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Fields of Science
Unit 12 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Biology | Study of living things |
Botany | Study of plants |
Zoology | Study of animals |
Physics | Study of matter, motion, force, and energy |
Chemistry | Study of properties of matter |
Geology | Study of the history of the Earth |
Astronomy | Study of the universe outside Earth's atmosphere |
Oceanography | Study of the ocean |
Archaeology | Study of prehistoric people |
Paleontology | Study of past life by looking at fossils |
Ecology | Study of organisms and their environment |
Pathology | Study of diseases |
Ichthyology | Study of fish |
Meteorology | Study of the atmosphere (weather) |
Acoustics | Study of sound |
Agronomy | Study of soil and crops |