Carrying Capacity Activity

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In this population ecology activity, students graph changes in a mink population and analyze the graph to estimate the carrying capacity.

In this activity, students will:

• READ a brief background on a population of mink.
• GRAPH population data.
• ANSWER analysis questions that focus on carrying capacity.

Teacher Notes:

• INCLUDES ANSWER KEY.
• Please note: this carrying capacity activity is not editable.
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
• NGSS MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.