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Zoology Chapter 1

Zoology Chapter 1 . Ms. Cox 2006-2007. What is Zoology?. The study of Animals. It is a subset of the broad discipline of biology. Biology is the study of life. Let’s create a concept map of what we think we will study in Zoology. Zoology covers? .

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Zoology Chapter 1

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  1. ZoologyChapter 1 Ms. Cox 2006-2007

  2. What is Zoology? • The study of Animals. • It is a subset of the broad discipline of biology. • Biology is the study of life. • Let’s create a concept map of what we think we will study in Zoology.

  3. Zoology covers? • Entomology (the study of insects) to Ornithology (the study of birds) • Animals are intimately linked to their environments. Ecology is the study of this relationship.

  4. How is Zoology Structured? • The current system was developed by Karl von Linne. • It is binomial nomenclature. • Everything is given a name, consisting of a genus and a species.

  5. Taxonomy- the science of classifying plants and animals • Kingdom • Phylum • Class • Order • Family • Genus • Species

  6. Biodiversity • The fact that there are millions of variations among the plants and animal of the world. • Population of Geneva County in 2005 • 25,735 people, imagine if we were all the same. Yuck. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/01/01061.html

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