What is the difference between birth and death rates in a population and for an individual organism?

What is the difference between birth and death rates in a population and for an individual organism?
  1. Birth and death rates in a population refer to change in numbers, while birth and death rates for an individual organism refer to the absolute number of events.
  2. Birth and death rates in a population refer to absolute numbers, while birth and death rates for an individual organism refer to change in numbers.
  3. There is no difference between birth and death rates in a population and for an individual organism.
  4. Birth and death rates in a population refer to per capita events, while birth and death rates for an individual organism do not.

Solution

Birth and death rates in a population refer to per capita births and deaths, while an individual organism may have births and deaths. The rates expressed are change in numbers (increase or decrease) with respect to members of the population.

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