Question

Maria wanted to learn more about the birds that visit her backyard. She installed several bird feeders and offered a variety of bird seed mixes in order to attract a mix of species. For a month, she observed the bird feeders three times a day for an hour each day and counted the types of birds that she saw. Then, she made a pie chart to represent her findings. What is the most likely reason that she chose a pie chart?
To show the total number of birds that she observed.
To show the number of times that each bird visited the feeders.
To show which bird species were most common.
To show how the bird species changed over time.

Answer 1

To show which bird species were most common.

A pie chart displays how a whole (total birds observed) is divided into parts (proportions of each species), so it highlights which species made up larger or smaller shares of the observations.