Question

linear growth is most likely to occur when the number of reproductive individuals does not change with population size. which of these populations is most likely to grow linearly? a population of bacteria, in which all individuals reproduce asexually a pride of lions, which gains more reproductive females as the pride grows a colony of bees, which always has one reproductive female no matter how big the colony gets

Explanation:

Linear growth occurs when the number of reproductive individuals doesn't change with population size. In a bee - colony with always one reproductive female regardless of colony size, this condition is met. In a bacterial population with asexual reproduction, growth is often exponential. In a lion pride where the number of reproductive females increases with pride size, it doesn't fit the linear - growth condition.

Answer:

a colony of bees, which always has one reproductive female no matter how big the colony gets