Question

Describe in your own words what you understand by the term ‘ecology’.

Answer 1

The term ecology may be defined in the following ways –
1. Ecology is that branch of biology which deals with the relations and interactions between the organisms and their environment.

2. It is the set of relationships existing between any complex system and its environment.

3. Human Ecology is that branch of sociology which is concerned with the interdependence of people and institutions.

4. It is the study of relationships between human groups and their physical environment.

5. Human Ecology is an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study of the relationship between humans and their environment. Here environment includes the natural environment, social environment, and built environment

Answer 2

Ecology is basically a branch of biology that helps to understand the interrelation of the organisms that are living in a common settlement and their interaction with the surrounding parameters. These parameters include biotic as well as abiotic.

Abiotic parameters include air, soil, water, land and climate etc. basically non-living parameters

Biotic parameters include living being like plants, animals, insects and humans etc.