Carrying Capacity

Mahmoud Allam 4-28-129-boys

What will happen when earths carrying capacity is reached?

What is Carrying Capacity?

• Carrying Capacity is the number of individuals of a species the environment can support.

• For example if rabbits go into a field and there population might increase. When that happens eventually there food will become scarce and they will start dying and there population will decrease.

Carrying capacity for humans

• Humans have a carrying capacity like other species do.

• The more people there are the more resources they need.

• These resources come from the enviornment and when we keep using them they will eventually run out.

Carrying capacity for humans

Human waste

• The more humans there are the more waste is produced this means that it will have to be recycled.

• Soon the population will increase dramatically and the food will run out.

What Scientists think?

• For thousands of years the human population grew slowly but 300 years ago our food supply began to increase and our health care led to increase in population.

• Scientists are saying that the human population is growing in a dangerously fast rate.

Consequences of carrying capacity being reached

• If earths carrying capacity would be reached it would be a major problem in the world.

• No one will be able to do anything about it

Consequences of carrying capacity being reached

Causes

• It can be caused by not enough food or water or even oxygen.

• The world can reach its carrying capacity by the world getting over crowded.

Conclusion

• In conclusion I can say that if earth reaches its carrying capacity it will be catastrophic.

• We must try to prevent this from happening by trying to cut down on the food or wasting space on things that don’t mean anything to us.