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Chapter 56, Problem 5TY
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Introduction: A survivorship curve is a plot between the numbers of surviving individuals of the different age groups in a given population. Human activities and predation are seen to affect the survivorship curves.
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Humans are a good example of which of the three types of survivorship curve?
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a. Type III
b. Type II
c. Type I
A population will most likely deplete the resources of its environment if the population . A. grows beyond carrying capacity B. must share resources with many other species C. moves frequently from one habitat to another D. has a low reproductive potential
In a type I survivorship curve, mortalitya. rises steeply later in life.b. is the same at any age.c. cannot be predicted by age.d. is concentrated before reproduction.
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