Basics of Environment: Ecology and Pollution
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What is the meaning of the word 'ecology'?

  • The study of interrelationship and interaction of different organisms with each other and with their environment (correct)
  • The study of biological productivity in natural systems
  • The study of plants and their environment
  • The study of energy flow in natural systems

    • Who defined the meaning of the word 'ecology'?

  • Alfred Russel Wallace
  • Charles Darwin
  • Ernst Haeckel (correct)
  • Gregor Mendel

    • Why is it important for humanity to understand its environment?

  • To control the evolutionary development of organisms
  • To understand the social and political dimensions of ecology
  • To have the ability to modify the environment through technology (correct)
  • To study the biological productivity and energy flow in natural systems

    • What does ecology study apart from interrelationships between organisms and their environment?

    <p>Social, political, economic, and technological dimensions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the Greek words from which 'ecology' is derived?

    <p>‘Oikos’ meaning house, habitat or place of living and ‘Logos’ meaning to study</p> Signup and view all the answers

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