EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Populations are all the members of a species that live in a one area. You are part of the human population for your home town. A freshwater pond has multiple populations, including a population of mallard ducks, and a population of cattail plants growing on the edge.

Detailed explanation-2: -Populations are groups of organisms of the same species living in the same area at the same time. They are described by characteristics that include: population size: the number of individuals in the population. population density: how many individuals are in a particular area.

Detailed explanation-3: -A population is a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same geographic area that interbreed with each other. Many species consist of multiple populations dispersed over a few to many geographic areas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Population-A population is a group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area. Organism-An organism is a single individual animal, plant, fungus, or other living thing.