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What cause the population to decline when it grows larger than the carrying capacity?
Because when carrying capacity is reached and the population surpasses that you see a decline usually caused by over consumption of food sources leading to largescale starvation or the introduction of a virus or disease caused by the increased proximity the animals would be living inmates, the are other factors of course but that's the basics of it. Populations tend to spike and fall over the years.
Non-living factors that effect organismsurvival such as water availability pollution and temperature range?
abiotic factors
What living things affect the environment?
Humans and all other living organisms called biotic factors effect environment .
The specific heat capacity of water is very high What effect does this have on the weather conditions experienced by people living on islands?
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Why are human populations not limited by carrying capacity of their own ecosystems?
Humans are able to use their knowledge to locate resources they need.
What is the carrying capacity of a population?
Carrying capacity is population that is supported by its supporting systems. An example of carrying capacity is wildlife living in the forest. Since the forest can only hold so many different species of wildlife, it has a particular carrying capacity.
Why don't population grow exponentially?
Because of Limiting Factors (environmental factors that prevent a population from increasing). Biotic Limiting Factors = Living organisms; Abiotic Limiting Factors = Nonliving organisms.Other factors include: Death Rate, Birth Rate, Carrying Capacity, Predation
What abiotic factors?
Abiotic factors are the non-living factors in an ecosystem that effect the survival of organisms in the ecosystem. Light, temperature, and atmospheric gases are the examples of Abiotic factors. Another example would be a forest fire.Other examples:An abiotic factor is a non-living thing that affects animals in an ecosystem. It affects the amount of animals that can live in that area.(carrying capacity i think)An example of an abiotic factor would be water. water dose not breathe or eat. It's not alive. Yet it affects living things, such as falcons or wolves for example. without much water, an animal wouldn't survive long.Abiotic factors are non-living elements such as a rock, water, and even sunlight.
What is the carrying capacity of people living on earth?
A population's carrying capacity is the amount of organisms a certain environment can sustain. If the number of organisms exceeds carrying capacity the resources in the environment will be depleted resulting in a carrying capacity drop followed by a drop in the population of organisms.
What happens when the number of organisms is an environment is higher than the carrying capacity?
then the organisms must compete for living space The population will decrease.
What cause the population to decline when it grows larger than the carrying capacity?
Because when carrying capacity is reached and the population surpasses that you see a decline usually caused by over consumption of food sources leading to largescale starvation or the introduction of a virus or disease caused by the increased proximity the animals would be living inmates, the are other factors of course but that's the basics of it. Populations tend to spike and fall over the years.
Non-living factors that effect organismsurvival such as water availability pollution and temperature range?
abiotic factors
What is the relationship between carrying capacity and limiting factors?
the difference between limiting factor and carrying capacity is the fact that carrying capacity is the population a ecosystem can support over TIME and limiting factor just makes the population stop growing and wont let any more people/animals/ect.. in if the place is packed
What affects the living thing?
Humans and all other living organisms called biotic factors effect environment .
What living things affect the environment?
Humans and all other living organisms called biotic factors effect environment .
The specific heat capacity of water is very high What effect does this have on the weather conditions experienced by people living on islands?
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Why are human populations not limited by carrying capacity of their own ecosystems?
Humans are able to use their knowledge to locate resources they need.
