Which of the Following Would Cause a Population to Overshoot

question 64

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would cause a population to overshoot its carrying capacity?

• A)an increase in predators
• B)a decrease in birth rates
• C)an increase in emigration
• D)a decrease in environmental pressures
• E)a reproductive time lag between birth and death rates

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Definitions:

StdDev

A rephrased term for standard deviation, indicating the degree to which individual data points in a set diverge from the mean value.

Mean

A mathematical average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding them all together and dividing by the number of numbers.

Median

In an arranged sequence of values, the median is the number situated in the middle, thus separating the collection of numbers into two segments.

StdDev

Short for Standard Deviation, it measures the amount of variance or dispersion in a set of values.