| Maximum survival and reproductive capacity shown by a population under optimal environmental conditions is called |
| a) | Carrying capacity | b) | Natality |
| c) | Biotic potential | d) | vitality |
| (c)Chapman (1928) proposed the term biotic potential to defined maximum reproductive power. He defined it as the inherent power of a population or organism to survive or increase in number under optimal environmental conditions is called biotic potential. |