Question

an ecosystem with unfavorable conditions will negatively affect the populations growth. what do we call these factors in an ecosystem that can hurt a populations growth?
biotic potential
environmental resistance

Explanation:

Environmental resistance refers to factors in an ecosystem that limit or reduce a population's growth, which matches the description of unfavorable conditions hurting population growth. Biotic potential, by contrast, is the maximum growth rate a population could achieve under ideal conditions, so it is not the correct term here.

Answer:

environmental resistance