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Isabella saw a chart that showed changes in the population over the past 500 years. She was surprised that the growth dramatically increased in the last 300 years.

She knew that populations cannot continue to grow forever.
Describe the meaning of overpopulation, and explain three consequences it brings.

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Overpopulation is the concept where an increased species population exceeds the carrying capacity of the environment. A consequence of this will be extinction of other species. In Australia's south-west, feral cats have been predating on endemic animal species like numbats, dibblers and other marsupials. Many of these are critically endangered and close to extinction. Another consequence will be insecurity within the population. This is more relevant to humans as we still need to find a way to feed the world and give them a high quality of life without destroying the world. A third consequence will be biodiversity decrease. It is interconnected with extinction as other predators will need to predate on something else and decrease diversity of prey.

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