Hypthesis

        Description Previously you observed the following: ODragonflies prey on insects, but they only very rarely eat butterflies- OGoldfinches eat butterflies in large numbers- OHawks prey on a small species of birds that are similar to the birds that eat butterflies- oThe new plant species is similar to the plants that the butterflies eat, but there are no consumers that eat those plants in the meadow- oThis viral strain kills a species of snail that lives in the butterfly habitat and eats the same plants as the butterflies- Based on you previous observations, formulate a hypothesis on what the impact of one environmental factor would be- Why do you think this hypothesis might be correct? Keep in mind that any hypothesis that is testable is a good hypothesis- Even if you hypothesis is proven wrong, you will know more about butterfly populations than you did before! Write you hypothesis in you lab notes- Ohoose another species or the viral strain, and write a second hypothesis about how this new introduction, made independently of the first one, would impact trait frequency-