Question
What does the term carrying capacity describe?
The maximum number of birth rates for a population.
The ability of a population to accept new immigrants.
The ratio of birth rates to death rates in a population.
The population size that the environment can sustain.
The maximum number of birth rates for a population.
The ability of a population to accept new immigrants.
The ratio of birth rates to death rates in a population.
The population size that the environment can sustain.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The term "carrying capacity" describes **the population size that the environment can sustain**. It refers to the maximum number of individuals of a particular species that an environment can support based on the availability of resources such as food, water, shelter, and other necessities.