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At the carrying capacity, what is the relationship between the birth rate and the death rate?
What is a characteristic of exponential growth?
What happens to the population size when it exceeds the carrying capacity of the environment?
What can attract additional predators to the rising prey population?
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What is the result of the accumulation of wastes in the environment?
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What was the primary reason for the slow growth of human population for most of human existence?
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What is a major factor contributing to the exponential growth of human population in recent centuries?
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What is the primary concern regarding the exponential growth of human population?
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Which of the following is NOT a factor that contributes to a country's high population growth rate?
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What is the field of study that focuses on human populations?
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What happens to the growth rate as a population reaches its carrying capacity?
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What is a limiting factor that is dependent on population size called?
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What is an example of a limiting factor that can affect population growth?
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Why are the exponential model and the logistic model not accurate representations of real populations?
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What is the definition of population density?
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What happens to the growth of a population when resources become limited?
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Under what conditions will a population grow exponentially?
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What is a limiting factor that can restrain the growth of a population?
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What shape is the growth curve of a population experiencing exponential growth?
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What can occur as a result of exponential growth in a population?
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