LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -As a population grows, it will most likely stop growing at what size? number of individuals in the species.

Detailed explanation-2: -As the population gets larger and approaches the environment’s carrying capacity, resources become more scarce and the growth rate slows. This leads to the logistic growth model’s characteristic S-shaped curve: A line graph titled Logistic Growth showing population size over time.

Detailed explanation-3: -A population is in overshoot when it exceeds available carrying capacity. A population in overshoot may permanently impair the long-term productive potential of its habitat, reducing future carrying capacity. It may survive temporarily but will eventually crash as it depletes vital natural capital (resource) stocks.

Detailed explanation-4: -Limiting factors are environmental factors that keep a population’s numbers from growing out of control. Some examples of limiting factors are food, water, living space, and disease. The maximum number of any one organism an environment can support is the carrying capacity for that organism.