Define the term Ecology.

1.	Define the term Ecology.
Answer» The word ecology is derived from Greek word Oikos means a place to live and logos means to study. Ernst Haeckel was a German biologist who coined the term ecology. Ecology is the study of interrelationships of organisms between the biotic and abiotic components of their environment.

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