Intro & History of Zoology Flashcards
A branch of Biology that studies the members of the animal kingdom and animal life in general.
Zoology
Where does the word Zoology came from?
from the Greek words zoon and logos.
He is a Greek philosopher who took detailed notes on animal observation and inspired other scientist for many hundreds of years.
Aristotle
What year were universities founded and where?
16th Century in Europe
What year were divisions that are focused entirely on animal research founded?
By mid 17th Century
When did the cells of the animals be study on a microscopic level?
19th Century
What became a commonplace of scientific research and opened up a whole new realm of possibilities?
The Microscope
What theory was developed by the naturalist Charles Darwin?
Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
More recent breakthrough that led even more new research and knowledge about the natural world and the evolutionary relationships between animals:
The discovery of DNA as life’s genetic material.
What is life’s genetic material?
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
What theory revolutionized zoology and taxonomy (classification)?
Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
Encompasses all aspects of scientific knowledge about animals, like embryonic development, evolution, behavior, ecological distribution, and classification.
Zoology
What is the meaning of zoon?
“animal”
What is the meaning of logos?
“the study of”
It includes both the inquiry into individual animals and theirconstituentparts, even to the molecular level, and the inquiry into animal populations, entire faunas, and the relationships of animals to each other, to plants, and to the nonlivingenvironment.
Zoology
