Explain what might happen to the ungulate population if the wolf population drops sharply.

The opposite situation will occur in the ungulate population. The fact is that wolves are predators and ungulates are a source of food for them. Also, wolves control populations of ungulates without giving them the opportunity to significantly increase in numbers, and also clean up this population, because the weakest or sickest are easier to catch. Accordingly, when wolves disappear from the trophic chain, nothing will threaten the lives of ungulates, which means that their number will increase dramatically.