Brain Busters Carrying Capacity

When an ecosystem gets severely damaged it can affect 

• all the life there

• all the abiotic factors there

• the weather there

• the number of rocks there

The carrying capacity of an area

• supports more than the ecosystem can accommodate 

• the number of organisms an ecosystem can support

• the number of predators in an area

• the number of prey in an area

The amount of food available is what makes this lake have a high carrying capacity for sturgeon

• true

• false

Controlling the number of fish that can be caught can helps to ____________________ the ecosystem.

• define

• destroy 

• balance

A steady food supply is needed for an ecosystem to stay in balance. 

• true

• false