History, Develop't, & Subsciences of Zoology (Zool Lab/Lec))
Cards (62)
- What is the branch of biology that studies animals?
- What does the Greek word "zoion" mean?
- What does the Greek word "Logus" mean?
- What is the branch of Biology that studies plants?
- What is the study of animals without a backbone?
- What is the study of animals with backbone?
- What is the study of microorganisms?
- What is the subscience of zoology that studies the form and structure of animals (e.g. gross anatomy, paleontology, histology, and cytology)?
- What studies the structure of the body that is visible to the naked eye?
- What studies the ancient life, from dinosaurs to prehistoric plants, mammals, fish, insects, fungi, and even microbes?
- What studies the microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues of plants and animals?
- What studies the cells as the fundamental units of living things?
- What studies the functions and vital processes of living animals (organismal physiology and organ and cell physiology)?
- What studies the formation and development of an embryo and fetus?
- What studies the genes or genetic material (DNA) of the body?
- What studies the process by which modern organisms have descended from their ancestors?
- What studies organisms and how they interact with the environment around them?
- What studies the classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure, origin, etc.?
- What studies the geographical distribution of animals?
- What studies the interaction between parasites and their hosts?
- What studies the composition, structure, and interactions of cellular molecules?
- What studies how animals move in their environment, how they interact socially, how they learn about their environment, and how an animal might achieve cognitive understanding of its environment?
- What studies animal diseases in a variety of species, often with human implications?
- What era of science is known as the Hellenic period that is focused on the work of Aristotle?
- Who is the proponent of Biology who collected facts about 500 animals and devised the 1st classification system of animals (proposed animals to be grouped into blooded and non-blooded)?
- What literature used physical characteristics to divide animals into two groups, then into five genera per group, and then into species within each genus?
- What is a viviparous quadruped?
- What is an oviparous quadruped?
- What is a cnidarian?
- What is known as Early European Modern Humans with etchings and cave sketches of animals as documentation (e.g. deer, fish, reindeer)?
- What period did they discover wall paints and engraved bones as documentation that occurred from 1.8 million years to 18000 years BC?
- What period of Science is the important period for the field of Science with no zoological application that used mythology and folklore to describe natural history and emphasized the works of Albert the Great that occurred from the early to late middle ages of 1200?
- Who cited animals according to their genus, dwelling places, and motion?
- What is the continuation of Aristotle's observation in De animalibus translated by Albert the Great?
- What medieval literature is associated with specific animal and character traits?
- Who combined fact and fantasy for his studies of Natural History?
- What period of Science where many notable scientists contribute to the development of Zoology that occurred from the 15th century to the 17th century?
- Who noted anatomical similarities between the human skeleton and that of birds?
- What contains the illustration of his observations on fishes, marine mammals, and birds made by Pierre Belon?
- Who is a famous natural historian?