Intro Flashcards
comes from the Latin word ‘zoologia’, scientific study of animals
zoology
Zoology is derived from the Greek words zoion, meaning ____ and logia, meaning ____.
animal… study
Six steps of the scientific method?
- observation
- data gathering
- hypothesis
- experimentation
- conclusion
- recommendation
What concept is created from curiosity & inquiry being the driving force of science?
Scientific reasoning
first to propose the scientific method
Francis Bacon
disproved geocentrism with heliocentrism
Nicolaus Copernicus
What are the two types of reasoning?
Inductive and Deductive.
Differentiate inductive from deductive reasoning.
Inductive - specific to general
Deductive - general to specific
animal internal structure
BRANCHES OF ZOOLOGY
Anatomy
past, present, future interactions of animals and humans
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Anthrozoology
dead animals
BRANCHES OF ZOOLOGY
Zoo/Archaeozoology
arachnids
BRANCHES OF ZOOLOGY
Arachnology
mechanical systems, living organisms and its parts
BRANCHES OF ZOOLOGY
Bionics
crustaceans
BRANCHES OF ZOOLOGY
Carnicology
marine mammals
BRANCHES OF ZOOLOGY
Cetology
relationship between organisms + their environments
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Ecology
insects
BRANCHES OF ZOOLOGY
Entomology