Which of the Following Populations Would Be Most Likely to Experience

question 22

Multiple Choice

Which of the following populations would be most likely to experience an S-shaped growth pattern?

• A) the lion population living at the San Diego Zoo
• B) paramecia in an experimental culture where food was added only at the beginning of the experiment
• C) a wolf population after its reintroduction to a national park such as Yellowstone or Glacier, where they once lived but had become locally extinct
• D) a beehive infected midsummer with a deadly bacterial disease

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