Branches of Biology

Question 1

The study of plants

Answer 1

Botany

Question 2

Scientific study of algae

Answer 2

Phycology

Question 3

the study of the functions of a plants’ parts

Answer 3

Plant physiology

Question 4

-the study of animals

Answer 4

Zoology

Question 5

-the study of animal
behavior

Answer 5

Ethology

Question 6

the study of insects

Answer 6

Entomology

Question 7

the study of reptiles

Answer 7

Herpetology

Question 8

the study of fish

Answer 8

Ichthyology

Question 9

study of mammals

Answer 9

Mammalogy

Question 10

study of birds

Answer 10

Ornithology

Question 11

-the study of microscopic organisms and their
interactions with other living things

Answer 11

Microbiology

Question 12

-the study of bacteria

Answer 12

Bacteriology

Question 13

• the study of virus and some
  other virus-like agents

Answer 13

Virology

Question 14

• the study of fungi

Answer 14

Mycology

Question 15

• the study of parasites and parasitism

Answer 15

Parasitology

Question 16

• the study of structure and function of plant and
  animal cells

Answer 16

Cytology

Question 17

-the study of chemical and
physicochemical processes that occur
within living organisms.

Answer 17

Biochemistry

Question 18

-the study of an organisms structures

Answer 18

Anatomy

Question 19

-the study of a structure’s function

Answer 19

Physiology

Question 20

-study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

Answer 20

Morphology

Question 21

-study of microscopic structure of tissues

Answer 21

Histology

Question 22

study of evolution of species through similarities and differences in their anatomy

Answer 22

Comparative Anatomy

Question 23

-study of the development of embryo

Answer 23

Embryology

Question 24

The study of genetics and genes

Answer 24

Genetics

Question 25

the study of the interactions of living organisms with one another with the non-living elements of their environment

Answer 25

Ecology

Question 26

the study of manipulation of living matter, including genetic modification and synthetic biology

Answer 26

Biotechnology

Question 27

the study of historical relationship of groups of organism for the recognition and understanding of biodiversity

Answer 27

Systematic Biology

Question 28

-the study concerned with the classification of organisms.

Answer 28

Taxonomy

Question 29

-the study of effects of ionizing radiation on organism.

Answer 29

Radiation Biology