Question

Which of the following is an accurate definition of carrying capacity?

Answer 1

Answer: B. The number of individuals that a habitat can sustain with the resources that it has available.

Explanation:

A carrying capacity is the number of individuals of the population belonging to a particular species that an habitat or region or ecosystem can support or sustain in terms of providing the resources. If the population exceeds over the carrying capacity then this results in decline in members of the population.

According to the above description the accurate definition of carrying capacity is B.