Some methods of determining the size of population are direct and indirect observations, sampling, and mark-and-recapture studies
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Sampling - Done by counting the animals in a small area and then estimating how many are in the larger area. You go out and take samples from different places so you can take the average. In most cases, it is not possible to count every member of a population so an estimate is made.
Mark and recapture - Another estimating method is a technique called "mark and recapture." This technique gets its name because some animals are first captured, marked, and released into the environment. Then another group of animals is captured. The number of marked animals in this second group indicates the population size.
Indirect observation - The members of a population may be small or hard to find. It may be easier to observe their tracks or other signs rather than the organisms themselves.
Direct observation - The most obvious way to determine the size of a population is to count, one by one.
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Answer: The correct answer is-
Allopatric- option 2.
Sympatric - option 1.
Allopatric and sympatric are primarily the two major mechanisms for speciation ( formation of new species from an ancestral species).
In allopatric speciation, a population splits into two different species when it is isolated by physical or geographical barrier.
On the other hand, sympatric speciation occurs wihtin the same area. A population splits into two species that is becomes reproductively isolated when a change in the chromosome number occurs.
Thus, option first corresponds to sympatric whereas option second shows allopatric speciaton.
