BIOLOGY
by STEM A-FAITH Litle Mae Globa
1. Ecology
1.1. Ecology is the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
2. Botany
2.1. Botany is the scientific study of plants, including their physiology, structure, genetics, and ecology.
3. Anatomy
3.1. Anatomy is the branch of biology that deals with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts.
4. Marine Biology
4.1. Marine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine bodies of water.
5. Biotechnology
5.1. Biotechnology is the exploitation of biological processes such as genetic manipulation of micro-organisms for the production of antibiotics, hormones, etc
6. Biophysics
6.1. Biophysics is the science of the application of the laws of physics to biological phenomena.
7. Taxonomy
7.1. It is the study of the naming and classification of organisms into groups and subgroups. e.g. identification of the taxonomic position of a newly discovered animal species in an area.
8. Pharmacology
8.1. It is the study of drugs (medicines) and their effects on the systems of the human body.
9. Entomology
9.1. It is the study of insects.
10. IT IS THE BASIC UNIT OF LIFE
11. Zoology
11.1. Zoology is the scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals.
12. Virology
12.1. Virology is the branch of science that deals with the study of viruses.
13. Biochemistry
13.1. Biochemistry is the branch of biology concerned with the chemical and physio-chemical processes that occur within living organisms.
14. Microbiology
14.1. Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms, those being unicellular, multicellular, or acellular.
15. Genetics
15.1. Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms.
16. Histology
16.1. The microscopic study of structural tissues of organisms is called histology e.g. study of muscles, adipose, connective tissue, etc.
17. Environmental Biology
17.1. It deals with the study of the interactions between the organisms and their environment.
18. Biogeography
18.1. It deals with the study of the occurrence and distribution of different species of living organisms in different geographical regions of the world.
19. Morphology
19.1. This branch deals with the study of form, size, shape, and structure of living organisms. e.g. skin color, height, the shape of limbs, etc.