Biology
ecology
Term: ecology
Origin: Greek from ?????(=house) + ?????/logos (=discourse, study of) . ?????>??????>?????=????????? (=protection)
Coined: in 1866 by German zoologist (and also artist, writer and a professor of comparative anatomy) Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) as Okologie
Definition:
The branch of science studies the relationships between organisms and their environments
Runon derivatives :
ecosystem, ecosphere
comments:
Ecology is sometimes called, the economy of nature
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Homework And Test Date
Read through the chapter on ecology and answer questions 1, 2 and 3 on page 231. This is for Friday, so please read through the questions tonight so that you can ask me tomorrow, any questions about them that you don't understand. Remember the Ecology...
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Homework
Please make sure that you have answered clearly and neatly the following questions: 1. What is ecology? 2. What is a population? 3. What is a community? 4. Give two examples of an ecosystem Chose an ecosystem and write a summary about it. I will ask you...
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Ecosystem
Term: ecosystemOrigin: Anc Greek ?????/ecos(=house) ?????>??????/soicos>?????/sacos(=protection)???????/systema(=union) > ?????????/synistimy(=to unite, to compine) Coined:in 1930 by British botanist Roy Clapham (1904 - 1990) in order to describe...
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Logos / ?????
Term: logos / ????? Origin: Anc Greek ?????> ???/leo (=speak). Coined with a special meaning by pre ?Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus (c. 535?c. 475 BCE). Definition: Ancient philosophers used the term to mean discourse (Aristotele) or as principle...
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4/14/14
Today we went over a PowerPoint over Ecology. Then we have to make a poster which is really fun to try and draw even thought I can't at all. Also tomorrow we have a small quiz, so I should study tonight. Then we checked on our plants. Ecosystem:...
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