It is common to hear about the huge reproductive potential of some organisms.Perhaps someone has mentioned that if all of the eggs of houseflies were to survive to maturity,the world would soon be covered in flies.This does not happen because,in reality,
A)the biotic potential would be limited by environmental resistance.
B)the biotic potential would continue to increase.
C)environmental resistance would increase,increasing the carrying capacity.
D)house flies would find it too difficult to locate a potential mate.

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Biotic potential refers to the maximum reproductive capacity of an organism under favorable conditions. However, in reality, there are limiting factors or environmental resistances such as availability of resources, habitat, competition, predation, and disease that prevent the exponential growth of populations. Therefore, the biotic potential of houseflies would be limited by environmental resistance, and not all eggs would survive to maturity.

It Is Common to Hear About the Huge Reproductive Potential