Community
Different populations together.
A busy pond
A pond has populations of fish, frogs, snails and lotus plants.
What do we call all of them together?
What this lesson covers
The idea
A community comprises the different populations sharing the same habitat — its plants, animals and microorganisms — which interact and depend on one another for survival.
A busy pond
A pond has populations of fish, frogs, snails and lotus plants.
What do we call all of them together?
- A community
- A population
- A habitat
Build a community
Press Next step.
Many populations
Different populations share the same habitat. The biotic components of a habitat, its plants, animals and microorganisms, together form the community. They interact and depend on one another for survival.
A community = the different populations sharing a habitat: plants, animals and microorganisms. They interact and depend on one another.
Notes
A community = all the populations of a habitat; they depend on one another.
Check yourself
The different populations sharing the same habitat form a …
A community includes …
The organisms of a community …
Which is bigger?
- population. A population has the same kind only.
- habitat. A habitat is the place.
- community — correct. Yes!
- plants, animals and microorganisms — correct. Yes!
- only animals. It includes plants and microorganisms too.
- only non-living things. The community is made of living beings.
- never meet. They interact and depend on one another.
- interact and depend on one another — correct. Yes!
- live alone. They interact and depend on one another.
- A population. A community has many populations.
- A single fish. A community includes many populations.
- A community — correct. Yes!