Question 8 (1 point) For a population's growth rate to be zero. a more deaths than births must occur. b no births can occur. C the amount of deaths and births must be the same.

## Step 1The problem is asking us to identify the condition under which a population's growth rate would be zero. The growth rate of a population is the difference between the number of births and the number of deaths in a given period.## Step 2If the number of births equals the number of deaths, then the growth rate is zero because the number of new individuals being added to the population is equal to the number of individuals being removed from the population.## Step 3Options a and b are incorrect because they would result in a negative growth rate, not a zero growth rate. If there are more deaths than births, the population is decreasing, which is a negative growth rate. If no births occur, the population is also decreasing, which is also a negative growth rate.