1. I NTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY MAJOR CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS

2. M AJOR BRANCHES OF BIOLOGY TAXONOMY--> a science that deals with the grouping and naming of living things. MORPHOLOGY--> a science that deals with the forms and structures of organisms. EMBRYOLOGY--> a science that deals with the development of organisms. PHYSIOLOGY--> a science that deals with the functions and activities of organisms. GENETICS--> a science that deals with the transmission of traits and characters. ECOLOGY--> a science that deals with the interrelationships between living things and their environment. BIOGEOGRAPHY--> a science that deals with the distribution of the organisms on the earth's surface. EVOLUTION--> a science that deals with the origin of life and living forms.

3. Major classification of living organisms: Previous Kingdoms of Living Things All living organisms Plants (Chlorophyllus+ Cell walled) Animals (Nonchlorophyllus+ no cell wall)

4. Whittaker’s Kingdoms of Living organisms Kingdom Monera Kingdom Protista Kingdom Fungi Kingdom Plantae Kingdom Animalia

5. Levels of biological organization

6. L IVING WORLD IN TIME AND SPACE

9. A PPLICATION OF BIOLOGY FOR THE WELFARE IF MANKIND 1.Vaccination 2. Radiotherapy 3. Chemotherapy

10. Cloning