Growth Curve

Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  

• carrying capacity
• population crash
• lag phase
• mutualism

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What is the carrying capacity of this population?

• 100
• 200
• 300
• 400

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What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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Exponential Growth occurs when-

• populations have plenty of food/space

• home to keystone species

• have few evasive species in a habitat

• have little to no competition or predators

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What type of growth is shown in the diagram?

• exponential growth

• logistic growth

• predator-prey cycle

• boom-bust curve

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What is the approximate carrying capacity of Paramecium aurelia grown alone?

• 100

• 200

• 300

• 450

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The type of growth represented by this graph is exponential/logistic population growth.

• logistic

• linear

• exponential

• random

The number of births compared to the total number of people in a population

• death rate
• birth rate
• baby boom
• doubling time

If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

Factors that affect population size:

INCREASE: Number of ___________ & ____________

(Choose 2 answers)

• Birth

• Death

• Immigration

• Emigration

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