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Biology Questions On Population Growth

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Measuring Population Change
Question 6
Growth Rate = (Y
2
Y
1
) / (X
2
X
1
)
Growth Rate for Day 11 = (2237202.2 1369721) / (44-80)
= 867480.3/36
= 24096.675
Growth Rate for Day 10 = (2237202.2 1569709.5)/ (44-70)
= 667492.7 / 26
= 25672.796
Growth Rate for Day 9 = (20061145.5 1680400.3) / (52 65)
= 325714.5 / 13
= 25054.96
Average for the 3days = (24096.675 + 25672.796 + 25054.96) / 3
= 74824.431 / 3
= 24941.477
Question 7
The carrying capacity refers to the maximum number of organisms that a habitat can
comfortably accommodate based on its available resources. Beyond the carrying capacity, the

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habitat will not be able to accommodate any more organism. For the populations that we
measured, the carrying capacity was 2237202.2 (which is in day 10) beyond which we see the
number of algae starts reducing. It means that the carrying capacity has been reached and the
habitat can no longer support any more algae beyond that number.
Question 8
Growth Rate for Day 12 = (1925748.9 1163076.1) / (55 92)
= 762672.8 / 37
= 20612.78
Growth Rate for Day 13 = (1978960.1 974238.2) / (53-105)
= 1004721.9 / 52
= 19321.575
Growth Rate for Day 14 = (2206919.8 992551.0) / (45-109)
= 1214368.8 / 64
= 18974.51
Average for the 3 days = (18974.51 + 19321.575 + 20612.78) / 3
= 58908.865 / 3
= 19636.29
Question 9
Some of the biological factors that determines the shape of the growth pattern include
availability of resources such as water and food which offers nutrition for the growing algae.
Lack of interspecific interactions such as predation and competition also contribute to the
exponential growth of the organism. Lack of many limiting factors also contributes to faster

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Surname 1 Student’s Name: Professor’s Name: Course: Date: Measuring Population Change Question 6 Growth Rate = (Y2 – Y1) / (X2 – X1) Growth Rate for Day 11 = (2237202.2 – 1369721) / (44-80) = 867480.3/36 = 24096.675 Growth Rate for Day 10 = (2237202.2 – 1569709.5)/ (44-70) = 667492.7 / 26 = 25672.796 Growth Rate for Day 9 = (20061145.5 – 1680400.3) / (52 – 65) = 325714.5 / 13 = 25054.96 Average for the 3days = (24096.675 + 25672.796 + 25054.96) / 3 = 74824.431 / 3 = 24941.477 Question 7 The carrying capacity refers to the maximum number of organisms that a habitat can comfortably accommodate based on its available resources. Beyond the carrying capacity, the Surname 2 habitat will not be able to accommodate any more organism. For the populations that we measured, the carrying capacity was 2237202.2 (which is in day 10) beyond which we see the number of algae starts red ...
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