What is the science of plant life called?

• A. Zoology
• B. Ecology
• C. Botany
• D. Mycology

Answer: (C)

The study of plant life is botany. Botany explores how plants grow, develop, reproduce, and interact with their environment, including plant structure, function, physiology, and classification, as well as processes like photosynthesis and nutrient uptake. It also covers how plants fit into ecosystems and how humans cultivate and use them for food, medicine, and materials. The other fields focus on different life forms or broader relationships: zoology studies animals; ecology examines how organisms interact with each other and their surroundings at the ecosystem level; mycology is the study of fungi. So the term that specifically names the science of plant life is botany.