Nature & science · Age 10 · Complex Ecosystems & Biomes
Carrying Capacity and Resource Limits
Understand the concept of carrying capacity and how it limits population size.
Module
Complex Ecosystems & Biomes
Age
Age 10
Duration
10 min
Questions
5
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Question 1
Multiple choice
What is 'carrying capacity'?
Question 2
Multiple choice
If a lake can support 200 fish and the population reaches 300, what is most likely to happen?
Question 3
Multiple choice
Which resource is NOT typically limited in an ecosystem?
Question 4
True or false
Human activities such as habitat destruction can lower the carrying capacity of an ecosystem.
Question 5
Matching
Match each resource to the type of organism that mainly competes for it.