1. Carrying Capacity
Ecosystems have carrying capacities, which are limits to the numbers of organisms and populations they can support
These limits can result from such factors as:
-food, space, and water
-availability of living resources
-availability of nonliving resources
-predation
-competition
-disease

2. Carrying Capacity
-organisms would have the ability to produce populations of great size if it were not for the fact that environments and resources are limited
-this fundamental tension affects the abundance (number of individuals) of species in any given ecosystem

3. Carrying Capacity

4. Human Carrying Capacity
Directions:
-Draw 4 pictures that show why more people don’t live in the area where you live
-Explain how each picture shows why more people don’t live in your area