Question 1

What is carrying capacity (K)?

Accepted Answer

The maximum size of a population given the resources available in an environment

Question 2

What is overshoot?

(in populations)

Accepted Answer

When a population exceeds its carrying capacity

(this can cause resource depletion)

Question 3

What happens as a result of overshoot?

Accepted Answer

Severe or catastrophic dieback of the population

(there are no more resources left, so the population rapidly decreases)

3.4 Carrying Capacity, AP Environmental Science Flashcards