Question

what happens when biotic potential becomes greater than environmental resistance? population fluctuation population stability population decline population growth

Explanation:

Biotic potential is a population's maximum reproductive capacity, and environmental resistance includes factors limiting population growth (like resource scarcity, predation). When biotic potential (growth - promoting factors) exceeds environmental resistance (growth - limiting factors), the population has more capacity to reproduce and grow than the environment can restrict. So, the population size increases. Let's analyze the options:

• "Population fluctuation" is irregular changes, not directly from biotic potential > environmental resistance.
• "Population stability" occurs when biotic potential ≈ environmental resistance, balancing growth and decline.
• "Population decline" happens when environmental resistance > biotic potential (more limiting factors than growth factors).
• "Population growth" matches the scenario where growth - promoting factors (biotic potential) overcome limiting factors (environmental resistance), leading to an increase in population size.

Answer:

population growth