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Biology The word biology comes from 2 greek words.

Bios-which means life.

Logos-which means knowledge

Thus biology is the study of life and livingthing.

Branches of Biology

Biology is divided into 2 main branches

(i) Zoology- study of animals.

(ii)Botany-study of plants.

Other small branches include

(a)ecology- study of living thing and their relationship to their surroundings.

Microbiology-study of micro- organism Genetics-study of inheritance and variation.

Entomology- study of insects.

Parasitology-study of parasites.

Physiology- study of body functions.

Anatomy-study of internal structure of living livings.

Morphology- study of external structure of living things.

Taxonomy- study of classification. Virology-study of virus.

Bacteriology-study of bacteria.

Ichthyology-study of fish functions and structure.

Histology-study of body tissues.

Embryology-study of early stage of development.

Importance of studying Biology

(1)Helps in solving problems e.g food storage,pollution and etc

(2)Foentry into a ccareer e.g medicine teaching and etc

(3)Developing scientific skills skills e.g observing,classifying,measuring,recording,identifying and analyzing data.

(4)helps us to understand ourselves and the environment better.

(5)promotes international co-operation e.g co-operation among scientists from different countries in developing treatments such as vaccines

Revision Questions

(1) what does the term biology mean?

(1) what are the 2 main branches of biology?

(3)which branches of biology involves the study of: (i)Insects

(ii)classification

(iii)Inheritance and variation

(4)Name 4 benefits of studying biology?