ecological
part of speech
adjective (ecological); adverb ecologically; noun ecology
meaning for a pupil
1) Ecological means to do with ecology, the study of how living things live together and depend on each other and on their surroundings. tree →
2) Ecological also means caring for nature and the environment, as in ecological farming. tree →
sense in the lessons
Science and geography lessons: food chains, habitats, ecosystems, pollution. In news, ecological damage or an ecological disaster means harm to nature. Phrases: ecological balance, ecological damage, ecological footprint, ecological disaster.
examples
- Cutting down the forest caused ecological damage. tree →
- Bees play a big ecological role by pollinating flowers. tree →
- The oil spill was an ecological disaster for the birds. tree →
- An ecological footprint shows how much of the Earth's resources we use. tree →
- The pond is a small ecological system with frogs, snails and plants. tree →
- Our school garden uses ecological ways to stop pests, like ladybirds. tree →
note
Say «ee-ko-LOJ-ik-al» or «ek-o-». Ecology is the science; ecological describes it; eco- is a short prefix (eco-friendly). Similar to «environmental» but more about how living things connect.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «ecological» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.