BIOLOGY – FORM 4

CHAPTER 1 – Introduction to Biology

A. The study of Biology Biology
the study of life or living

organism
1. What is “BIOLOGY”?
The word BIOLOGY comes from 2 Greek root word
• Bioslife
• Logyknowledge

B. Importance of Biology

KNOWLEDGE

EDUCATION SENSE OF
CONTROL

IMPORTANCE
CAREERS OF ECONOMY
BIOLOGY

SOLVING QUALITY OF
PROBLEM LIFE
DISEASES

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C. Fields of study in Biology

Medicine
Pharmacy
Biotechnology
Agriculture

Embryology
Ecology Genetics
FIELDS OF
Paleontology
STUDY IN
BIOLOGY

Anatomy
Microbiology
Biochemistry
Entomology
Histology
Botany
Cytology

D. Career Related to Biology

Medicine Doctor, nurse, dentist, pharmacist, veterinarian, physiotherapist

Biotechnology Biotechnologist, nutritionist, food technologist

Agriculture Estate manager, botanist, agricultural officer

Industry Research officer, scientist

E. Various ways of studying Biology

4 important components:-
• Scientific knowledge
• Scientific skills
- Science process skills =>
- Science manipulative skills =>
• Scientific attitudes and noble values =>cooperative, keen interest, inquiring mind etc

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• Scientific method =>is body of technique of acquiring knowledge about the nature and
its phenomena
Basic steps of scientific investigation
Identifying a problem
Making a hypothesis
Planning the investigation
Identifying & controlling
variables
Conducting the experiment
Collecting and recording data
Analyzing and interpreting
data
Making conclusion
Preparing the report
WORD POWER
Hypothesis
• A suggested explanation for a specific
phenomenon.
Inference
• is the act or process of deriving a
conclusion based on what one already
knows.
Variable
• a quantity whose value may change in
an experiment.
• It is the parameter that may influence
the outcome of an experiment or the
data been collected in the experiment.