question_answer 11)

List the attributes that populations but not the individuals possess. 

Answer:

A population has some attributes which are not shown by its individual members. An individual born and dies, where as the population has a birth rate and a death rate. Each population has a certain pattern of distribution, variation in numbers, age structure, natality (birth rate), mortality (death rate), dispersal, biotic potential, growth forms and sex ratio. All these attributes are not possessed by individuals. Further, a population has a gene pool shared by its members.