Science Common Sense

1122 - What is meant by a population and a community?

Imagine you're in a big forest with lots of living things.

A 'population' is a group of the same type of living things, like all the rabbits or all the squirrels, that live in a specific area.

A 'community', on the other hand, is a group of different types of living things, like rabbits, squirrels, birds, and trees, that all live together in the same area. So, a community has many different populations living together.