Biology Basics
Biology · जीवविज्ञान की मूल बातें · 15 facts
Biology: study of living organisms; bios=life, logos=study
Botany: plants; Zoology: animals; Microbiology: microorganisms
Characteristics of life: growth, reproduction, metabolism, response to stimuli
Aristotle: Father of Biology; Theophrastus: Father of Botany
Gregor Mendel: Father of Genetics; pea plant experiments
Louis Pasteur: Father of Microbiology; pasteurization
Robert Koch: germ theory; TB bacterium discovered
Edward Jenner: Father of Immunology; smallpox vaccine(1796)
DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid; double helix; genetic material
Watson+Crick discovered DNA structure(1953); Nobel 1962
Ecology: study of organisms and their environment interactions
Virus: non-living outside host; living inside; RNA or DNA
Cell is the basic unit of life; discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665
Photosynthesis: CO2 + H2O + sunlight → glucose + O2; occurs in chloroplast
Biosphere: zone of Earth where life exists; land, water, and lower atmosphere