BIO 1406/07 BK/LAB/CODE PREPACK
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Chapter 54, Problem 5U
The difference between exponential and
a. exponential growth depends on birth and death rates and logistic does not.
b. in logistic growth, emigration and immigration are unimportant.
c. that both are affected by density, but logistic growth is slower.
d. that only logistic growth reflects density-dependent effects on births or deaths.
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When an environment has reached its carying capacity for a certain population, which
of the following is true?
A. Growth and immigration rate is equal to death and emigration rate.
B. Growth and immigration rate is greater than death and emigration rate.
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D. Growth rate is exponential.
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Nt= N0 t represents:a.geometric population growth.b.annual growth rate.c.exponential growth rate.d.logistic growth.e.none of the choices apply.
A population that did not grow in close relation to the amount of resources available in the environment, and dramatically overshot the carrying capacity, would experience:
A. logistic growth, such as shown on the S-shaped curve
B. exponential growth, such as shown on the J-shaped curve
C. unpredictable growth, such as shown on the ?-shaped curve
D. exponential growth, such as shown on the S-shaped curve
E.logistic growth, such as shown on the J-shaped curve
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BIO 1406/07 BK/LAB/CODE PREPACK
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