Question

Refer to the table below containing data obtained for a rabbit population over a period of several years.

Year	Number of rabbits
1	4
2	17
3	62
4	245

Ultimately, the amount of nutrients and other resources would become limiting. What would happen to the rabbit population at that time?

• A. It would reach the carrying capacity of the environment.
• B. It would continue to grow indefinitely.
• C. It would engage in intraspecific competition.
• D. Both A and B.
  
• E. Both A and C.

Answer 1

The correct option is E Both A and C.

If the nutrients and other resources are limited they will limit the population size and it will reach the "carrying capacity" of the environment and rabbits will compete with one another (intraspecific competition) for these limited nutrients. Therefore, the correct answer is option E.