Question
Study the graph given below and answer the questions that follows.

  1. Write the status of food and space in the curves A and B.
  2. In the absence of predators, which one of the two curves would appropriately depict the prey population?
  3. Time has been shown on X-axis and there is a parallel dotted line above it. Give the significance of this dotted line.

Answer

  1. A-Unlimited food and space.

B-Limited food and space.

  1. Curve B'.
  2. The dotted line represents the carrying capacity. It is the capacity of a given habitat having enough resources to support maximum possible number, beyond which no further growth is possible.

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