What word describes the total number of individuals of the same species?

What word describes the total number of individuals of the same species?

• A. Biodiversity
• B. Population
• C. Community
• D. Ecosystem

Answer: (B)

The size of a single species in a given area is what this question is checking. The term that describes the total number of individuals of one species is population. It focuses on how many members of that species exist in the space being studied and can be used to track changes over time or how crowded the area is. Biodiversity refers to the variety of life in a place—the range of species and genetic differences. A community is all the populations of different species living together in a location. An ecosystem includes those living organisms plus the physical environment and how energy and nutrients move through it. So, population is the precise term for counting the members of one species.

The size of a single species in a given area is what this question is checking. The term that describes the total number of individuals of one species is population. It focuses on how many members of that species exist in the space being studied and can be used to track changes over time or how crowded the area is.

Biodiversity refers to the variety of life in a place—the range of species and genetic differences. A community is all the populations of different species living together in a location. An ecosystem includes those living organisms plus the physical environment and how energy and nutrients move through it.

So, population is the precise term for counting the members of one species.