POPULATION GROWTH AND CARRYING CAPACITY

What happens when an environment reaches it carrying capacity?

• The population will decrease.

• The resources will be unlimited.

• The population will increase.

• Nothing will happen

Which describes the earth’s human carrying capacity?

• It is stable

• It will increase over time because of technological advancement.

• It can be expanded indefinitely.

• It will decrease over time because resources are being consumed.

A scientist was studying a population of fish in a pond over a period of 10 years. He observed that the population increased each year for 3 years, and then remained nearly constant for the rest of the study. The best explanation for this observation is that the population had.

• stopped reproducing.

• mutated into a different species.

• reached carrying capacity

• run out of food and all died

What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which graph depicts exponential growth in a population?

• A

• B

• C

• D