In the Real World, Many Factors Determine the Numbers of Organisms

question 60

Multiple Choice

In the real world, many factors determine the numbers of organisms in any one population. Yet a SUPERFLY population with unlimited food and no mortality would show what types of growth?

• A) exponential
• B) logistic
• C) linear
• D) Malthusian
• E) unpredictable

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