Q: What term refers to a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area and is the unit of natural selection, adaptation, and microevolution?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

A population is a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area. The population is the unit of natural selection, adaptation, and microevolution. In ecology, how large a population is and how quickly it is growing are often used as measures of a species’ health.

 Choices:

- ecosystem

- taxonomy

- community

- population


A:
population