WHAT IS BIOLOGY? ii 



going on inside of every animal and every plant may be of inter- 

 est or importance to us in many ways. So, taking it all in all, 

 the world of life offers many things for serious study as a life 

 work or for interesting hobbies as pastimes, just as our own life 

 is a constant challenge to our ingenuity and skill in solving 

 problems and overcoming difficulties, whether we go at it like 

 tackling a stiff job or like playing an absorbing game. 



WHAT IS BIOLOGY? 



Definition: bios, life; logos, study 

 What is science ? 

 What is life — a kind of energy? a kind of stuff? what plants 



and animals do ? 

 How biology is used 



To protect useful plants To lengthen life 



and animals To help us understand ourselves 



To increase useful plants To help in the management of 



and animals plants and animals 



To improve useful plants To help in the management 



and animals of human beings and affairs 



To cure sickness To give pleasures of various 



To prevent sickness kinds 



What there is to study about things 

 Kinds, classifications, and names 

 The distribution of plants and animals on the globe 

 Conditions under which different living things live 

 The plants and animals of past times 

 How Hfe is carried on 

 The structure of plants and of animals 

 How the parts of living things work 

 The origin of different kinds of plants and animals 

 Why ancient forms disappeared 

 The uses of various species 

 The injury that various species may cause 

 What makes biology interesting 

 That depends upon individual taste 



Interest in classifying and in collecting 



Interest in discovery of new facts 



