Question

A population is experiencing exponential growth. This means it is growing _____, then _____. slowly slowly first, then rapidly rapidly rapidly first, then slowly

Answer 1

B) slowly then rapidly

Answer 2

Answer: The correct answer for the fill in the blank is- Slowly slowly first, then rapidly .

Exponential growth means increase in the size of population at a great rate when resources ( like food) are unlimited in the population. As there is no depletion in the resources, the growth of population accelerates without any competition.

Initially the population grows slowly and as it experiences unlimited resources, it starts accelerating. This gives a J shaped population growth curve.