Because there will eventual reach a point where the food or some other necessity runs out and instead of growth continuing, it stays at relatively constant.
When a human dies, his corpses gets decomposed by decomposing bacteria. What's produced by the decomposing bacteria is the "fertilizer" for plants.
Answer: It would probably be A.
Explanation: Abrasion means scraping or wearing away. Therefore the correct sample is probably going to look smaller, smoother, and more even from all the scraping of the river currents.
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