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2007 · Q35
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Organisms and Populations question

2007 · Q35

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The population of an insect species shows an explosive increase in numbers during rainy season followed by its disappearance at the end of the season. What does this show ?
  1. A
    The food plants mature and die at the end of the rainy season
  2. B
    The population of its predators increases enormously
  3. C
    Its population growth curve is of J-type
  4. D
    S-shaped or sigmoid growth of this insect
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Correct answer: C

If a population (e.g reindeer population) is allowed to grow in a predator free environment, the population grows beyond carrying capacity and there occurs population crash due to sudden shortage of food. Such growth curves also occur in insect populations during rainy season, and in algal blooms.

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