Cumin is the ground dried seed of the cumin plant which is a member of the parsley family. Turmeric is the ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant which is in the ginger family. So they are very different and they have different flavors. Turmeric though it does have flavor is used as much for its bright golden yellow to orange color.
Population Distribution Population distribution means the pattern of where people live. World population distribution is uneven. Places which are sparsely populated contain few people. Places which are densely populated contain many people. Sparsely populated places tend to be difficult places to live.
Two important measures of a population are population size, the number of individuals, and population density, the number of individuals per unit area or volume. Ecologists often estimate the size and density of populations using *quadrats * and the mark-recapture method. A population can also be described in terms of the distribution, or dispersion, of the individuals that make it up. Individuals may be distributed in a uniform, random, or clumped pattern. Uniform means that the population is evenly spaced, random indicates random spacing, and clumped means that the population is distributed in clusters.