Equilibrium Populations: Questions And Answers

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1. Explain how human activities can cause an imbalance in the biochemical cycling and lead to problems such as culture eutrophication and fish kills.
There are many human activities that cause an imbalance in the biochemical cycling and lead to problems such as culture eutrophication and fish kills. When we discharge livestock waste, fertilizer and treated and untreated sewage into nearby waters it causes an excess of phosphates in the water. Eutrophication is the result and an algae bloom happens. “When the algae dies and decay, oxygen is consumed, causing fish kills” (Mader, Windelspecht, 2014). Activities like this effect the ecosystem and issues like this can be reversed if we controlled the level of phosphates in the water.
2. Compare and contrast the traits and growth patterns of opportunistic versus equilibrium populations. Provide one example
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Describe two traits that represent a sustainable society and two traits of a nonsustainable society.
In rural areas a trait that represents a sustainable society is planting a variety of different crops and using multiple techniques of farming. In an urban area a trait that represents a sustainable society is to have gardens on top of the building’s roof. This will help provide food, control temperature and limit the amount of rainwater runoff the buildings. Both of these traits have positive benefits that make the area more livable and reliable.
Some traits of a nonsustainable society is when majority of the land is being used for human purposes such as housing, factories and agriculture. This trait can affect biodiversity in the sense that different species are losing their habitats and it is making it harder for them to be able to survive. Another trait of an nonsustainable society is the main use of nonrenewable fossil fuel energy. Humans are relying so much on fossil fuels that eventually we are going to run out of them. Also with the constant use of them it is creating negative effects on the