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Carrying Capacity

Carrying Capacity. Mahmoud Allam 4-28-12 9-boys What will happen when earths carrying capacity is reached?. What is Carrying Capacity?. Carrying Capacity is the number of individuals of a species the environment can support.

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Carrying Capacity

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  1. Carrying Capacity Mahmoud Allam 4-28-12 9-boys What will happen when earths carrying capacity is reached?

  2. What is Carrying Capacity? • Carrying Capacity is the number of individuals of a species the environment can support. • For example if rabbits go into a field and there population might increase. When that happens eventually there food will become scarce and they will start dying and there population will decrease.

  3. Carrying capacity for humans • Humans have a carrying capacity like other species do. • The more people there are the more resources they need. • These resources come from the enviornment and when we keep using them they will eventually run out.

  4. Carrying capacity for humans

  5. Human waste • The more humans there are the more waste is produced this means that it will have to be recycled. • Soon the population will increase dramatically and the food will run out.

  6. What Scientists think? • For thousands of years the human population grew slowly but 300 years ago our food supply began to increase and our health care led to increase in population. • Scientists are saying that the human population is growing in a dangerously fast rate.

  7. Consequences of carrying capacity being reached • If earths carrying capacity would be reached it would be a major problem in the world. • No one will be able to do anything about it

  8. Consequences of carrying capacity being reached

  9. Causes • It can be caused by not enough food or water or even oxygen. • The world can reach its carrying capacity by the world getting over crowded.

  10. Conclusion • In conclusion I can say that if earth reaches its carrying capacity it will be catastrophic. • We must try to prevent this from happening by trying to cut down on the food or wasting space on things that don’t mean anything to us.

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