How do limiting factors most affect population size

keeps it from flourishing

Explanation:

Limiting factors hinder the population of an organism from flourishing. A density-dependent factor depends on the number of organisms living in a particular area, while a density-independent factor affects all organisms regardless of their population size.

hope this helps :) I wasn't sure what your exact question was though, because it is a pretty broad topic.

relative dating involves things like higher layers are most recent than rocks lower in the sequence. this can be extended to the known sequence of fossils. rocks containing rabbit fossils are later than those containing dinosaur fossils.  

absolute dating methods mainly use radioactive elements that have known rates of decay and produce recognizable products. for example potassium 40 decays to produce argon. once a rock has solidified the argon is trapped. by measuring the argon and potassium0 you can get an accurate number for the age.  

some other methods are good for archaeological ages. dendrochronology involves recognizing the sequence of tree rings. the orientation of magnetized particles in baked clay can be used to date a fire.

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meteorologists would compare a new weather map with one 24 h old to see how fast a front is moving.