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.