Why is the size of a population limited to the carrying capacity of the environment?

"Carrying capacity can be defined as a species' average population size in a particular habitat. The species population size is limited by environmental factors like adequate food, shelter, water, and mates. If these needs are not met, the population will decrease until the resource rebounds".

answer; bodies of water store heat during the day and release it at

the sunflower because each experiment got the same results

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