HUME Module 1.1 and 1.2

Question 1

who defined Ecology as the “study of how the occupants of the environment interact”

Answer 1

Haeckel, 1869

Question 1

term for house or house of all living things

Answer 1

Oikos

Question 2

German zoologist that defined Ecology as the “science of habitat”

Answer 2

Ernest Haeckel

Question 3

British Ecologist (1927) that studied “scientific natural history” and sociology and economics of animal

Answer 3

Charles Elton

Question 4

“the science of community” (whose definition)

Answer 4

Frederick Clements (1905)

Question 5

“the science of environment” (whose definition)

Answer 5

Karl Friedrichs (1958)

Question 6

Major features of all life:

Answer 6

1. Interdependence
2. Diversity
3. Vulnerability

Question 7

in 1982, she used Haeckel’s term “oekology”

Answer 7

Ellen Swallow Richards

Question 8

the science of the conditions of the health and well-being of everyday human life.

Answer 8

oekology

Question 9

defined human ecology as an interdisciplinary approach to understanding human-environment systems.

Answer 9

Dr. Robert Dyball

Question 10

disciplinary base of human ecology:

Answer 10

social sciences
biophysical sciences
ecology

Question 11

Role: shaped by their environment

Answer 11

Ecology

Question 12

Focus: interactions of the social environment with the physical environment

Answer 12

Human Ecology

Question 13

Why is there a need for the human ecological perspective

Answer 13

Stewards not Masters
Respecters not Defilers of Life
Defenders not mere Dependents

Question 14

motivated by care and concern for the future

Answer 14

Human Ecology