Lecture by Saba Farooq

Grade 9
• Bio – means life
• Ologos – to study / the study

• BIOLOGY – is the study of life /

the study of living things
• Biologist – the person who
studies Biology
• Botany – the
study of PLANTS
• Zoology – the
study of
ANIMALS
• Microbiology – the
study of
Microorganisms
• Microbiology – the study of
microorganisms such as
bacteria, protozoans, and
viruses
• Anatomy –
the study of
structures of
entire
organisms and
their parts
• Physiology
– the
study of
how the
body and
its parts
work
Environmental
biology – study
of how
organisms
interact with
their
environment &
with other
• Parasitology – the study of the
organisms that live in or on
other organisms that caused
diseases
• Taxonomy – the study of
the classification &
evolutionary
interrelationships among
organisms
• Embryology – study of
the development &
growth of organisms
• Cell biology – the study of the
structures & functions of cells
and cell organelles
• Study of cell division
• Paleontology – the study of
fossils, the preserved remains
and traces of organisms from
the past
• Genetics – the study of genes,
how traits are inherited &
passed on one generation to the
next.
• Inheritance means the
Transmission of characters from one
generation to other
• Morphology – the study of
structures & forms of
organisms
• Histology – study of
tissues
• Immunology – study of the
immune system of animals, which
defends the body against invading
micro organisms
• Socio-biology –
• It deals with
study of social
behavior of the
animals that
make societies
• Biotechnology –
• deals with the practical
application of living
organisms to make
substances for the
welfare of man kind.
• Pharmacology –
• Study of drugs and
their effects on the
systems of human
body.