Quiz 1 Flashcards
Process of learning about the natural world that tests ideas using evidence gathered from nature
Science
Natural science concerned with the study of of life and living organisms
Biology
Some reasons for studying biology
- everyday experience
- medicine
- needs of a growing population
- decreasing biodiversity
- biotech
Structure of living things
Anatomy
The study of bacteria
Bacteriology
Chemical processes in living things
Biochemistry
Plant life
Botany
Cells function, structure and chemistry
Cytology
Skin
Dermatology
Interrelationships between the environment and organisms
Ecology
Epidemics, widespread diseases
Epidemology
Insects
Entomology
Animal behavior
Ethology
Genes and heredity (the process by which genetic info is passed from parents to offspring)
Genetics
Reptiles and amphibians
Herpetology
Fish
Ichthology
Sea creatures and their environment
Marine biology/ oceanography
Mammals
Mammalogy
Microscopic organisms
Microbiology
Fungi
Mycology
Diet and health
Nutrition
Birds
Ornithology
Prehistoric life
Paleontology
Diseases caused by organisms (bacteria, fungi, parasites, protist, viruses)
Pathology
Animal droppings (feces)
Scatology
How organisms function and carry out physical and chemical processes
Physiology
Groupings of living things
Taxonomy
Viruses and virus like agents
Virology
The animal kingdom
Zoology
Basic unit of matter
Atom