BIOLOGY "THE SCIENCE OF LIFE"

Biology comes from the greek word /bios/, that means life and /logos/ study or knowledge, so is the science of life and living organisms.

An organisms is a linving identity consist of one cell, as bacterias or several cells like animals and plants.

Biology studies the structure, fuction, growth, origin, evolution and distribution of living things. Depending on what it is studied the biological science are classified in:

• BOTANY: study of plants
• ZOOLOGY: study of animals
• MICROBIOLOGY: studies microorganisms
• BIOCHEMISTRY: Studies the chemistry of life
• MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: studies complex interaction of biology molecules
• CELLULAR BIOLOGY: studies the basic buliding blocks of life cells
• ECOLOGY: examines how various organisms interact.