Ecology
Ecology is a section of biology, that deals with the scientific study of interactions among organisms and their environment. Ecology focuses on animals and there habitats along with there surroundings.
Who came up with the word ECOLOGY?
http://www.greenspirit.org.uk/resources/Haeckel.shtml
Ernest Haeckel:
The word ecology came to be known in 1866 by a German Biologist named Ernest Haeckel. He studied and created the term by using, the Greek word oikos meaning house or home. Haeckel saw the world as a household in which each organism plays its own role.
The word ecology came to be known in 1866 by a German Biologist named Ernest Haeckel. He studied and created the term by using, the Greek word oikos meaning house or home. Haeckel saw the world as a household in which each organism plays its own role.
http://quizlet.com/5211934/6th-grade-ecosystem-vocabulary-flash-cards/
These organisms are interacting in there habitat together. The Giraffes and Zebras are both sharing the water in this pond. They are near each other and interacting with each other as they share.
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Spinner_Dolphin?topic=49540
These spinner dolphins are interacting together in there habitat. There swimming in a pod or a group. They are interacting with each other because they are swimming together.
The slideshow above gives representation of different real life examples of, different species and organisms interacting together.
Pictures from the following:
http://www.pixiq.com/article/animal-group-portraits http://www.flickr.com/photos//alaskafreezeframe/4805796910/
https://tv.azpm.org/p/whatson-featured/2009/11/2/kuat-nature-born-wild-the-first-days-of-life/
http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/horse-forums/poll-for-animals-interacting-category-artistic-comp-114933.html
http://www.akive.org/antarctic-fur-seal/arctocephalus-gazella/image-G70335.html
Pictures from the following:
http://www.pixiq.com/article/animal-group-portraits http://www.flickr.com/photos//alaskafreezeframe/4805796910/
https://tv.azpm.org/p/whatson-featured/2009/11/2/kuat-nature-born-wild-the-first-days-of-life/
http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/horse-forums/poll-for-animals-interacting-category-artistic-comp-114933.html
http://www.akive.org/antarctic-fur-seal/arctocephalus-gazella/image-G70335.html
Vocabulary from Prentice Hall Biology Textbook
Ernest Haeckel info from-Prentice Hall Biology Book