When a population reaches its carrying capacity,
a. more individuals will die than are born.
b. a large number of individual organisms will leave the population.
c. no more deaths or births can take place.
d. there is usually one or more factors limiting increased population growth.
e. new sources of nutrition must be found or the population will crash.
D
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A. The corn cells' have a small vacuole size because it does not need long term water and electrolyte storage. B. The camel cells' have a small vacuole size because it does not need long term water and electrolyte storage. C. The camel cells' have a small vacuole size because it is not in contact with toxins that need to be removed from the cell. D. The corn cells' have a large vacuole size because it is in contact with many toxins in the soil which need to be removed from the cell.
According to Linneaus' naming scheme, which describes the largest number of organisms?
A) family B) order C) genus D) class E) species