3. Describe the differences of the terms below.
Density-dependent limiting factor
Density-independent limiting factor
Logistic population growth
Exponential population growth
4. The human population is growing at an exponential rate. Since you have learned that
population cannot grow infinitely, what do you think will happen if the human population reaches
its carrying capacity?
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Answer:
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Explanation:
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Density-dependent limiting factor
Density-dependent factors include disease, competition, and predation. Density-dependant factors can have either a positive or a negative correlation to population size. With a positive relationship, these limiting factors increase with the size of the population and limit growth as population size increases.
Density- independent limiting factor
Density-independent factor, also called limiting factor, in ecology, any force that affects the size of a population of living things regardless of the density of the population (the number of individuals per unit area).
Logistic Population growth
In logistic growth, a population's per capita growth rate gets smaller and smaller as population size approaches a maximum imposed by limited resources in the environment, known as the carrying capacity ( K).
Exponential population growth
In exponential growth, a population's per capita (per individual) growth rate stays the same regardless of population size, making the population grow faster and faster as it gets larger. In nature, populations may grow exponentially for some period, but they will ultimately be limited by resource availability.
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If a population exceeds carrying capacity, the ecosystem may become unsuitable for the species to survive. If the population exceeds the carrying capacity for a long period of time, resources may be completely depleted. Populations may die off if all of the resources are exhausted.