Answer: option D. the ratio of the population of male deer is not constant.
Explanation:
The bar graph permits to compare the results for two different populations: male and female deer in a very easy visual way.
These features are remarkable:
- The polulation of male deer (blue bars) decrease from 1961 to 1971, then increase in the next 10 year, decrease in the next decade, and increase for the next two decades. So, its trend is erratic, with ups and downs.
This discards the option A, which states that the population of male deer increases each decade from 1961 to 2011.
- The population of female deer (purple or brown bars) decreases every decade.
This discards the option B. which states that when the polulation of male deer increases, the poluplation of female deer also increases.
- The populations never are equal, hence this discards the option C.
- Since, one popultion increases and decreases, while the other population only decreases, you conclude that the ratio of the population of male deer to female deer is not constant, which is the option D.
