Biology

What is it?
Biology is defined as

Animals
“the study of living organ-
isms, divided into many
specialized fields that cov-
there are six classifications
er their morphology, pys-
of animals, some you
iology, anatomy, behavior,
might have heard before.
origin, and distribution”

Plants
• Mammalia (Mammals)
Basically, Biology is the
• Aves (Birds)
study of all aspects of life;
• Reptilia (Reptiles)
Plants play a major role humans, plants, animals,
• Amphibia (amphibi-
in biology. Everyday, we and cells.
ans)
are surrounded by plants,
• Actinopterygii (Boney
even if you dont realize it. Classification Fish)
Plants belong in the Plan- We use Taxonomy to clas- • Chondrichthyes (Carti-
tae Kingdom, and from sify organisms. Taxonomy laginious Fish)
there, they branch out. has different categories.
• Domain
• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Class
• Order
• Family
Plants have six basic parts • Genus
to them, which are quite • Species Even though there are
easy to identify We use this system to these six classes of ani-
• leaves categorize organisms, mals, each of them are
• stem and this process helps all unique, and may not
• roots scientists know which look similar to those in
• flowers organism is related to the same class as they
• seeds which are in.
• fruit
Every- Fungi
day Bi-
ology
“A fungus is any
Bacteria member of the
group of eukaryotic
“Bacteria are mi-
organisms that in-
croscopic sin-
cludes microorgan-
gle-celled organ-
isms such as yeasts
isms that thrive in
and molds, as well
diverse environ-
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tal-protection-326923/
as the more famil-
ments”
Bacteria are literally ev- iar mushrooms”
Everyday, we are sur- erywhere you go, even We are surounded by
rounded by Biology. From if you sanitize a surface, fungus, most live in wet
the air we breathe, to all there is still that 0.01% and humid places, such
the creatures around us, that survives. Even as bathrooms and locker
even the little mites that though bacteria sound rooms. some common
scary, most are quite help- ones youve probably
live in your eyelashes. heard of are:
You might not know what ful. Some examples are • athletes foot
Biology is, so take a look penicillin, which helps • ring worm
inside and learn the dif- fight of bacterial infec-
tions and illnesses, and • blue cheese
ferent parts. • brie cheese
Lactobacillius bulgaricus,
which is the healthy bac- • alchoholic beverages
teria in yogurt. • soy products