Unit 01 - Introduction to Biology
- Nature scope and importance of biology with reference to challenges faced by the mankind
- The nature and the organizational patterns of the living world
Unit 02 - Chemical and cellular basis of life
- Elemental composition of organisms
- Physical and chemical properties of water important for life
- Chemical nature and functions of main organic compounds
of organisms
- Contribution of microscope to the expansion of knowledge
on cells and cellular organization
- Historical background of the cell and analyses the
structure and functions of the sub cellular units
- The cell cycle and the process of cell division
- The energy relationships in metabolic processes
- The role of Enzymes in regulating metabolic reactions
- Photosynthesis as an energy fixing mechanism
- Cellular respiration as a process of obtaining energy
Unit 03 - Evolution and diversity of organisms
- The theories of origin of life and natural selection to analyze
the process of evolution of life
- Hierarchy of taxa on scientific basis
- The diversity of organisms within the Domain Bacteria
- The diversity of organisms within the kingdom Protista
- The diversity of organisms within the kingdom Plantae
- The diversity of organisms within the kingdom Fungi
- The diversity of organisms within the kingdom Animalia
- The characteristic features to study organisms belonging to
phylum Chordata
Unit 04 - Plant form and function
- Structure, growth and development of plants
- Plant tissues systems
- Growth and development process of a plant
- The shoot architecture and light capture
- The process of gaseous exchange in plants
- Acquisition of water and minerals
- Process involved in transport of materials in phloem
- Processes of water loss in plants
- The modes of nutrition of plants
- Nutritional requirements for the optimal growth of plants
- Trends in life cycles, to relate the adaptations of
plants for a terrestrial life
- Structures and functions associated with sexual
reproduction in flowering plants
- Responses of plants to different stimuli
- The role of plant growth substances/regulators/hormones in
response to different
- Response of plants to some biotic and abiotic stresses
Unit 05 - Animal form and function
- Relate the structure of animal tissues to their functions
- Nutrition in animals
- Human digestive system to its functions
- Circulatory systems in animals
- Basic plan of blood circulatory system and lymphatic system
- Gas exchange in animals
- Immunity
- Osmoregulation and excretion