Population Growth

Veronica Gomez-Quintero
July 16, 2016

Population Growth
300,000,000,000,000
250,000,000,000,000

Seeds

200,000,000,000,000
150,000,000,000,000
100,000,000,000,000
50,000,000,000,000
0
1

Years

Figure 1

Population Growth

Seeds

283,207,724,127,
657

777
1

603,729
2

469,097,433
3

364,488,705,441
4

Years
Figure 2

Initially, I started with 777 seeds from a single bell pepper. Each of the seeds
produced 1 plant. The charts above show a dramatic increase in the population within a
relatively short period of time. In only 5 years, the amount of bell pepper plants
increased to 283,207,724,127,657. The increase is extremely drastic. I started with one

bell pepper with 777 seeds and the population size increased drastically to
283,207,724,127,657. The graph clearly shows a J curve.
Figure 1 shows that in year 1 we started with 777 seeds. Year 2 shows a new bar
with the second number of plants 603,729. Each of those plants had one plant and the
number of plants doubled. Year 3, each of the 603,729 plants each had 777 seeds for a
total of 469,097,433. Year 4 each of the 469,097,433 had 777 seeds and the total
number of plants came to 364,488,705,441. In year 5, each of the plants had 77 seeds
and the total number of plants is 283,207,724,127,657. Figure 2 clearly labels each
point on the curve to show the exact rate of growth, by the number of plants, at each
year.
The factors that would limit population is the competition in the environment for
resources, predation, the availability of shelter and the space or size of the habitat. The
habitat must provide the necessary resources, such as food and water, if these are not
available, then the population is limited.
If the population of my bell peppers or any living thing was in an environment
which is deprived of natural resources such as food and nutrients this would clearly be
devastating to the population and the living organisms and animals would slowly die off.
If they were deprived of water, the rate in which they perish would naturally be much
more rapid.
Additionally, if the living organism or animals were in an environment which had
steep competition for food or nutrients which are already limited, this would also create
a severe impact to the organisms and animals. The lack of resources would slowly
cause starvation. Over population of their own kind could also create the same

environment which is limited in resources, because they have grown too rapidly or their
environment is simply limited in space, and the resources cannot provided for their large
population.
Living organisms and animals in an environment in which there is limited space
and shelter, this would have a devastating impact to their survival. Living organisms
and animals also face a challenge with respect to disease.