Question

Exponential growth occurs when there is ______.

Options

• no environmental resistance

• a fixed carrying capacity

• a great environmental resistance

• no biotic potential

Answer 1

Exponential growth occurs when there is no environmental resistance.

Explanation:

Exponential growth happens when a population has access to unlimited resources, like food, water, and space, and no factors hold its growth back. This lack of limiting factors is referred to as having “no environmental resistance”. In these ideal conditions, the population’s birth rate remains high while the death rate is low, causing the population size to increase at an accelerating rate.