LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

BIOCHEMISTRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the former departments that were merged together to form the Department of Life Sciences
A
Botany and Animal Biology
B
Botany and Zoology
C
Water Biology and Land Biology
D
Water Biology and Plant Biology
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A brief walk down memory lane.. The Department of Biological Sciences evolved from the merger of two of the oldest departments in the Faculty of Science: the Department of Botany and the Department of Zoology. Botany, founded in 1949, turned 50 in 1999; and Zoology, founded in 1950.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biology Science of life and living organisms. Includes botany, zoology, ecology, physiology, cytology, genetics, embryology (embryos), and microbiology.

Detailed explanation-3: -Taxonomy. Both botany and zoology depend on the Linnaean system of taxonomy for the classification and organization of the plant and animal kingdoms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Theophrastus, a Greek naturalist is known as the Father of Botany, the Father of Zoology, and the Father of Embryology. Botany deals with the study of plants and their characteristics. He introduced the first time use of agriculture.

Detailed explanation-5: -The term “botanist” refers to a person who studies plants. 2. A zoologist is a person who studies animals.

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