NEET BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ECOSYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as ____
A
a measure
B
a limiting factor
C
factorization
D
predation
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: -In the natural world, limiting factors like the availability of food, water, shelter and space can change animal and plant populations. Other limiting factors, like competition for resources, predation and disease can also impact populations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which limiting factors can affect population size? Limiting factors can be physical, biological, density dependent, or density independent. These factors include food, water, living space, disease, predation, and natural disasters.

Detailed explanation-4: -When demographers attempt to forecast changes in the size of a population, they typically focus on four main factors: fertility rates, mortality rates (life expectancy), the initial age profile of the population (whether it is relatively old or relatively young to begin with) and migration.

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