alleryStart learning →What does an ecologist mean by a population?
AAll species living in one habitat
BOne species interbreeding in one area
COne species spread across the globe
DAll animals feeding on one plant
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. One species interbreeding in one area
1. A population is limited to a single species.
2. Its members live in the same area at the same time and can interbreed.
3. The boundaries may be natural, such as a river, or artificial, such as a road.
4. All the different species in an area together make a community, not a population.
_Source: OpenStax Biology 1e (CC BY 4.0), Chs 44 and 46, section 44.1 The Scope of Ecology_
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