Question

The graph shows the population of rats in a forest habitat for a 10 year. The forest was a controlled environment and no rights were allowed to enter or leave the habitat based on the graph at what time did the rat population with the caring capacity of the habitat ?

Answer 1

The correct option is A) 6 years

Step-by-step explanation:

In ecological studies, carrying capacity can be described as the maximum number of organisms of a species that a particular area can hold.

Each area has certain amounts of resources to carry a specific number of individuals of a species. Beyond this capacity, resources begin to deplete and the organisms start fighting for the resources. As a result, their population declines.

The following graph shows that the forest habitat reached the carrying capacity for rats in the year 6 after which its population began to decline, instead of increasing.