TOPIC
DIVERSITY OF LIVING THINGS
INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY
Biology is the study of living things. The word biology comes from twp Greek words, Bios- which means life and Logos which means the study of.
Biology is a subject, which is very wide and has a number of branches.
These include:-
Zoology. This is study of animal.
Botany: It deals with the study of plants (flora).
Anatomy: it handles the study of the structure of living things.
Physiology: This deals with the study of functioning of the body's parts.
Taxonomy. It deals with the study of the clasification of organisms.
Nutrition. Tackles the study of food and feeding in organisms.
Genetics. It study the inheritance.
Ecology. It study the organisms in relation rmto their environment.
Ethiology. Is the study of the behavior of animals.
LIVING THINGS
Living things (also called organisms) differ from non-living things like wood, stones and others because living things have the ability to carry out many life processes which are their main characteristics.
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS.
Let look at what are the things that make living things (organisms) to be called living.
Nutrition: From the above, we saw the nutrition is the study of food and feeding in organism. All living things carry out nutrition by taking in substance from their environment, from which they obtain material for energy production, body growth and repair of worn out tissues.
Green plants are able to make their own food in the process of photosynthesis.
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