What Is One Reason for a Population to Overshoot Its

question 10

Multiple Choice

What is one reason for a population to overshoot its carrying capacity and crash? 

• A) due to a gradual increase in available habitat 
• B) due to a gradual increase in available food resources 
• C) due to a reproductive time lag involving the birth rate and death rate of the population 
• D) due to changes in the gene pool of a population

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Definitions:

Nutritive Material

Substances that provide nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.

Endosperm

The 3n nutritive tissue that is formed at some point in the development of all angiosperm seeds.

Ovule Wall

The protective outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat upon fertilization.

Seed Coat

The outer protective covering of a seed.