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Spell Bee Word: Zoology

Zoology (noun): the scientific study of animals and the way they live.

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What does zoology mean?

Word: Zoology

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Zoology means the scientific study of animals and the way they live.

Word origin: From Greek zoion, 'animal', and -logia, 'study'.

How do you spell zoology?

Syllables: zo - ol - o - gy

Tricky part: Zoology has three o's: two from zoo and one more after the l. Students often drop one and write zology or zoolgy.

Watch out for: zology, zoolgy, zoologgy

Memory tip: Picture the three o's of zoology as three round enclosures at a zoo: two side by side at the gate and one further along the path.

Zoology in a sentence

Example 1: Anika chose zoology at college because she wants to study whales.

Example 2: Our zoology textbook has a chapter on how birds migrate.

Example 3: Field trips are the best part of studying zoology.

Fun Fact

The word zoo is a shortened form of zoological garden. The short form caught on in London in the 1800s.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

zoo______

a) lojy
b) logey
c) logy
d) logie

Show answer

c) logy. The study of something ends in logy, as in geology.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gyoolzo

a) zoology
b) geology
c) ecology
d) zoologist

Show answer

a) zoology. There is a z and three o's, and the jumble is too short for zoologist.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

zoollogy

a) g
b) z
c) o
d) l

Show answer

d) l. Zoology has a single l between its o's.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) botany
b) zoology
c) chemestry
d) physics

Show answer

c) chemestry. Chemistry has an i after the m.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which topic would you study in a zoology class?

a) how rivers carve valleys
b) how frogs breathe
c) how magnets work
d) how rocks form

Show answer

b) how frogs breathe

2. Zoology and botany together make up a large part of ____.

a) geography
b) biology
c) physics
d) chemistry

Show answer

b) biology

Associated Words

Words that end in -ology: biotechnology, nanotechnology, methodology, seismology, physiology, meteorology

More words from this list

asteroid, collector, diligent, filament, inflation, nobility, radiologist, taut

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