biology

Everyday

1. Biology is the study of living things, like plants, animals and people, and how they live and grow. tree →
2. The biology of a living thing is how its body works. tree →

In the lessons

a school subject in the story; class sizes, books or test scores; part of science with chemistry and physics; phrases «biology class», «biology teacher», «marine biology» (sea life)

Examples

• 24 students take biology. tree →
• She scored 88 on her biology test. tree →
• The biology book has 300 pages. tree →
• The biology class has 5 more students than chemistry. tree →
• In biology we learned about cells. tree →
• She wants to study marine biology. tree →
• Biology tells us how plants make food. tree →
• The biology lab has microscopes. tree →
• He likes biology more than physics. tree →
• We looked at frog eggs in biology. tree →

Note

A word of the story only; it names the group or subject. «Bio» means life and «-logy» means study of. A person who studies it is a biologist.