Explain.
    4.
    a. Underwhichconditionswouldadarkbrownmousebemostlikelytoescapepredationat
    night?
    b. Alightbrownmouse?
    5.
    a. Whatcombinationofindependentvariablesledtothehighestpredationlevelinenclosures
    withlightcoloredsoil?
    b. Whatcombinationofindependentvariablesledtothehighestpredationlevelinenclosures
    withdarkcoloredsoil?
    c. Whatrelationship,ifany,doyouseeinyouranswerstopartsaandb?
    6. Whatconditionsaremostdeadlyforbothcolorsofmice?
    7. Combiningthedatashowninbothgraphs,estimatethetotalnumberofmicecaughtinmoonlight
    versusnomoonlightconditions.Whichconiditionisoptimalforpredationbytheowlonthemice?
    Explain.

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