Yes, studying how mayfly population affects the number of trout in a stream is ecology.
Ecology seeks to unveil how different organism relate with one another as well as their environment.
Ecology is basically the study of distribution,abundance and relation of organisms and their interaction with their environment.
There are 2 answers that fits the meaning of interest groups. It is letter b and c. Interest groups are also called pressure group. This are group of people or an organization that has the concers and trying to influence public policy in thier favor. They are concerns with various issues or problems that gave them hindrances to win control of the government. They pressure the policy makers by lobbying.
It was the 19th Amendment that granted women the right to vote. A lot of this had to do with the fact that the Civil War had ended slavery and given lots more rights to blacks, which women found as inspirational.
A and C my dude................