OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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Anything that can decrease the size of a population including living (biotic) and non living (abiotic) features of an ecosystem such as predators and drought.
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limiting factor
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habitat
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ecosystem
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carrying capacity
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A limiting factor is anything that constrains a population’s size and slows or stops it from growing. Some examples of limiting factors are biotic, like food, mates, and competition with other organisms for resources.
Detailed explanation-2: -Food, water, shelter, predation, and density are all things that can allow a population to grow or cause it to decline. Limiting factors like food and water are necessary resources for all organisms; without them they will die so these factors directly affect population size.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: One biotic factor that affects the size of a population in an ecosystem is the number and type of predators in that ecosystem.
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