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Two opposite forces operature in the growth and development of a population, one of these is ability to reproduce at a given rate. The force opposite to it is called.

A

fecundity

B

environmental resistances

C

biotic contro

D

mortality

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B
The environmental factors which can check the growth of population size constitute the environmental resistance. These include predators, food, water, nesting sites, similar competitors, etc. All living things tend to reproduce until the point ar which their environment becomes a limiting factor. No population , human or otherwise , can grow indefinitely , eventually , some biotic abiotic variable will being to limit population growth .
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