Biology
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Biology textbooks. Biology is presented either as botany, zoology and microbiology or as classical and modern. The latter is a euphemism for molecular aspects of biology. Luckily we have many threads which weave the different areas of biological information into a unifying principle. Ecology is one such thread which gives us a holistic perspective to biology. The essence of biological understanding is to know how organisms, while remaining an individual, interact with other organisms and physical habitats as a group and hence behave like organised wholes, i.e., population, community, ecosystem or even as the whole biosphere. Ecology explains to us all this. A particular aspect of this is the study of anthropogenic environmental degradation and the socio-political issues it has raised. This unit describes as.

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Match the following terms with their respective descriptions:

Botany, Zoology, Microbiology = Classical aspects of biology Ecology = Provides a holistic perspective to biology Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere = Organised wholes in biological systems Anthropogenic environmental degradation = Study of human-induced environmental damage

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