NEET BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ECOSYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
As populations grow, they tend to spread out into new territory. Which limiting factor is most likely to become an issue?
A
food
B
shelter
C
space
D
water
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Limiting factors include a low food supply and lack of space. Competition for resources like food and space cause the growth rate to stop increasing, so the population levels off.

Detailed explanation-2: -Too much or too little of any biotic or abiotic factor-like food, water, or light-makes an ecosystem unstable and brings about change. A lack of nutrients in the soil is a limiting factor for plants.

Detailed explanation-3: -Grasses are no longer able to compete as well in the forested environment. Which is most likely the limiting factor that inhibits the growth of the grasses in the forest? Nutrient-laden waters from heavy rains flow into the Gulf of Mexico.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abiotic factors are the non-living parts of the environment that have a major influence on living organisms. They can help determine things like how tall trees grow, where animals and plants are found, and why birds migrate. The most important abiotic factors include water, sunlight, oxygen, soil and temperature.

Detailed explanation-5: -Biotic or biological limiting factors are things like food, availability of mates, disease, and predators. Abiotic or physical limiting factors are non-living things such as temperature, wind, climate, sunlight, rainfall, soil composition, natural disasters, and pollution.

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