What happens when the population of certain species in an ecosystem increases?

Some changes may cause a population to increase. If there are more plants than usual in an area, populations of animals that eat that plant may increase. If one animal’s population increases, the population of animals that eat that animal might also increase.

What would happen if there were more organisms than an ecosystem could handle?

If a population exceeds carrying capacity, the ecosystem may become unsuitable for the species to survive. If the population exceeds the carrying capacity for a long period of time, resources may be completely depleted. Populations may die off if all of the resources are exhausted.

What do we know about the effect of one organism on other organisms in an ecosystem?

Individual organisms live together in an ecosystem and depend on one another. Some organisms can make their own food, and other organisms have to get their food by eating other organisms. An organism that must obtain their nutrients by eating (consuming) other organisms is called a consumer, or a heterotroph.

What would happen in an ecosystem if the consumers population was the same as the producers population?

They would starve and die unless they could move to another habitat. All the other animals in the food web would die too, because their food supplies would have gone. The populations of the consumers would fall as the population of the producer fell.

How would the population growth affect the carrying capacity?

Carrying capacity is determined by the amount of available resources (food, habitat, water). If the population grows indefinitely, less and less resources will be available to sustain the population.

What do you think would happen if a new organism suddenly came into an ecosystem?

What will happen if a organism is added or removed from a ecosystem. This new organism will brake the balance of the ecosystem so their food sources will decrease by having too many predators that hunt and eat them.

What do you think would happen to an ecosystem if there were no producers?

Producers are the autotrophs or plants which act as a source of food and energy for the consumers by making their own food and consumers eat them as their food for energy. So, if there were no producers, the food chain would not initiate and all the living species on earth would die.

What is the importance of the different roles of organism in an ecosystem?

An organism’s role within an ecosystem depends on how it obtains its food. Plants and animals obtain their food in very different ways, so they have very different roles in an ecosystem. The way in which an organism obtains food also affects its interactions with other organisms in the ecosystem.

How do organisms affect the environment?

In all these environments, organisms interact and use available resources, such as food, space, light, heat, water, air, and shelter. Each population of organisms, and the individuals within it, interact in specific ways that are limited by and can benefit from other organisms.

What would happen if one organism or animal was removed from a food web?

When a organism is removed, the organism who eats or hunt them will decrease some because they lost one of the food source even though they still have other food sources. This new organism will brake the balance of the ecosystem so their food sources will decrease by having too many predators that hunt and eat them.

What would happen if one organism was removed from the food web?

If an organism is removed from a food chain, it will disrupt the energy flow in the ecosystem. The organisms that depend on it will also die. The amount of disturbance will depend on the organism.