Question

Carrying capacity is defined as the largest number of individuals organisms that an environment can support. Which of the following things can affect carrying capacity? (check all that apply)1. Climate2.Available food supply3.The number of predators4. Available shelter

Answer 1

The carrying capacity is controlled by limiting factors, factors that can constrain a population's size or slows/stops it from growing. The limiting factors can be biotic (like competition for resources, food availability, predation, etc) or abiotic (like altitude, space, temperature, natural disasters, etc). All of those factors can interefere in the size of a population. Therefore, the correct answer includes all of the options:

1. Climate

2.Available food supply

3.The number of predators

4. Available shelter​

They're all correct.