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Choose a Page:What is a habitat?*What is ecology?*What is an omnivore?What is a species?What is a carnivore?Why do turtles lay so many eggs?What is a food chain?What is the water cycle?Why are some insects called pests?What is a herbivore?What is a parasite?What is an ecosystem?How is the soil aerated? What is ecology? Ecology is the study of how plants and animals interact. For example, an ecologist (someone who studies ecology) looking at woodland birds would be interested not only in the birds themselves, but also in their food, nesting trees and predators. An example of an ecosystem   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: Nature Chapter: Ecology