Identify three limiting factors that can prevent a population from increasing and explain how each factor limits a population's size

I’m doing some practice exam questions for biology, and i’m not sure how to do these 3 parts to the question.

Why do leaves change color in the fall? green pigments break down and no longer mask the color of chlorophyll. chlorophyll breaks down and no longer masks the colors of other pigments. red- and yellow-colored pigments grow and mask green-colored chlorophyll. green-colored chlorophyll breaks down and turns red and yellow.

Abody cell has been growing and at synthesis proteins.in the nucleus of this body cell,dna replication is taking place. and a copy of the cells genetic material is copied.which of the following is the best conclusion you can make about the life cycle of this cell ? a) the cell is ready to undergo mitosis.and a chemical signal will send the cell to prophase b)the cell is undergoing meiosis and will cross over the genetic material next c)the cell is in the s phase of interphase and will move next to the g2 phase d) the cell is in the g2 phase of the interphase and is ready to begin diving