Question

1. what does it mean when a populations growth becomes steadily less until it stops growing and stays at a steady size?it has surpassed the carrying capacity of its environment.it will never reach the carrying capacity of its environment.it has reached the carrying capacity of its environment.it is close to reaching the carrying capacity of its environment.

Explanation:

Carrying capacity is the maximum sustainable population size an environment can support. When population growth slows to a stop and stabilizes, the population has reached this limit, as resources can no longer support further growth. Surpassing carrying capacity would lead to a population decline, while being close would mean growth is still slowing but not yet stopped.

Answer:

It has reached the carrying capacity of its environment.