Question

A population growing in a habitat with limited resources shows four phases of growth in the following sequence

• A. Acceleration - Deceleration - Lag phase - Asymptote
• B. Asymptote - Acceleration - Deceleration - Lag phase
• C. Lag phase - Acceleration - Deceleration - Asymptote
• D. Acceleration - Lag phase - Deceleration - Asymptote

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Lag phase - Acceleration - Deceleration - Asymptote

When the population growing in a habitat with limited resources it first increases slowly i.e., lag phase, then population grow rapidly is the acceleration phase. After acceleration phase, the rate of growth slows down and reach asymptote phase when the population density reaches carrying capacity. Thus, the correct answer is option C.