Population Growth (continued)The graph below shows the population of Peregrine falcons in the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). Look at the graph, then answer the questions below.1,800American peregrine falcon1,600Lower 48 States1,4001,2001,0008006004002001974197619781972198019821984What does the growth pattern of the falcon tell you about resources in their habitat?19861988199019941996Center for Biological DiversityThe population is overharvesting the resources and will crash soon.1998The key resources for population growth are readily available.Nothing, the line represents the population growth and does not indicate anything about the resources available in the environment.There is a limited quantity of resources.Breeding Pairs1992

Increases in a population's or a dispersed group's size are known as population growth. Actual worldwide population growth is about 83 million people per year or 1.1% annually. Depending on particular environmental factors, two different patterns of population expansion may occur: In a perfect, limitless environment, an exponential growth pattern occurs, represented by the J shape curve. When there is resistance and limited resources, a logistic growth pattern is represented by an S-shaped Curve. The correct option is: the key resources for population growth are readily available. Exponential growth: In an ideal situation with unlimited resources, the population will increase exponentially. There will be no competition in such a situation to set restrictions on a geometric rate of expansion. An exponential (J-shaped) curve results from the growth rate increases as the population grows. The graph of the population of Peregrine falcons in the United States represents a J-shaped curve, which shows an exponential growth pattern. Thus, the growth pattern of the falcon tells us that the key resources for population growth are readily available. Other options are incorrect: The population is overharvesting the resources and will crash soon: This option is incorrect because the growth pattern is exponential, which means resources are unlimited, and the growth will increase. Nothing, the line represents the population growth and does not indicate anything about the resources available in the environment: This option is incorrect because the growth pattern is exponential, which means resources are unlimited, and the growth will increase. There is a limited quantity of resources: This option is incorrect because the growth pattern is J-shaped, which means resources are unlimited, and the growth will increase.