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determine what type of an environment an animal would need to thrive or they might study the animals that live in zoos. These scientists study how animals behave, what they eat, what they look like, whether they live alone or in groups, whether they travel or stay near a single area, how they interact with other species or other members of their own species, and much more. A zoologist focuses on a single species or a group of species. PHYSICS Physics is the study of the laws of nature. Its purpose is to understand how the universe behaves. The laws of physics act as a set of rules by which all of nature abides. For this reason, physics is the foundation for other scientific fields such as chemistry and biology. Environmental physicists have diverse focuses. Some study how light functions and

These lions went from being studied in the wild by zoologists to being cared for in captivity by zookeepers.

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SCIENCE IN THE ENVIRONMENT