Population Growth and Carrying Capacity

Which of the following demonstrates population growth when there is limited available water in an area?

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growth pattern in which the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate

• logistic growth

• carrying capacity

• population density

• exponential growth

growth pattern in which a populations growth slows and then stops following exponential growth

• logistic growth

• carrying capacity

• population density

• limiting factor

a limiting factor that depends on population density

• density dependent limiting factor

• density independent limiting factor

• distribution

• limiting factor

factor that causes population growth to decrease

• logistic growth

• carrying capacity

• distribution

• limiting factor

What does the term carrying capacity describe?

• The maximum number of birth rates for a population.

• The ability of a population to accept new immigrants.

• The ratio of birth rates to death rates in a population.

• The population size that the environment can sustain.

When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

• Continues to grow

• The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity

• The population will go extinct due to lack of resources

• The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity

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What type of growth is shown in the diagram?

• exponential growth

• logistic growth 

• predator-prey cycle

• boom-bust curve

Which of the following is a density-dependent limiting factor?

• human activities

• unusual weather

• competition

• natural disaster

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An environmental factor such as predation, disease, and competition that depends on the number of members in a population per unit (or area) is called ___________.

• dispersion

• density- independent factor

• density- dependent factor

• Scattered points

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