Question

Which of the following best explains how the immediate effects on a population that exceeds its carrying capacity might impact the long-term effects on that same population?

A. If the carrying capacity is rapidly exceeded, then the population size will rapidly decrease but not adversely impact the long-term effects.

B. If the population rapidly exceeds its carrying capacity, then the population will remain high until the predator population exceeds it and then gradually decrease back to its original size.

C. It the population slowly exceeds its carrying capacity it will not immediately crash but overwhelm the environment, though it won't come close to extinction over the long-term.

D. If the population slowly exceeds its carrying capacity it may inflate its carrying capacity again until long-term catastrophic changes reduce it significantly.

Answer 1

Ans : B) If the population rapidly exceeds its carrying capacity, then the population will remain high until the predator population exceeds it and then gradually decrease back to its original size , As we all know for a fact that population is exponentially because of the birth rate exceeds the death rate and this can only be curtailed by predators , therefor point B explains the  immediate effects on a population that exceeds its carrying capacity might impact the long-term effects on that same population .

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