Passage II
Ecologists use computer simulations to model population growth. The symbol N0 indicates a population's initial size and Nt indicates the population's size at time t (t is the number of generations following N0).
Nt is determined by the relationship between the birth rate (b) of the population (the number of individuals born per generation per 1,000 individuals) and the death rate (d) of the population (the number of individuals that die per generation per 1, 000 individuals).
The table below shows the results of 12 computer simulations (S) for population growth.
10. Based on the information in the table, a population (N0 = 8) with which of the following sets of birth rates and death rates will increase most rapidly?
Your Answer is
Correct Answer is H
Explanation
When the birth rate is much higher than the death rate, the population size grows the fastest, so you should choose H