Overview
Below is bison population from a certain part of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Use the two columns of data below and create a "Scatter chart" in Google Sheets. Make a plot of Population vs Time (Y-axis vs. X-Axis). Plots should always have a descriptive title, axis labels on the x and y axes, a reasonable scale (all data shown on plot, but plot is not tiny), units for labels (if necessary), and a legend (if necessary).
YearPopulation of Bison
194025
194227
194429
194626
194837
195038
195237
195454
195647
195871
196075
196272
196497
196693
1968127
1970133
1972158
1974149
1976204
1978205
1980201
1982279
1984329
1986375
1988318
1990483
1992422
1994508
1996536
1998598
2000888
You can copy and paste the table into Google Sheets
How to make an informative graph
https://www.mit.edu/~mbarker/formula1/f1help/10-ch-c2.htmLinks to an external site.
What type of population growth is seen in the plot of bison population you created from the data above? What are two possible outcomes that may eventually happen as the population approaches its carrying capacity? (Hint: Real-life growth)
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