Population Dynamics Review

Anything that limits the growth of a population like food, water, habitat, and number of mates in that environment.

This type of pattern of growth occurs when the birth rate in a specific time period is continuous causing quick population increase and when resources are unlimited resulting in a J-shaped curve

This pattern of growth occurs when the population rapidly increases in size until it reaches a certain point, called the carrying capacity. At this time, the resources are not enough to support the population. This results in an S-shaped curve.

In this graph what does the line labeled "K" represent?

From this picture what two things will increase population size? (pick two answers)

From this picture what two things will decrease population size? (pick two answers)

Disease, Competition for habitat, competition for food, and predation are examples of .....

Natural disasters, climate, and human activities/impact like pollution, habitat loss or poaching are examples of .....

Human population growth appears to not have a carry capacity even though scientist have estimated the natural carry capacity of humans on Earth to be about 1 billion. How can this be explained?

What type of growth is human population displaying?