Question

The usual shape of growth curve is

• A. linear
• B. inverted bell-shaped
• C. sigmoidal
• D. zig-zag

Answer 1

The correct option is C sigmoidal

S-shaped growth curve (sigmoid growth curve) A pattern of growth in which, in a new environment, the population density of an organism increases slowly initially, in a positive acceleration phase; then increases rapidly approaching an exponential growth rate but then declines in a negative acceleration phase until at zero growth rate the population stabilizes