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Exponential vs Logistic Growth 1. Which of the two curves exhibits 1200 exponential growth? A 2. Which of the two curves exhibits 1000 logistic growth? B 3. Which of the two curves is most likely to occur under natural Number of Individuals conditions? 4. Which population curve would 200 only occur under ideal conditions? 10 12 14 1 10 20 22 24 25 20 30 5. What is the carrying capacity of Year/Generation this graph? 1. During which months was the Deer Population on an Island growth of the deer population exponential? 120 2. Give one possible reason why the 100 96 population decreased after 5 Number of Deer 78 months. 60 40 3. What is the approximate carrying 36 capacity of the island? 20 TO 4. Overall, do deer populations seem 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3 9 10 11 12 to exhibit exponential or logistic Number of Months growth? Why