1. Carrying Capacity

2. The maximum number of organisms that an ecosystem can support.
Limiting factors, such as food, water, and space, keep a population from growing too much.
Carrying Capacity

3. Data Chart Quantity of Food (chips) at the Beginning
Quantity of Food (chips) Collected
Did you Survive?
(less than 15 chips dies)
(Yes/No) 50 70
100 30
Data Chart
Note: You may only pick up chips with one hand.

4. Carrying Capacity Questions
What biotic and abiotic factors might affect the survival of an organism?
How does this simulation a good model for carrying capacity?
In what ways is this simulation not a good model for the real carrying capacity of
an environment?
Carrying Capacity Questions