Friday, May 28, 2010

Vocabulary Builder #5: E is for Ecology

Ecology is the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.

Word Origin & History
1873, coined by Ger. zoologist Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) as Okologie, from Gk. oikos "house, dwelling place, habitation" (see villa) + -logia "study of."



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