Definition Examples of Scientific

Branches

Characteristics Examples of things

All the sciences
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SCIENCE that are NOT scientific
Welcome to the Study of Life….

Biology
BRANCHES OF
BIOLOGY
(-OLOGY, -ONOMY = STUDY OF)
 ANATOMY
Structure of
living things
BACTERIOLOGY

Bacteria
BIOCHEMISTRY
Chemical
processes in
living organisms
 BOTANY
Plant life
 CYTOLOGY
Cells function,
structure, and
chemistry
DERMATOLOGY

Skin
 ECOLOGY
Interrelationships
between
organisms and
their
environment
 EPIDEMIOLOGY

Epidemics,
Widespread
diseases
ENTOMOLOGY

Insects
ETHOLOGY
Animal
behavior
GENETICS
The process
by which
genetic
information is
passed from
parents to
offspring
(Genes and
heredity)
HERPETOLOGY
Reptiles and amphibians

Reptiles Amphibians
Crocodiles Frogs
Alligators Toads
Turtles Salamander
Lizards Anurans
ICHTHYOLOGY

Fish
 MARINE BIOLOGY/
OCEANOGRAPHY

Sea creatures
and the
underwater
environment
MAMMALOGY

Mammals

(Warm blooded,
Have hair,
Make milk)
MICROBIOLOGY

Microscopic
organisms
MYCOLOGY
Fungi
NUTRITION
Diet and
health
ORNITHOLOGY

Birds
PALEONTOLOGY

Prehistoric
life
 PATHOLOGY
Diseases caused
by organisms
(bacteria, fungi,
protist, viruses)

Pathos- sickness
SCATOLOGY
Animal
droppings
PHYSIOLOGY
How
organisms
function
and carry
out
physical/
chemical
processes
TAXONOMY
The
groupings
of living
things
 VIROLOGY
Viruses and
virus-like
agents
(prions)

No consensus
on whether
they are living
ZOOLOGY
The
animal
kingdom
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