What is a species?
A)Organisms that live together.
B)Organisms that live in the same area at the same time.
C)A group of similar organisms whose members freely interbreed with one another.
D)All of the organisms that live together in an area including the physical environment that they live in.

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A species is defined as a group of similar organisms that can freely interbreed with each other and produce viable offspring. This is the most widely accepted definition of a species. Option A and D define a community and an ecosystem respectively, while option B is too vague and does not necessarily imply genetic similarity or interbreeding.

What Is a Species