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The Living World

The document defines biological species and outlines characteristics of living organisms, including growth, reproduction, cellular organization, metabolism, and consciousness. It discusses the diversity in the living world and introduces binomial nomenclature established by Carolus Linnaeus, along with taxonomic categories and hierarchy. The document emphasizes the classification of organisms into various taxonomic categories such as kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.

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The Living World

The document defines biological species and outlines characteristics of living organisms, including growth, reproduction, cellular organization, metabolism, and consciousness. It discusses the diversity in the living world and introduces binomial nomenclature established by Carolus Linnaeus, along with taxonomic categories and hierarchy. The document emphasizes the classification of organisms into various taxonomic categories such as kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.

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INTRODUCTION OF LIVING & INANIMATE

De nition of Biological Species: The group of morphologically & reproductively similar


individual that are capable to interbreed themselves & able to produce Fertile young once.
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(1) THE LIVING WORLD

(A) WHAT IS ‘LIVING’?

(i) GROWTH: All living organism grow & it is Characteristic property of living organisms
(ii) REPRODUCTION: It is Characteristics of living organism

NOTE

(iii) CELLULAR ORGANISATION: It is De ning Feature of Life forms


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(iv) METABOLISM:It is De ning Feature of All Living organism Without Exception

(v) CONCIOUSNESS : De ning Property of Living organisms


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Self-Conciousness eg. Only Human


(B)DIVERSITY IN THE LIVING WOLD

NOTE
(C) NOMENCLATURE & IDENTIFICATION

(i) BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE: given by CAROLUS LINNAEUS


(ii) Universal rules of BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE

NOTE
NOTE

(i) CLASSIFICATION

(iii) TAXA

(ii) TAXONOMY
NOTE

SYSTEMATICS
(C) TAXONOMIC CATEGORIES

(i) TAXA /TAXON

(ii) TAXONOMIC CATEGORIES

(iii) TAXONOMIC HIERARCHY Kingdom

Phylum/Division

Class
TAXONOMICAL STUDIES=(TAXONOMIC CATEGORY+TAXONOMIC HIERIARCHY)
Order

Family

Genus

Species
(i) SPECIES

NOTE
(ii) GENUS

(iii) FAMILY
(iv) ORDER

(v) CLASS
(vi)PHYLUM

(vii) KINGDOM

NOTE
Animals Taxonomic Plants
NOTE categories
Species

Genus

Family

Order

Class

Phylum/Division

Kingdom
Organisms with their Taxonomic Categories

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