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What are the main branches of Science?

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  1. Social Science
  2. Abstract Science
  3. Natural Science
  4. Physical Science
  5. Biological Science
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What is under Social Science?

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  1. Sociology
  2. Civics
  3. Political Science
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What is under Abstract Science?

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Mathematics

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What two branches are under Natural Science?

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Physical Science and Biological Science

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Physical Science is the science of ___

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non-livings

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What is under Physical Science?

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  1. Physics
  2. Chemistry
  3. Geology
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Biological Science is the science of ___

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livings

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What is under Biological Science?

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  1. Botany
  2. Zoology
  3. Morphology
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What are the characteristics of living organisms?

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  1. Movement
  2. Respiration
  3. Sensitivity
  4. Growth
  5. Reproduction
  6. Excretion
  7. Nutrition
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Capability to move

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Movement

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Able to breathe or respire

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Respiration

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Reaction towards outside forces or triggers

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Sensitivity

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Living organisms change due time

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Growth

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Ability to have offspring

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Reproduction

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Transpire or perspire

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Excretion

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Able to utilize the food we intake for normal physiology

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Father of Biology

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Father of Genetics. Experimented on various peas. Developed the Mendelian Law of Inheritance (Law of Dominance, Law of Segregation, Law of Individual Assortment).

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Gregor Mendel

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Father of Botany and successor to Aristotle in the Peripathetic School

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Theophrastus

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Father of Microbiology. Discovered that infectious disease are caused by microbes. Disproved the concept of spontaneous generation. Developed the process of pasteurization. Invented the first rabies vaccine.

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Louis Pasteur

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Father of Taxonomy. Came up with the binomial naming system for living organisms.

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Carolus Linnaeus

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Father of Histology (the study of details of tissues)

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Marie Francois Bichat

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Father of Microscopy

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Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

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Father of Evolution. Theory of Natural Selection (survival of the fittest). Observed darwin’s finches in Galapagos Island.

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Charles Darwin

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Father of Medicine

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Hippocrates

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Father of Immunulogy

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Edward Jenner

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Father of Cytology

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Robert Hooke

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Father of Modern Parasitology

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Francesco Redi

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