Similar organisms that can breed with each other and produce fertile offspring in the environment make up a?

Question

a. species

b. gene pool

c. population

d. genetic drift

I know it's either a or c. Except I don't really know the difference between a population and species. I know species is a much larger picture, but i still need help...

Answer 1

a

Answer 2

Species. A population (in layman's terms) is the number of a certain type of organism within a given area or habitat, for example, the population of tigers in China or the number of human beings on a continent or on the earth. Population is the amount of individual specimens of an organism; species is what makes one type of specimen unique from every other type of specimen on the earth. Hope this helps explain it a little better.