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What happens to a population if its growth exceeds its carrying capacity?
It starts to grow exponentially.
It starts to grow logistically.
It stops growing.
It declines slowly.
It crashes.
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It crashes.
If a population overshoots its carrying capacity, resources become limiting and mortality or emigration increases. That can cause a die‑off (a crash) until the population falls back toward or below the carrying capacity (sometimes with oscillations).
If a population overshoots its carrying capacity, resources become limiting and mortality or emigration increases. That can cause a die‑off (a crash) until the population falls back toward or below the carrying capacity (sometimes with oscillations).
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