Which Is a Major Assumption of the BD Model of Population

question 69

Multiple Choice

Which is a major assumption of the BD model of population change?

• A) Populations always grow.
• B) Populations are limited by a fixed carrying capacity.
• C) Once an organism has acquired a unit of some resource,this resource can be used for only one function at a time.
• D) Individuals do not move into or out of the population.
• E) Population growth is density dependent.

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