Grade 10 Biology unit 1: Sub-Fields of Biology

Ornithology is the branch of zoology that deals with the study of birds. Herpetology studies reptiles, ichthyology studies fish, and entomology studies insects.

Bioinformatics is concerned with the acquisition, storage, analysis, and dissemination of biological data, most often DNA and amino acid sequences, using computer programs.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek invented strong microscope lenses magnifying up to 500 times and used them to discover bacteria and the vacuole of the cell.

Dr. Aklilu Lemma showed that crushed Endod berries act as a molluscicide to kill freshwater snails carrying the parasites that cause schistosomiasis (bilharzia).

Histology is the study of the details of tissue structure (such as parenchyma and connective tissue), whereas cytology studies individual cells.

Horticulture is an applied field of biology because it uses biological knowledge to manage life (such as plant cultivation and gardening). Cytology, embryology, and paleontology are pure fields.

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. Frederick Banting discovered insulin, and Conrad Rontgen discovered X-rays.

Professor Yalemtsehay Mekonnen has done notable research on medicinal plants, especially on Moringa stenopetala (shiferaw/Alekko Shekatta).

Robert Koch is credited with pinpointing the precise causal agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax, providing experimental support for the concept of infectious disease.

According to Table 1.3, physics explains physical liquid properties such as cohesion, adhesion, surface tension, and capillary action that drive water transport in plants.