Limits to Population Growth

small population size, low growth rate (stage 1)

• preindustrial

• postindustrial

• transitional

• industrial

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large population size, low growth rate (stage 3)

• preindustrial

• postindustrial

• transitional

• industrial

decreasing population size, zero or negative growth rate (stage 4)

• preindustrial

• postindustrial

• transitional

• industrial

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Educating women worldwide has lowered birthrates partly because

• educated women bear many children to ensure some survive

• educated women may learn family-planning techniques

• educated women contribute less to their family income

• all of these answers

What point on the graph represents carrying capacity?

• a

• b

• c

• d

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Any factor that limits population growth

• Limiting Factor

• Immigration

• Succession

• Abiotic Factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

At carrying capacity, a population __________.

• increases rapidly

• increases slowly

• decreases slowly

• is in dynamic equilibrium

Which choice most closely approximates the deer population's carrying capacity based on the graph?

• 100

• 80

• 60

• 10

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which mathematical model most closely describes the population growth curve shown in deer population graph from the previous question?

• logistic growth

• exponential growth