Organisms And Population Question 117
Question: No population can grow indefinitely. The ultimate size of any population is limited by:
Options:
A) the carrying capacity of its environment.
B) its birth rate.
C) its intrinsic growth rate.
D) reproductive isolation.
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
[a] Ecologists define carrying capacity as the maximum population size that a particular environment can support with no net increase or decrease over a relatively long period of time.