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What happens when the number of organisms in an environment is higher than the carrying capacity?
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∙ 9y ago
The ecosystem crashes and essentially everything dies. It is purely Darwinistic at this point. The strongest will survive because of competition for food and shelter. But even the strongest will struggle because of the intense competition for food. So, in short, the ecosystem will essentially collapse with massive fallout.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agothen the organisms must compete for living space
The population will decrease.
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What happens to population size between the time it overshoots carrying capacity to when it recovers and stabilizes?
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What happens if the carrying capacity is exceeded?
It will likely descend into warfare as happened on Easter Island, and savagery will continue until the population drops below whatever remains of the carrying capacity. However, the warfare may also diminish both the human resources and Natural Resources and infrastructure to the point that no meaningful recovery is possible. Think TSE's "not with a bang, but a whimper".
Describe what happens when two plates carrying continental crust collide?
Mountain Ranges form. Like the Himalayas
What happens to the minerals after decomposers consume dead organisms?
The decomposers pass the minerals back into the soil
What happens when a plate carrying crust collides with a plate carrying continental crust?
When the Indian plate collided with the harder Asian plate, the Indian plate went underneath, eventually causing an up-thrust that raised the Himalayas.
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 happens when an environment has reached its carrying capacity for a population?
The population continues to grow.
Describe what happens to a population in an environment that reaches its carrying capacity?
It's the way that it's reacts in the nuclues to numeron to the neutrron to the species of carring capaciticity
What happens to the carrying capacity of an ecosystem when resources become limited?
Eventually the organisms will die because they would die of thirst beacause there wouldn't be any water for them to drink. (:
What happens to carrying capacity of an ecosystem when resources become limited?
Eventually the organisms will die because they would die of thirst beacause there wouldn't be any water for them to drink. (:
What is carrying capacity what happens if the population grows larger than the carrying capacity?
Some sort of limiting factor will cause the population to fall again
What happens when an environment has not reached its carrying capacity for a population?
The population continues to grow.
What happens to population growth in a logistic growth pattern as it reaches carrying capacity?
The population levels off at the carrying capacity.
What happens to a population when its grows larger than its carrying capacity?
basically the size of a population can only grow to equal the amount of resources the environment can provide (carrying capacity). So if there arent many resources in an area and too large of a population, then there will be starvation and fight for resources. But if there is an overabundance of resources and the carrying capacity is very high, then the population will grow till it falls under its own weight. It's the cirlce of life.
What happens when the blood has less than it normal oxygen carrying capacity?
Brain failure
What happens to a population that has not reached its carrying capacity?
exponential
What happens to organisms when their environment becomes unfavourable?
They might die :(
