Assertion(A): | A population that fits the logistic growth model increases more rapidly at intermediate size rather than at relatively small and large sizes. |
Reason (R): | The population growth rate decreases dramatically as the population size approaches the carrying capacity. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is true but (R) is false. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are false. |
The growth rate of a natural population equals zero:
1. | when N/K is exactly one |
2. | when N nears the carrying capacity of the habitat |
3. | when N/K equals zero |
4. | when mortality is greater than natality |
The sum of the environmental factors that tend to restrict the biotic potential of an organism is called environmental resistance. In the logistic growth equation dN/dt = rN[K-N/K], the environmental resistance is represented by:
1. | r | 2. | N |
3. | K | 4. | [K-N]/K |
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