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Biology SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Cells p.56
▸ ▸ Evolution p.95
Biology is the science of living things. It studies how ▸ ▸ Food p.106
plants and animals interact with each other and their ▸ ▸ Food chains p.107
surroundings. It includes grouping and labeling living ▸ ▸ Habitats p.126

things and investigating how they live. ▸ ▸ Human body p.130

▸ ▸ Plants p.194

Each part of a plant has a Botany
name. This is the petal. This is the study of
plants, from tiny
mosses and algae
The human body is all the way to
made up of many massive trees.
connecting parts.
Ecology
The study of how
plants and animals
depend on each other
Human biology and their environment,
This investigates to survive.
how the human
body works—how
it’s put together,
and what it needs
to stay healthy.

Biology
Biology covers lots of
different areas. It can be
broken down into smaller
sections that often overlap.

Living things
are made of
tiny parts
called cells.
Zoology
Zoology is the Microbiology
study of animals— This is the study of
how their bodies tiny living things
work and develop like bacteria,
and how they viruses, and fungi.
behave.

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