A Fruit Fly Population Is Kept in Bottles in the Lab

question 240

Multiple Choice

A fruit fly population is kept in bottles in the lab and fed with yeast.Initially, the yeast is growing more quickly than the fruit fly population, but as the fruit fly population grows, it begins to deplete the yeast population.When this occurs, the fruit fly population will begin to exhibit what type of growth?

• A) Exponential
• B) Logistic
• C) Maximum
• D) Minimum
• E) No growth

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