Question

As a population approaches the carrying capacity of its habitat, the ____-shaped curve of its exponential growth is converted to a(n) ____-shaped curve of logistic growth that fluctuates around a certain level.

Answer 1

Answer: 1. J-shaped curve 2. S-shaped curve.

Explanation:

In exponential growth, a population's per capita (per individual) growth rate remains the same irrespective of population size, allowing the population grow faster and faster as it increases.

Populations may grow exponentially for some period in nature, but they will mainly be limited by the availability of resources.

In logistic growth, a population's per capita growth rate tends to get smaller and smaller as population size approaches a maximum imposed by limited resources available in the environment which is referred to as the carrying capacity (K).

Exponential growth produces a J-shaped curve, while logistic growth produces an S-shaped curve.