How Do I Efficiently Research Animals and Plants for My Novel? (2024)

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What science studies plants and animals? ›

biology The study of living things. The scientists who study them are known as biologists.

(Example information for venn diagram-Plants need sun, soil, seed and space. Animals need food and a home. Plants AND animals need air and water). Review it with the students and discuss why plants and animals have different needs.

Today we consider plants multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food. They also have rigid cell walls that contain cellulose. Animals are multicellular organisms as well, but they feed on plants and other animals, have specialized systems, and are able to respond rapidly to stimuli.

A biologist is a scientist who focuses on living organisms, including plants and animals.

Botanists are scientists who study plants. They are also known as plant scientists, plant biologists or 'phytologists'. Why plants? Aside from their fascinating traits (just think of carnivorous plants, the 20 pound Rafflesia flower and trees that talk to each other), we owe life on Earth to plants.

All living things require basic needs to survive. Animals need food, water, shelter, space, and oxygen. In addition to these things, plants also need light, to make their own food through photosynthesis.

The five basic needs of animals are food, water, shelter, space, and air. Food: What a living thing eats for energy. Habitat: A place where a plant or animal can get the food, water, and shelter it needs to live. Shelter: The materials that a living thing uses to keep itself safe from weather and other elements.

All plants need space to grow, the right temperature, light, water, air, nutrients, and time.

Plants produce new cell matter out of inorganic material by photosynthesis. They do not have the ability to move around their environment except by growing or being transported by wind, water, or other external forces. In contrast, animals do not produce their own food but must eat other organisms to obtain it.

What are 10 similarities between plants and animals? ›

Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

A botanist is a scientist who specializes in plant biology, and is an expert on varieties of vegetation including, algae, grass, cacti, flowers, moss, trees, shrubs and edibles, including herbs, fruits and vegetables.

botany, branch of biology that deals with the study of plants, including their structure, properties, and biochemical processes. Also included are plant classification and the study of plant diseases and of interactions with the environment.

zoology, branch of biology that studies the members of the animal kingdom and animal life in general.