AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -All the interacting populations in a given area is called an ecological community.

Detailed explanation-2: -A community includes all the populations of the area. The community and the abiotic factors make up the ecosystem. An organism lives in its habitat within a community.

Detailed explanation-3: -A population is a group of the same species living in the same area. A community is a group of different species living in the same area.

Detailed explanation-4: -A group of interacting populations forms a community. A community and its physical environment together form the ecosystem. When many ecosystems that are similar to each other interact with each other on a large scale, it is called a biome. Q.

Detailed explanation-5: -Individuals make up a population; populations make up a species; multiple species and their interactions make up a community; and multiple species and their interactions make up ecosystems when you include the abiotic factors. This is the hierarchy of ecology.