The Branches of Science

Life Science• Areas of study that deal with living organisms, their

structure and function; and their relationship to each other and the environment

Life Sciences-Biology

Botany

Zoology

Genetics

Medicine

Botany• The study of

plants

Zoology

• The study of animals

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Genetics

• The study of how characteristics are transmitted from an organism to its offspring.

Medicine

Physical Sciences

Physics

Chemistry

The study of matter and the way The study of matter and the way different substances interactdifferent substances interact

Astronomy

The study of stars and the planets

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Energy

The ability to do workThe ability to do work

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Earth Sciences

Geology

The study of earth and the processes that shaped it.

Oceanography

The study of Earth’s oceans and seas

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Paleontology

Study of plant and animal remains that have been preserved in sedimentary rock, often millions of years ago

Meteorology