What four factors can affect the rate of population growth?
Food supply, competition, predation and disease.
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What four factors can affect the rate of population growth?
Food supply, competition, predation and disease.
How can food availability affect population growth?
It can support or limit organisms’ survival and reproduction.
How can competition for limited resources affect population growth?
It can reduce population growth.
How can predation and disease affect population growth?
They can increase deaths, slowing growth or causing population decline.