NEETZoologyOrganisms and Populations
What is a factor that causes changes in the population size over time?
Options
- AGenetic diversity
- BFood availability
- CHabitat size
- DMigration patterns
Correct answer
B. Food availability
Step-by-step solution
The size of a population for any species is not a static parameter . It keeps changing with time, depending on various factors including food availability, predation pressure and adverse weather. In fact, it is these changes in population density that give us some idea of what is happening to the population – whether it is flourishing or declining. Whatever might be the ultimate reasons, the density of a population in a given habitat during a given period, fluctuates due to changes in four basic processes. Natality