Define ecology?

Question

Define ecology?

Answer 1

The first link has about 20 different definitions you can pick one to use from. The second says the following:

"ecology:  The study of how organisms interact with each other and their physical environment."

Answer 2

a mariage of latin and greek meaning to know or to learn  of the home

the home meaning Earth

so it is to have knowlege of Earth or the Environment .

Answer 3

Main Entry: ecol·o·gy

Pronunciation: i-'kä-l&-jE, e-

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural -gies

Etymology: German Ökologie, from öko- eco- + -logie -logy

1 : a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments

2 : the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment