Who among the following coined the term 'ecology' in 1866?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Ernst Haeckel.

Key Points

The German naturalist Ernst Haeckel first used the word "ecology" to describe the "economies" of living things in 1866.
The building of models of how living systems interact with their environment makes up the majority of the theoretical practice of ecology (including other living systems).
The area of biology known as ecology is concerned with how organisms interact with one another and with their environments.

Hence, correct option is 1.

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