50. Population Ecology

Which graph best illustrates a population that was growing and has reached its carrying capacity?

Which of the following conditions would most likely support exponential growth in a population?

Which of the following equations best describes exponential population growth in a population of rabbits with unlimited resources?

How does a logistic growth curve differ from an exponential growth curve?

Which of the following best describes logistic growth in a population?

Which of the following processes increase a population's size?

Which graph best illustrates a population growing at its biotic potential?

Which of the following factors is most likely to decrease human population growth rates?

Which equation represents the logistic growth rate of a population?

Which of the following statements about logistic growth curves is true?

Based on this population growth graph, which phase is characterized by the population growing at its fastest rate?

Which population growth model describes a situation where population growth slows or stops after a period of exponential increase?

Which of the following best describes a key similarity and a key difference between exponential and logistic growth models in population biology?

In an introduction to population growth models, which model is most commonly used to describe human population growth over the past few centuries (at the global scale)?

The following graph shows a population size increasing rapidly at first and then leveling off as it approaches a maximum limit. This pattern is representative of what type of population growth?