Explain how birth rate and death rates influence the size of a population. (Discounting migration in/out of a population.)

Explain how carrying capacity influences the number of organisms in an ecosystem.

Why is food and water the limiting factors that often have the greatest effect on population size?

Interpret the following data table. Give an explanation about what the table tells you.

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Giancarlo Landry

13 October, 01:58

Explain how birth rate and death rates influence the size of a population. (Discounting migration in/out of a population.)

Explain how carrying capacity influences the number of organisms in an ecosystem.

Why is food and water the limiting factors that often have the greatest effect on population size?

Interpret the following data table. Give an explanation about what the table tells you.

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Gunnar · Answer 1

As the population size approaches the carrying capacity, the growth rate slows because of the falling birth rate and the increasing death rate. When a population reaches its carrying capacity, the birth rate equals the death rate, and growth stops.