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Use the figure above to answer the following questions.
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What does it mean when a population uses up their resource supplies and temporarily overshoots? Which letter on this graph represents when this has occurred to a certain reindeer population?

What will be an ideal response?


The population exceeds the carrying capacity of their environment. It is represented by letter B.

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C) Portuguese
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What will be an ideal response?

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