24.10 Analyzing The Science
A regional power company has proposed building a wind farm in your community. There is plenty of wind, so many people in the community think this is a good idea. Some, however, have cited the environmental impacts of windmills, especially bird and bat mortality. Examine the following graphs and use them to answer the questions that follow.
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Question 24.11
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Question 24.13
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| May 16–31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 2 | 0.4 |
| June 1–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0.2 |
| June 16–30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 5 | 0.9 |
| July 1–15 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2.8 |
| July 16–31 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 110 | 22.2 |
| Aug 1–15 | 127 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 151 | 28.2 |
| Aug 16–31 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 33 | 128 | 23.9 |
| Sep 1–15 | 52 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 81 | 13.1 |
| Sep 16–30 | 4 | 2 | - | 10 | 0 | 20 | 3.7 |
| Oct 1–15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 2.1 |
| Oct 16–31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Nov 1–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 |