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Recognizing
and Choosing Food
Reference
chapter
Question
1
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Study the following pie charts which show how a
fox's diet varies with the seasons.
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Fruits |
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Rabbits and small mammals |
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Insects |
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Birds |
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Spring |
Summer |
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Autumn |
Winter |
(a) (i) When
does the fox eat most fruit?
(ii) When does the fox eat least fruit?
(iii) Why do the amounts of insects and birds in the diet change between
summer and winter? |
(b) (i) How do
the amounts of insects and birds in the diet change between the summer and
autumn?
(ii) What is the reason for this? |
| (c) What do the
pie charts not tell you about the diet of the fox? |
| (d) Explain the
change in the number of insects eaten during each of the four seasons. |
| (e) What effect
will the changes in the fox's diet have on the numbers of rabbits? |
| (f) Most mammals
reproduce more offspring (have babies) in the spring and early summer. Why
is this? |
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