2. What are the 3 factors carrying capacity depends on?
Question 3
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3. Besides what you put for #2, what are other factors that may affect a carrying capacity?
Question 4
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4a. If the carrying capacity of a lake is 150 minnows (fish), can less than 150 minnows live in this lake?
Question 5
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4b. If the carrying capacity of a lake is 150 minnows (fish), can more than 150 minnows live in this lake?
Question 6
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4c. Let's say that there are 140 minnows in this lake when the amount of resources in this lake decreases and the carrying capacity drops from 150 to 100 minnows.
What will happen to this minnow population? Why will this happen? (Select 2)
Question 7
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Question 8
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Question 9
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Question 10
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Question 11
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Question 12
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Question 13
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the population will stay the same
the population will decrease
because there are fewer resources
because there are more resources
5a. Look at Graph A, what is the approximate carrying capacity?
Hint: use a trend line
300 fish
250 fish
200 fish
150 fish
100 fish
50 fish
year 1
year 2
year 3
year 4
year 5
year 6
year 7
5b. Look at Graph A, approximately during which yeardid this population reachthe carrying capacity of its ecosystem?
300 fish
250 fish
200 fish
150 fish
100 fish
50 fish
year 1
year 2
year 3
year 4
year 5
year 6
year 7
5c. Look at Graph A, about how many years did it stay at the carrying capacity?
250 years
200 years
150 years
100 years
50 years
1 years
2 years
3 years
4 years
5 years
6 years
7 years
5a. Look at Graph B, what are the two carrying capacities?
300 fish
250 fish
200 fish
150 fish
100 fish
50 fish
5b. Look at Graph B, how many years did this population spend at the first carrying capacity?
250 years
200 years
150 years
100 years
50 years
1 years
2 years
3 years
4 years
5 years
6 years
7 years
5c. Look at Graph B, during which year did it reach the next carrying capacity?
year 1
year 2
year 3
year 4
year 5
year 6
year 7
5d. For graph B, which carrying capacity is more stable? Why do you think so? (Select 2)
