Fields of Life Science

​Fields of Life Science

• Life Sciences are the study of living organisms

• They deal with every aspect of living organisms

• Most life scientists specialize into 1 or 2 areas because they can be so complex

​Examples

• Botany- Plants

• Zoology- Animals

• Marine Biology- Organisms in the Ocean

• Freshwater Biology- Organisms in and around freshwater areas

• Microbiology- Microorganisms

• Bacteriology- Bacteria

• Virology- Viruses

• Entomology- Insects

• Taxonomy- Classification of Organisms

​Examples

• Cell Biology- Cells and their structure and functions

• Anatomy- Structure of humans/animals

• Morphology- Form and structure of living organisms

• Physiology- Physical and chemical functions of tissues and organs

• Immunology- Mechanism inside organisms that protect them from disease and infection

• Neuroscience- the nervous system

• Developmental Biology and Embryology- Growth and development of plants and animals

• Genetics- genetic makeup of living organisms

​Examples

• Biochemistry- chemistry of living organisms

• Molecular Biology- Nucleic acids and proteins

• Epidemiology- how diseases arise and spread

• Evolution- The changing of species over time

• Ecology- how various organism interact with their environments

• Biogeography- distribution of living organism

• Population Biology- the biodiversity, evolution, and environment of organisms.

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Life Science that focuses on plants

• Botany

• Zoology

• Marine Biology

• Freshwater Biology

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Life Science that focuses on Animals

• Botany

• Zoology

• Marine Biology

• Freshwater Biology

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Life Science that focuses on Organisms living in the oceans

• Botany

• Zoology

• Marine Biology

• Freshwater Biology

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Life Science that focuses on Microorganisms

• Microbiology

• Bacteriology

• Virology

• Entomology

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Life Science that focuses on Insects

• Microbiology

• Bacteriology

• Virology

• Entomology

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Life Science that focuses on Structure of Animals

• Cell Biology

• Anatomy

• Morphology

• Physiology

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Life Science that focuses on Genetic makeup of living organism and their heredity

• Neuroscience

• Genetics

• Biochemistry

• Molecular Biology

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Life Science that focuses on how various organism interact in their environments

• Evolution

• Ecology

• Biogeography

• Population biology