Question

examine the graph, then answer the questions below.

1. a population of coyotes lives in a habitat with plentiful food and no predators. analyze the graph and interpret what is happening to their population size at the one year mark.

a the population size is increasing.
b the population size is decreasing.
c the population size is remaining the same.
d the population size cannot be inferred from the graph.

1. which of the following explains what happened to the coyote population size when it reached its carrying capacity, and why?

a the population size continued to increase because the ecosystem had not changed.
b the population size stopped increasing because it had reached the largest number of coyotes that the ecosystem could support.
c the population size became zero because the ecosystem could no longer support the coyote population.
d the population size can no longer be inferred from the graph once carrying capacity is reached.

Explanation:

Answer:

A. The population size is increasing.
B. The population size stopped increasing because it had reached the largest number of coyotes that the ecosystem could support.