Question

Which of these best describes a population?

• A. All of the frogs, dragonflies and water nymphs living in a pond.
• B. All of the soil organisms in a garden including the type of soil and moisture content of the soil.
• C. All of the E. coli bacteria living in your intestines.
• D. All of the different types of birds living in a wetland.
• E. An individual Eastern Spotted Skunk Iivng in a prairie.

Answer 1

The correct option is C All of the E. coli bacteria living in your intestines.

Population is a group of individual organisms of the same species in a given area.

Among all options, its option C which describes a population because it is showing the group of individuals of one species only i.e. E. coli living in a given area (intestine in this case).

So, the correct answer is 'All of the E. colibaceria living in your intestines'.