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This document provides an overview of diversity among living organisms. It discusses the need for classification of organisms based on similarities and differences. The key topics covered include the five kingdom system of classification, with the kingdoms being Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia. For each kingdom, there is a discussion of features such as cell structure, nutrition mode, and example organisms. The document also reviews terms related to taxonomy and nomenclature rules for scientific names.
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- 2. IN THIS CHAPTER WE WILL KNOW • INTRODUCTION • BASIS OF CLASSIFICATION • CLASSIFICATION AND EVOLUTION • HIERARCHY OF CLASSIFICATION • KINGDOMS OF ORGANISMS • KINGDOM PLANTAE • KINGDOM ANIMALIA • VERTEBRATES • COMMON NAME
- 3. 5 KINGDOMS OF CLASSIFICATION • BASIS OF CLASSIFICATION • FEATURES OF EACH KINGDOM • KINGDOM PLANTAE • KINGDOM ANIMALIA
- 4. WHAT IS MEANT BY DIVERSITY • It is the various types of living beings which differ from one another in appearance , internal structure , nutrition , behievour , habit ,etc. OR WE CAN SAY • Variability among living organisms or a variety of life forms found in a region.
- 5. BASIS OF CLASSIFICATION • CLASSIFICATION:- On the basis of similarities and differences organisms are arranged in different groups. • NEED OF CLASSIFICATION:- 1. Classification makes our study easy and convenient. 2. Gives an idea of diversity of living organisms in a world.
- 6. MAIN TERMS TO REMEMBER • TAXONOMY:- It is the identification , nomenclature and classification of organisms. • TAXON:- Various grouping level or ranks in classification is taxon. • NOMENCLATURE :- It is a process of giving scientific name to different organisms of living world.
- 7. CATEGORIES OF DIVISION • KINGDOM • PHYLUM(ANIMALS) / DIVISION (PLANTS) • CLASS • ORDER • FAMILY • GENUS • SPECIES ( LOWEST LEVEL OF DIVISION)
- 8. EASY METHOD TO LEARN • We can learn this by a simple method by :- • KEEP PLATE CLEAN OR FAMILY GETS SICK. • By the chart we can understand :- • As we go downwards similarities will increase but the no of organisms decrease. • As we go upwards the no of organisms increase and similarities decrease.
- 9. NOMENCLATURE • NOMENCLATURE :- It is a process of giving scientific name to different organisms of living world. • Father of nomenclature is CARLOUS LINNAEUS. • Example :- magnifera indica mango • Panthera tigris tiger • Panthera leo lion
- 10. RULES OF NOMENCLATURE • First name should be the generic name and the second word should be species name. eg- Homo sapien humans. Homo is the generic name, sapien is species name. • First letter of generic name should be in capital case and rest in small case. • If handwritten it should be underlined. • If typed must be in italics.
- 11. DIVISION OF KINGDOM DONE BY DIFFERENT SCIENTIST • ERNST HAECKEL :- Into PLANT KINGDOM,ANIMAL KINGDOM,PROTISTA. • COPELAND :- Added MONERA in above. MONERA,ANIMAL,PLANT , PROTISTA. • ROBERT WITTAKER :- He introduced 5 kingdom. PLANT,ANIMAL,PROTISTA,MONERA,FUNGI.
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