Life Branches
The study of life
What is biology
Deals with all the parts and structures of organisms
What is anatomy
Scientific study of plants
What is botany
Study of cells
What is cell biology
Organisms that obtain their nourishment from dead organisms
What are saprophytes
The study of chemical processes that happen within living organisms
What is biochemistry
Study of Anatomy, physiology, behavior, and classification of animals
What is zoology
Leaves, stems, and roots
What are plant structures
Consisting of a single cells
What is unicellular
Chemicals of Life:
1st is made up of sugar
2nd is made up of fats
What are carbohydrates and lipids
Study of microscopic organisms
What is microbiology
Looks at how an organism’s structures operate and work together
What is physiology
Green pigment needed for photosynthesis
What is chlorophyll
Consisting of more than one cell
What is multicellular
Second Two Chemicals of Life:
3rd is made up of amino acids
4th is made up of nucleotides
What are proteins and nucleic acid
Branch of biology that deals with the structure and function of the chemicals of living things
What is molecular biology
The passing down of characteristics from parents to their offspring by means of genes
What is heredity
Trees that drop their leaves in the fall
Similar to a tennis net; only allows some things through
What is a semipermeable cell membrane
Animals with a backbone
What are vertebrates
Sub-branch of microbiology that is concerned with the study of organisms that live on or inside other organisms, harming them
The study of genes
What is genetics
Absorbs water and nutrients, anchor for the plant, stores food
What are roots
Type of cell that has membrane-surrounded "rooms" so that each spot is able to maintain specific conditions to do designated jobs
What is a eukaryotic cell
Cannot reproduce itself, therefore does not meet all the criterion for life
What is a virus