Biology is an interdisciplinary study. Explain what that means in your own words. [ Give a detailed example or story-from the news, from your life, or from the lives of people you know-that clearly illustrates the interdisciplinary nature of biology and the importance of biology in the world around you. ]

An interdisciplinary study means it encompasses other branches. So, biology as an i nterdisciplinary study encompasses other sciences. Biology can be related with other sciences like chemistry, microbiology, molecular biology, physiology, systematics, taxonomy, statistics, ecology, genetics. The allied fields are endless. All these share a common goal. Like statistics, biology, ecology and genetics can be used in population biology.