Question

The number of organisms that can be sustained by an environment without environmental degradation is__________.

Answer 1

Answer:

carrying capacity.

Explanation:

The number of organisms that can be sustained by an environment without environmental degradation is its carrying capacity.

The carrying capacity of a living species in an ecosystem is the species ' maximum population size that the environment could carry indefinitely, given the ecosystem's food, habitat, water, as well as other necessities are sufficient. 

Answer 2

Answer:

Carrying Capacity

Explanation:

The carrying capacity of a biological species in an environment is the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, i.e. without over-stressing the resources like food, habitat, water, air, etc. so that their rate of replenishment is greater than the rate of consumption of the biological species it carries.

• The term carrying capacity was originally used to determine the number of animals that could graze on a segment of land without destroying it or overgrazing it.

In context of the human population, more complex variables like sanitation and medical care started playing an important role in the sustainable utilization of resources. As population density increases, birth rate often increases and with the increasing medical advancement the death rate typically decreases. The difference between the birth rate and the death rate is the "natural increase".