Groups of individuals in a well-defined geographical area, sharing or competing for similar resources, having the potential to interbreed, are the characteristics of:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Populations
Option (1) Biomass — Incorrect. Biomass is the mass of living matter, not a group of individuals.
Option (2) Communities — Incorrect. A community is made of populations of many different species, which cannot interbreed with each other.
Option (3) Populations — Correct. A population is a group of individuals of one species in a defined area, sharing or competing for resources and able to interbreed.
Option (4) Organisms — Incorrect. An organism is a single individual, not a group.
NCERT Extract:
Population Attributes – …
