Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall What Is Science? Photo Credit: © Andrew Syred/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers, Inc. Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall

Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Science: -The investigation and explanation of how the natural world works. Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall

Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Science is a very broad area of study. - divided into many specific branches, each branch is designated to study a specific topic: -Example: -Chemistry, Physics, Physical Science, Earth Space Science ……. - in this class we will study the branch of science known as BIOLOGY Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall

Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall What will we study in Biology? Bio: means life ology: means the study of Therefore, biology is: the study of all living organisms. Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall

Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Like science, biology is also a very broad area of study. -living organisms can range from the simplest organisms like…. bacteria Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall

Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall -to the most complex organisms like……… humans. Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall

Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall This course will contain A LOT of new vocabulary. Most of this vocabulary is based upon a group of Latin and Greek prefixes and suffixes like bio and ology. Learning these prefixes and suffixes will make learning biology much easier. So just do it!!!!! Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall

Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall The branches of Biology we will study in this course include: Microbiology: the study of small living organisms Zoology: the study of animals Physiology: the study of how body parts function. Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall

Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Ecology: the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment. Botany: the study of plants. Anatomy: the study of where body parts are located. Genetics: the study of how traits are inherited. Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall