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5. Within these 24 years, a student wants to collected data on the diversity of species within this region of Mt. St. Helens. Once every 3 years, the student measures off a 20 m x 20 m grid and counts the number of different plant species found in the grid. The student collects the following data.
Year since Eruption Species Diversity
3 2
6 12
9 18
12 22
15 24
18 25
21 26
24 26

a. Write a hypothesis for this student’s experiment:

b. Create a graph that represents the collected data. Make sure your graph includes a title, x and y-axis labels, data points and a line connecting the data points. Copy and paste your graph here:





c. Summarize the findings of this student.