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What is Biology?
Bios = life
Logos = study of
Characteristics of Life
1. Cellular 6. Metabolism
composition 7. Specific
2. Growth organization
3. Reproduction 8. Responsiveness
4. Movement
5. Adaptation
Cellular Composition
3 types:
Examples:
1. Bird migration- behavioral adaptation
Adaptation (continued)
1. Zoology- the
study of animals
2. Ichthyology- the
study of fish
3. Mammalogy-
study of
mammals
4. Ornithology- the
study of birds
5. Botany- the
study of plants
6. Microbiology-
study of small
life
7. Anatomy- study
of an
organisms
parts
8. Physiology-
study of how
organisms
parts work
9. Entomology-
study of insects
10.Genetics- study
of heredity and
genetic
material
(DNA/RNA,
chromosomes,
genes)
11.Ecology- study
of all life in a
particular area,
the
relationships
b/t those life
forms and the
environment
4 Basic Steps of Scientific Method
1. Observation
2. Hypothesis- educated guess that
tries to explain observation
3. Test or experiment
4. Conclusion (match=finished; no
match= start over again)
HISTORY OF BIOLOGY
Father of Taxonomy
Developed binomial nomenclature
to classify and organize plants
and animals
GREGOR MENDEL (1822-1884)
CONTRIBUTION
Father of Genetics
Developed the principles of
heredity by studying the variation
and heredity of seven pairs of
inherited characteristics in pea
plants
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
CONTRIBUTIONS
Father of Philippine
Pharmacophytology.
He identified hundreds of trees
and herbs and sought to extract
from them certain substances
with therapeutic properties.
First to identify and describe
plants that poison fish.
Angel S. Arguelles (1888-1952)
CONTRIBUTIONS