alleryThe limit a habitat places on the population of a species is called its:
ACartilage container
BCarrying capacity
CCarrying container
DCartridge capacity
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Carrying capacity
1. Resources in any habitat run out at some point.
2. That ceiling has a standard name in ecology.
3. This limit is called nature's carrying capacity for that species in that habitat.
4. It is designated K.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Ch 11 'Organisms and Populations'_
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