Question

what happens to a population if its growth exceeds its carrying capacity?
it starts to grow exponentially.
it starts to grow logistically.
it stops growing.
it declines slowly.
it crashes.

Explanation:

Carrying capacity is the maximum number of individuals an environment can sustain long-term. When a population exceeds this, resources (food, space, etc.) become critically depleted, leading to widespread starvation, disease, or competition that causes a rapid, severe drop in population size, known as a population crash. Exponential growth occurs before reaching carrying capacity, logistic growth includes the approach to carrying capacity, and a slow decline or stopping growth does not reflect the severe resource limitation of exceeding carrying capacity.

Answer:

It crashes.