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Q.The overall growth curve for the world human population is
(a) an inverted V-shaped curve
(b) a straight line
(c) a J-shaped curve
(d) none of these
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Human population growth has been exponential in recent history, producing a J-shaped curve rather than the S-shaped curve typical of resource-limited populations.
A population growing with unlimited resources shows exponential growth, plotted as a J-shaped curve (population size increases rapidly and continuously without levelling off), described by the equation dN/dt = rN. In contrast, a population growing in an environment with limited resources shows logistic growth, plotted as an S-shaped (sigmoid) curve that levels off at the carrying capacity (K).
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