Combined Science GCSE
Population
What Population means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
One species in a habitat, as distinguished from a community of all the populations of all species there.
The group of individuals of one species living in a particular area.
All the organisms of one species living in a particular habitat.
Topics that use Population
- Communities (AQA GCSE)
- Key ideas (AQA GCSE)
- Variation (AQA GCSE)
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