Week 9- Have I Improved?

Some Science with Jori

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WARNING: If you have Ophiophobia, or fear of snakes, don't look at the picture too much.

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Everyone knows that Science is a systematic and logical approach to discovering how things in the universe work. But do you know what are different branches of Science?
It is divided into three major groups;

• Natural Sciences: the study of natural phenomena
• Formal sciences: the study of mathematics and logic
• Social sciences the study of human behavior and societies

And each one of them is further divided into subgroups, most of which I don’t know. However, I am very much interested in Biology especially Zoology which falls in Natural science category.

Zoology is the study of animals. Here is the reason why I love Zoology. People don’t really respect animals that much, Like they harm endangered species. Therefore I want to learn what the animals need, how do they live, and what are their habitats. Learning every single thing about animals can save them and one of that information is knowing about classification of animals which tells if an animal is without back bone or with back bone and if with back bone, an animal is a reptile, amphibian, fish, bird, or a mammal. It is also split into different levels like Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Suborder, Family, Genus, and Species. These things classify an organism. For example if I look for Western Diamondback Rattlesnake or scientific name: Crotalus Atrox, its Kingdom is Animalia, Phylum is Chordata, Class is Reptilia, Order is Squamata, Suborder is Seprentes, Family is Viperidae, Genus is Crotalus, and Species is C. Atrox.

I also love to learn about anatomy and my favorite part of Anatomy is the Skeletal System. It is so fascinating for me to look at the bones’ shape and sizes and how they work together to shape the organism.

What about you?
​Are you interested in Science, if so, which branch and why? Please comment below.

Information sources: 
https://www.livescience.com/20896-science-scientific-method.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branches_of_science
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/animal_classes.htm