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Chapter 1
Biology
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Biology
9th Grade
10/16/2006

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Life began
Definition
3.5 billion years ago
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zoology
Definition
the study of animals
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botany
Definition
the study of plants
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biology
Definition
life science
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Morphology
Definition
the study of the outside structure of an organism
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anatomy
Definition
the study of the internal structure of an organism
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cytology
Definition
the study of cells
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genetics
Definition
the study of heredity(passing of traits)
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embryology
Definition
the study of developing organisms(birth to adult)
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paleontolgy
Definition
the study of fossils
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physiology
Definition
the study of how body parts function or work
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biogeography
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the study of the distrabution of organisms over earth
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pathology
Definition
th sudy of dicease
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evolution
Definition
the changing of organisms over time(history)(explainations)
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taxonomy
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classifaction of organisms
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ecology
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the study of interactions of organisms with each other and the enviorment
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Histology
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teh study of tissues (clumps of cells)
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bacteriology
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the study of micro-organisms
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entomolgy
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the study of insects
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ornithology
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the study of birds
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mycology
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the study of fungi
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herpetology
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the study of reptiles
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Vesalius
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established the science of anatomy
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Harvey
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discovered the circulation of the blood around the body
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Malpigi
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confirmed harveys dicovery by observing circulation in lungs of frogs

Discovered capillaries
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Jennar
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first vaccination_small pox
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Pasteur
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father of the science of bacteriology
germ theory of dicease- contacted the small bactria with the dicease
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Koch
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methods of studying dicease producing organisms
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Mendal
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Laws of unheritance science of Genetics
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