n the textbooks for this course, Cain et al. define Ecology as"the scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environment"while Begon et al. have a more detailed definition: "the scientific study of the distribution, abundance, and interactions among organisms, and the relationships between organisms and the transformation and flux of energy and matter." These definitions say the same thing as long as two of the following four statements are correcti. in the Cain et al. definitionthe environment includes only the abiotic component ii. in the Cain et al. definitionthe environment includes both abiotic and biotic components iii. in the Cain et al. definitionthe transformation of energy and matter is carried out by organismsiv. in the Cain et al. definitionthe transformation of energy and matter is independent of the activity of organismsa.i and iii are correct b.i and iv are correct c.ii and iii are correct d.ii and iv are correct

Biology is the study of the living organism and how they interact with the other components of the environment and among eachother, this is very important because then you can make the inference that biology studies energy as long as it is carried out by organisms and in the cain et al the definition of environment is the abiotic, or non living organisms with which the living organisms interact.