Many organisms depend on the land as a food source. Seasons can affect the amount of food that is available to these organisms. How would a long, cold winter most likely affect a population of deer?

A long, cold winter can reduce the plants and other food deer depend on, while the cold also makes survival more difficult. With less food, more deer may die and fewer may reproduce, so the population will most likely decrease. “The deer population will rebound the next year” is not certain from the information given.

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