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Biosphere vs Ecology - What's the difference?

biosphere | ecology |

As nouns the difference between biosphere and ecology

is that biosphere is the part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life while ecology is the branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

biosphere

Noun

(en noun)
  • the part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life
  • the totality of living organisms and their environment
  • ecology

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

  • The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
  • * 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart
  • As a graduate student, he was working on a thesis: The Ecology of the Black Creek Area . He had to investigate the relationships, past and present, of men and plants and animals in this region.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Robert M. Pringle , title=How to Be Manipulative , volume=100, issue=1, page=31 , magazine= citation , passage=As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.}}

    Derived terms

    * agroecology * autecology * chemical ecology * dendroecology * ecology block * ethnoecology * geoecology * hydroecology * macroecology * myrmecology * palaeoecology * paleoecology * photoecology * radioecology * restoration ecology * social ecology * socioecology * synecology