Population and Community

ALL THE POPULATIONS OF
SPECIES THAT LIVE IN THE

SAME PLACE AT THE

SAME TIME

Population

and

Community

POPULATION

A GROUP OF ORGANISMS OF
THE SAME KIND LIVING IN
THE SAME PLACE AT THE

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SAME TIME

COMMUNITY

The word“population”means
a group of organisms of a
single species live in the
same time in the same
environment.

WHAT IS A
POPULATION?

For example, a “population” of deer
includes all individuals in a particular
forest.

WHAT IS A
COMMUNITY?

For example, a forest of trees and undergrowth plants,
inhabited by animals and rooted in soil containing bacteria
and fungi, is a community

A community is all of the different
populations of living things that interact
with one another in an area.