FORESTRY
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The availability to food, water, shelter and space
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The number or quantity of people or things that can be conveyed or held by a vehicle or container
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The highest possible vital index of a species
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The common limiting factors in an ecosystem are food, water, habitat, and mate. The availability of these factors will affect the carrying capacity of an environment. As the population increases, food demand increases as well. Since food is a limited resource, organisms will begin competing for it.
Detailed explanation-2: -Space, food, oxygen, and water are limiting factors. Temperature and precipitation determine the climate of an ecosystem, which impacts the organisms that can live in an ecosystem. An ecosystem can support only so large of a population.
Detailed explanation-3: -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. The carrying capacity (K) is the maximum population size that can be supported in a particular area without destroying the habitat.