Which of the followimg could be reasons why popultion sizes may reach and maintaim plateaus? choose the three that apply Will mark as brilliant answer

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Explanation:

So basically, this question is asking what will cause a species' population to reach a point where it stops increasing.

Lets think about what can cause a lack of increase?

A decrease can cause this.

Or a slow in the rate of increase.

Now lets look at our selectable answers and see if any of them would fall under these two things.

First up is fewer deaths.

Well, fewer deaths basically means less of a decrease in population.

This is the opposite of decreasing the populatin count, and would instead raise it.

Next we have a limit in food supply.

This would cause a organism to starve and die.

So this would cause a decrease in population count.

So B is one of the answers

Next up is competition with other species.

When two species compete for a sort of resources, one massivly dies out due to outcompetion, and loses the resources needed to survive.

So this would also cause a large decrease in population count.

This makes C one of the answers

Next is increase in birth rates.

This would cause more organisms to be born of a species, basically increasing the population count.

This is the opposite of a decrease in  population.

Next we have competition for space.

This is very similar to answer C, and the outcompeted species dies out due to lack of space.

So E is one of the answers

Now, the next answer seems viable, because major storms can kill off organisms, like hurricanes, earthquakes, and volcanos for instance.

However, as seen in many organisms over history, while these major storms kill of organisms, they can recover.

So although major storms decrease populations, they dont actually limit them.

In the end:

B is correct

C is correct

E is correct

Hope this helps!