Carrying Capacity Lesson

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

• 1000

• 8000

• 800

• 600

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The largest number of individuals that an area can support is called its _______.

• limiting factor

• abiotic factor

• resource availability

• carrying capacity

A scientist was studying a population of fish in a pond over a period of 10 years. He observed that the population increased each year for 3 years, and then remained nearly constant for the rest of the study. The best explanation for this observation is that the population had

• stopped reproducing

• reached carrying capacity

• mutated into a different species

• run out of food and all died

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What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?

• The population keeps growing

• The population starts to die off

• The entire species will go extinct

• The carrying capacity just increases

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What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Logistic growth displays a ____-shaped curve which indicates a population size capped at carrying capacity.

• J

• S

• C

• V

What is the carrying capacity of this population?

• 100

• 200

• 300

• 400

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

• 150

• 400

• 450

• 500

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This may cause a population to increase

• increase of food supply

• removal of predators

• removal of disease

• all of these

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If the carrying capacity of a predator decreases, what will happen to the carrying capacity of the prey?

• Will Increase

• Will Decrease

• Will stay the same

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