NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -community, also called biological community, in biology, an interacting group of various species in a common location. For example, a forest of trees and undergrowth plants, inhabited by animals and rooted in soil containing bacteria and fungi, constitutes a biological community.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ecosystem: The collection of all living organisms in a geographic area, together with all the living and non-living things with which they interact.

Detailed explanation-3: -Species is a smaller scale of organization of individuals that are genetically similar or related to each other while the population is a larger scale of organization of groups of similar species.

Detailed explanation-4: -Once trees are cut down, the impacts of the sun will be stronger and extreme temperatures will affect the shade-loving species which were able to survive under the trees. These plants will die leaving the soil barren and dry. The diversity of plant and animal life will be affected.

Detailed explanation-5: -So, the correct option is ‘a community’