Question

when a population approaches carrying capacity (the red dashed line on the graph), what happens to its growth rate (the blue line on the graph)?
it speeds up much faster.
it wavers up and down a lot.
it slows down then levels off.
it drops totally straight down.

Explanation:

When a population approaches its carrying capacity, resources become limited. This leads to increased competition for those resources. As a result, the growth rate of the population slows down. Eventually, as the population reaches the carrying capacity (where the number of individuals the environment can support is met), the growth rate levels off.

Answer:

It slows down then levels off.