Logistic Growth

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

• carrying capacity

• population crash

• lag phase

• mutualism

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

Type of growth that occurs when disease and parasites are present...

• exponential

• J-shaped

• predator-prey

• logistic

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Limiting factors are sometimes helpful because they can keep the population from getting too large.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

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

• logistic growth

• carrying capacity

• population density

• limiting factor

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

What growth model has an S-shaped curve?

• Logistic

• Exponential

Which population growth rate model accounts for limiting factors?

• Exponential

• Logistic

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

What is the shape of the curve in a logistic growth model?

• J-shaped

• S-shaped

• Linear

• Exponential

Which of the following factors is considered in a logistic growth model but not in an exponential growth model?

• Birth rate

• Death rate

• Carrying capacity

• Initial population size

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

In the logistic growth model, what happens to the growth rate as the population size approaches the carrying capacity?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Remains constant

• Fluctuates randomly

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

Which equation represents the logistic growth model?