Limiting Factor

Real World Example

Imagine you're trying to bake a cake, but you run out of sugar halfway through. Just like how missing sugar stops your cake from rising properly, a drought acts as a limiting factor for population growth by restricting the necessary resources for organisms to thrive. In this analogy, the sugar is like the water in an ecosystem; without enough of it, the growth and sustainability of a population, much like the cake, is severely hindered.