This is a photo of a colony of ants. This colony of ants represents a population. A population is a group of organisms of a species that live together at the same time and interbreed. Population is affected by many factors. These factors include food availability, environmental factors, and disease. Fertility is also an impactful factor on a population. If a species cannot reproduce then it will eventually become extinct. Populations are subject to increases and decreases by births/emigration and deaths/immigration. A species population ratio of births and deaths concludes if a species will become extinct or thrive. The colony in the photo shows a thriving population of ants. These ants live together and work to feed their colony.
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