Question

11) Any abiotic or biotic factor in an ecosystem that causes a population’s size to slow or decrease is a ____________ factor. A) growth B) limiting C) carrying D) density dependent

Answer 1

Correct answer: B). Limiting Factor

In ecology, if the presence or absence of a factor limits the growth of another organism in an ecosystem is called a limiting factor. The limiting factor increases the competition among the species living in that ecosystem.

The various abiotic factors that limit the growth of other organisms in the ecosystem are sunlight, soil, temperature, nutrients etc.

Answer 2

B. it is a limiting factor.