Question 1 : In a growing population, in the population growth model, as the population (N) gets close to the carrying capacity (K), the rate of population growth (dN/dt)

Question 2 : In the population growth model, what happens to population size (N) if there is no constraint on growth?

Question 3 : In the population growth model, dN/dt is a measure of --------------------.

Question 4 : Consider Predator-Prey Model 1, in the plots of population versus time, what do the peaks in the prey population graph signify?

Question 5 : In Predator-Prey Model 1, why are the predator and prey growth curves out of phase?

Question 6 : In Predator-Prey Model 1, what causes the peaks in the prey population (i.e., what causes the prey population to stop increasing in size and start decreasing in size)?

Question 7 : When the prey population is above the predator isocline, the predator population is:

Question 8 : When the predator population is below the prey isocline, the prey population is:

Question 9 : Given that the Predator-Prey Model 2 combines aspects of the Population Growth model and the Predator-Prey 1 model, can you determine what is causing the fluctuations? Can you figure out what causes the populations to eventually stabilize at zero population growth?

Question 10 : In Predator-Prey Model 2, when a prey population dramatically decreases, the predator population will subsequently _______.