Exponential Growth and Logistic Growth of Populations

What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

What is happening at the 'A' on the graph?

• the population overshoots above the carrying capacity

• the population stops growing

• growth begins to slow down due to limited resources

• growth is speeding up due to an abundance of resources

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

J-Shaped curves

• show a decline after an increase

• display populations that have reached carrying capacity

• represent exponential growth

• does not depend on the numbe rof resources

Represents the biotic potential of the species

• A

• B

• D

• E

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

What type of growth is shown in the diagram?

• exponential growth

• logistic growth 

• predator-prey cycle

• boom-bust curve

What do you call a period of rapid growth?

• exponential growth

• logistic growth

• emigration

• predator-prey cycle

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Which kind of growth does the human population follow? It is described as a J-shaped curve.

• Exponential Growth

• Logistic Growth

• Outstanding Growth

• Minimal Growth

What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

The graph of logistic growth can be described as...

• S-shaped

• J-shaped

• U-shaped

A model of population growth in which growth slows or stops following a period of exponential growth.

• J shape exponential growth

• S shape logistic

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6