Question

What is the approximate carrying capacity of the population?

In which year, did the population reach the carrying capacity?

About how many years did it stay at carrying capacity?

A graph entitled Graph A has year on the horizontal axis, from 0 to 9, and population size on the vertical axis, from 0 to 300 in increments of 50. From year 1 to year 3, the population increased rapidly to 250. From year 3 to year 7, the size remained relatively constant. From year 7 to year 8, the size began to decrease.

Answer 1

- Carrying capacity ≈ 250 individuals.
- The population reached that level around year 3.
- It stayed at carrying capacity for about 4 years (from year 3 to year 7).