Written by Sunny
Modified & Updated: 15 May 2024
Reviewed by Jessica Corbett
Biology facts that will make you understand your body and other living things. Learn more about the anatomy, processes, and systems that keep us alive through these facts.
- Biology is the study of life and living organisms.
- The cell is the basic unit of life.
- Biology recognizes human genes as the basic unit of heredity.
- Evolution is the driving force of creation and extinction of species.
- Biology is a natural science that explains natural phenomena as well as describing or predicting.
- There are 3 major branches of biology—botany, zoology, and microbiology.
- Botany is the scientific study of plants.
- Zoology is the scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, and classification of animals.
- Microbiology is another branch of science that tackles microorganisms. In other words, it is the study of microorganisms.
- Anatomy is another branch of biology. In particular, it analyzes the organism’s structure and parts.
- Anatomy is related to things such as developmental biology, evolutionary biology, comparative anatomy, embryology, and phylogeny.
- Theoretical biology uses a mathematical formula.
- Experimental biology conducts empirical experiments to examine the validity of the proposed theories.
- Physiology is the study of how organs and organ systems function.
- Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with each other to their environment.
- Cytology is the study of cells.
- Evolutionary biology is the study of evolutionary processes.
- Taxonomy is responsible for naming and classifying organisms.
- Genetics is the study of heredity and its variation.
- Molecular biology is the study of biological molecules such as DNA.
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