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Chapter 1
Origin of Biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| living beings | Bios |
| study of living beings | logos |
| is the study of living organisms including their origin, distribution, evolution, structure, and function | biology |
| the study of animals | zoology |
| study of plants | botany |
| The study of microorganisms | Microbiology |
| first bacteria to thrive of earth; Earth's first photo-synthesizers | Cyanobacteria |
| The scientific study of how living things are classified | Taxonomy |
| The study of body function | Physiology |
| The scientific study of heredity | genetics |
| study of the parts of the human body | anatomy |
| study of cells | cytology |
| The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment | ecology |
| the study of organisms and their changes | evolutionary biology |
| Basic unit of life | cell |
| means "small room" | cellula |
| cell that does not have a nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles. | prokaryotic cell |
| Contain a nucleus and other organelles that are bound by membranes. | Eukaryotic cells |
| cyanobacteria, E. coli, mycoplasma | Prokaryote |
| plants, animals, protists, fungi | eukaryote |