NEET BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ECOSYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which statement is correct?
A
A population is the same as a community
B
A community is a group of populations
C
A community is a part of a population
D
A population is a group of communities
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A community is a group of two or more populations in a particular ecosystem living in a particular time. Though the individuals that belong to the different species interbreed, a number of ecological relationships occur between them within the community called interspecific interactions.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The population is individuals of same species that occupy a specific area. A species can have one or more than one population. The community is the group of populations of different species living together in a habitat.

Detailed explanation-5: -In ecology, a community is an assemblage of populations-potentially of different species-interacting with one another.

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