Green dialogue
Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment; it seeks to understand the vital connections between plants and animals and the world around them.
The word ‘ecology’ is derived from Greek. Eco comes from the word ‘oikos’, which means ‘household’; -logy comes from logos, meaning ‘the study of’. Simply put it is learning about the life of populations. Ecology is the study of the environmental house including all the organisms in it and all the functional processes that make the house habitable with emphasis on the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment.
Here are some words used exclusively when talking about ecology. How many of these words are you familiar with? Can you unscramble these words?