Lesson Flashcards: What Is Ecology?

The surroundings of an organism that include every living and nonliving component

The environment that humans share with all living organisms, such as forests and deserts

The environment that humans share with each other and includes their communities and institutions

The environment that humans have created through their knowledge and scientific advancement, such as factories, roads, dams, and energy production facilities

The scientific study of the interactions between organisms and their environments

A practical science that aims to protect the environment through the collective knowledge from different sciences

The zone of life on Earth that includes all living organisms, the hydrosphere, the upper part of the lithosphere, and the lower part of the atmosphere

A society of organisms and their environment that interact as a system