Correct answer: B). Limiting Factor
In ecology, if the presence or absence of a factor limits the growth of another organism in an ecosystem is called a limiting factor. The limiting factor increases the competition among the species living in that ecosystem.
The various abiotic factors that limit the growth of other organisms in the ecosystem are sunlight, soil, temperature, nutrients etc.
Any abiotic or biotic factor in an ecosystem that causes a population’s size to slow or decrease is a limiting factor.
A limiting factor is defined as anything that constrains a population's size and slows down the growth in that region. Some of the examples of limiting factors are biotic, like food, mates, and competition with other organisms for resources. and abiotic factors such as temperature, sunlight, soil, etc.
Thus, a limiting factor in an ecosystem causes a population’s size to slow or decrease.
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