How Scientists Define Bighorn Sheep Populations
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Bighorn Sheep Populations teacher's guide
This discussion reviews how scientists define populations, and how that applies to bighorn sheep.
Key Idea: Bighorn sheep live in small mountaintop populations.
Question: What is a population?
Answer: Populations are groups of the same species that live and breed together.
Question: How are the bighorn sheep populations different from one another?
Answer: They are different genetically and geographically.
Question: What geographic feature defines them?
Answer: The bighorn sheep populations are determined by the mountaintops on which they live.
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