In which condition will relation between population growth and carrying capacity be clearest?

Correct answer: When population growth exceeds resource capacity

Direct answer: A. Carrying capacity is the level of population that the available resources and services of an area can support for a given time under stated conditions. When population grows faster than the capacity of land, water, food, housing, health care, or other services, the gap between population demand and available support becomes visible. This makes the relationship between growth and carrying capacity clearest. Option A is correct because it presents a direct excess of population pressure over resource capacity. Option B is unsuitable because truly infinite resources would remove the limiting comparison. Option C describes falling demand, which may reduce pressure rather than clearly show excess growth. Option D gives no population and therefore no population pressure. Memory cue: carrying capacity is a limit, so compare population demand with available support.