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What could explain the curve in this population growth graph?
A graph has time on the horizontal axis and population size on the vertical axis. The population size was constant for a period of time, increased rapidly, and then became constant again.
an unlimited food supply
a natural disaster
a population crash
a reduction in predators
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Reduction in predators.
Explanation: initially predator pressure kept the population stable. When predators were reduced, mortality fell and the population grew rapidly. As density-dependent limits (food, space, disease, competition) kicked in the population reached a new carrying capacity and leveled off. The other choices don't fit: a natural disaster or population crash would cause declines, and truly unlimited food would not produce a later plateau.
Explanation: initially predator pressure kept the population stable. When predators were reduced, mortality fell and the population grew rapidly. As density-dependent limits (food, space, disease, competition) kicked in the population reached a new carrying capacity and leveled off. The other choices don't fit: a natural disaster or population crash would cause declines, and truly unlimited food would not produce a later plateau.
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