Branches of Biology
The study of animals
What is Zoology?
The study of mollusks
What is Malacology?
The study of animals with a backbone
What is vertebrate zoology?
Sponges belong to this phyla
What is Phylum Porifera?
This characteristic describes the number of cells that make up animals
What is multicellular?
The study of the structure & function of animals
What is Anatomy?
The study of mollusk shells
What is Conchology?
The study of fish
What is Ichthyology?
Jellyfish, sea anemones, and coral belong to this phyla
What is Phylum Cnidaria?
Animals have ________________ cells that contain a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.
What is eukaryotic?
The study of the similarity and differences in the anatomy of different groups of animals
What is comparative anatomy?
The study of insects
What is Entomology?
The study of amphibians and reptiles
What is Herpetology?
Flatworms belong to this phyla
What is Phylum Platyhelminthes?
Unlike plants, animals DO NOT have this cellular structure protecting the cell membrane.
What is a cell wall?
The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment
What is Ecology?
The study of ants
What is Myrmecology?
The study of birds
What is Ornithology?
Roundworms belong to this phyla
What is phylum Nematoda?
Animals are considered ___________________, meaning they must consume other organisms to obtain energy and nutrients.
What is heterotrophic?
The study of the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms
What is genetics?
The study of honey bees
What is Apiology?
The study of mammals
What is Mammalogy?
Earthworms and leeches belong to this phyla
What is Phylum Annalidea?
The term that describes the different gametes (eggs and sperm) that animals produce.
What is heterogametes?
The study of animal and plant life within salt water ecosystems
What is Marine Biology?
The study of spiders and their relatives
What is Arachnology?
The study of marine mammals
What is Cetology?
Snails, slugs, clams, octopuses, and squid belong to this phyla
What is Phylum Mollusca?
Animals that have two sets of chromosomes are called _________________________.
What is diploid?
The study of organisms that live in freshwater.
What is limnology?
The study of butterflies and moths
What is Lepidoptery?
The study of primates
What is primatology?
Insects, arachnids, and crustaceans belong to this phyla
What is Phylum arthropoda?
Animals that can move from place to place
What is motile?
The study of life-forms existing in former geological time periods
What is Paleontology?
The study of multicellular animals without backbones
What is Invertebrate Zoology?
Sea stars, sea urchins, and sand dollars belong to this Phyla
What is Phyla Echinodermata?
Animals that do not move from place to place, but instead are attached to a surface
What is sessile?
The study of parasites (worms, protozoans, insects, ect)
What is Parasitology?
Invertebrates do not have this structure
What is a backbone?
Invertebrate Chordates such as fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals belong to this phyla
What is Phylum Chordata?
Animals that move very little.
What is sedentary?
The science of classification of animals and plants (and other forms of life)
What is Taxonomy?
This is the number of total animal phyla that exist
What is 34?
All animals belong to this kingdom
What is Kingdom Animalia?
What is Differentiation?
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What is Cell Specialization?