What is Biology?
Biology is the study of life. As we study biology, we will frequently run across a lot of “big words” that you will need to learn. One thing that can help you understand those words, which will also aid you in everything from reading the newspaper to communicating with your doctor, is to know the Greek or Latin (or other) derivations of the wordstems which make up those words. For example, the word “biology” is made from the wordstems bios, which means “life,” and -logy which means “to study” or “the study of.”Anatomy: the study of the structure of organisms
Botany: the study of plant life
Biochemistry: the study of the chemistry or chemical compositions of living things
Cytology: the study of the structure, function, multiplication, pathology, and life history of cells
Ecology: the study of the relations of living things to their environment
Embryology: the study of the development of organisms
Entomology: the study of insects
Genetics: the study of heredity and variation of organisms
Histology: the study of the minute structures of plant and animal tissues
Ichthyology: the study of fishes
Microbiology: the study of microscopic forms of life
Mycology: the study of fungi
Ornithology: the study of birds
Parasitology: study of parasites
Paleontology: the study of the life of past geological periods as known from fossil remains
Pathology: the study of the nature of diseases and the structural and functional changes produced by them
Phycology: the study of algae
Physiology: the study of the functions of living organisms and their parts
Taxonomy: the study of the description, identification, naming and classification of organisms
Virology: the study of viruses
Zoology: the study concerned with the animal kingdom and the lives of its members as individuals and classes
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