If population growth is assumed to be density dependent in all four populations, what will happen to these populations sometime after generation 10? 1. Population size will grow monotonically. 2. Rate of population growth will decrease. 3. Rate of population growth will remain the same. 4. All populations will follow the curve of population ### Population Growth Over GenerationsThe graph illustrates the changes in population size over 10 generations for four different populations labeled A, B, C, and D. The x-axis represents the number of generations, while the y-axis represents the population size (N).- **Population A**: This curve shows an exponential growth pattern. Starting at zero generations, the population size increases sharply, reaching over 400 individuals by the 10th generation. - **Population B**: Similarly, this population also experiences exponential growth, but at a slightly slower rate than Population A. It approaches 300 individuals by the 10th generation. - **Population C**: This population shows moderate growth, with the curve rising steadily and reaching slightly above 100 individuals at the 10th generation. - **Population D**: This curve represents minimal growth, remaining relatively flat throughout the generations, indicating a stable or slow-increasing population size over time.This graph effectively demonstrates the varying rates of population growth and highlights how different factors might influence exponential growth trends in biological populations.

In ecological systems, populations grow or decline in consequence to changes in the conditions that limit growth. Population density and growth are influenced by a variety of causes, and all these factors may cause fluctuations in population size throughout time. The correct option is : 4. All populations will follow the curve of population A factor that varies with population density in terms of how it affects population size or growth is known as a density-dependent factor. Disease, competition, and predation are examples of factors that depend on density. Population size can be correlated positively or negatively with density-dependent characteristics. These growth-restricting elements have a positive association with population size, increasing as the population grows. When there is a negative relationship, population growth is constrained at low densities and loosens as it increases. Populations follow a logistic growth curve when resources become limiting or density dependent. An S-shaped population curve represents logistic growth. Thus, all populations will follow the curve of population in density dependent population growth. Other options are incorrect : 1. Population size will grow monotonically : This option is incorrect because in density dependent population growth not continuously grow. 2. Rate of population growth will decrease: This option is incorrect because in density dependent population growth will not decrease continuously. Population density either directly or inversely affects how they affect the population. 3. Rate of population growth will remain the same: This option is incorrect because in density dependent population growth cannot remain be the same.