OVERVIEW OF HUMAN ECOLOGY

Question 1

Ecology is the scientific study of the distributions,abundance and relations of organisms and their interactions with the environment. It is a sub-discipline
of biology, which is the study of life.

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Answer 1

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Question 2

Ecology includes the study of plant and animal populations, plant and animal communities and ecosystems.

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Answer 2

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Question 3

Ecosystem is the ________ or __________ among organisms at different scales of organization.

Answer 3

web or network of relations

Question 4

❖Human ecology is the study of the relationship between ______ and ___________________ (human-made surroundings).

Answer 4

humans

their natural, social, and built
environments

Question 5

The discipline of ecology emerged from the natural sciences in the _____________

❖Human ecology as a study dates to the ________________; although, human ecological ideas have existed in human minds and societies since we have existed.

Answer 5

late 19th century.

beginning of the 20th century

Question 6

The academic foundations of human ecology can be attributed to the __________ department at the
University of Chicago and to the work of _______________ and _____________ , 1921 book “Introduction
to the Science of Sociology”.

Answer 6

sociology

Robert E.Park

Ernest W. Burgess’

Question 7

DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN ECOLOGY (3)

❖ Throughout the 20th century human ecology was solidly ___________ in that it included people from a vast variety of
disciplines, but it had not yet become ___________.

Answer 7

multidisciplinary

interdisciplinary