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.
7. According to the table, the population size increased most rapidly in which of the following simulations?
Your Answer is
Correct Answer is D
Explanation
Looking at the table, you can find that the Nt of stimulation 5 is the largest, so its population size increases the fastest