General Science - Biology

Biology

• Father of Biology - Aristotle 
• The term Biology is coined by - Jean Lamarck 
• The study of the structure and function of living cells - Cytology
• The smallest and fundamental unit of life - Cells
• The scientist who discovered the cell - Robert Hook (1665)
• Cells nucleus was discovered by - Robert Brown
• Animal cell was discovered by - Theodar Schwan
• Plant cell was discovered by - MJ Schleiden
• Scientist who discovered that the new cells are formed due to cell division - Rudolf Virchow
• Cells are made up of Protoplasm
• Longest cell - Nerve Cell
• Largest cell in size - The egg of Ostrich
• The Largest human cell - Ovum
• The smallest cell in the human body - sperm
• Power House of a cell - Mitochondria
• Suicidal bags in the cell - Lysosomes
• Study of tissues is known as - Histology
• The plant tissue that helps to transport water and salts from root to leaf - Xylem
• The plant tissue that helps to transport food from leaf to other part of plant body - Phloem
• The branch of life science dealing with the study of classification of living organisms - Taxonomy

Cells

The Five Kingdoms

Agriculture

Structure of the Cell

Human Body

Circulatory System Blood Heart Nervous System