Question

Natural controls based on food competition tend to keep a community in balance. True/False

Answer 1

True, is the correct answer.

Answer 2

Answer;

The above statement is True

Natural controls based on food competition tend to keep a community in balance.

Explanation;

• The state of balance or dynamic equilibrium in an ecosystem is produced by the interaction of two opposing natural forces, that is; the biotic potential of the species and the environmental resistance.
• Environmental resistance includes the factors of natural control, that is all the environmental factors that may act to limit population growth. The most important factors of natural control, includes; natural enemies, food, weather and other physical factors, intraspecific and interspecific competition among others.