ADI: Arctic Hare Teeth CEJ

Write a CEJ to answer the guiding question:

How does competition for resources affect the variation of traits in a population?

Your argument must include a claim, your evidence for that claim, and your justification of the evidence.

• The claim is your answer to the guiding question (or what you figured out). When there is ________ food, then the ______toothed hare has an advantage.
• The evidence is your analysis of the data you collected and your interpretation of what the analysis means. (show your data table and/or graph and explin the data. “This data show……”
• The justification of the evidence defends your choice of evidence by explaining why you think it is important. "These are the scientific concepts that are important for understanding our evidence (use text evidence from the reading!)

Many of the ideas you read about during the Ideas stage of this investigation can be used in your argument to help you justify your evidence. Be sure to go back and reread the information in the “Ideas” handout before you make your draft argument.

How does competition for resources affect the variation of traits in a population?