Q. Which of the following coined the term 'ecology'?
Answer: Ernst Haeckel
Notes: The word "ecology" was coined by the German scientist Ernst Haeckel in the year 1866. Ancient Greek philosophers like Hippocrates and Aristotle laid the foundations of ecology in their studies on natural history.

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