Diversity in the Living World

This chapter deals with the basic principles of life in detail. It also highlights the concepts of the herbarium, botanical gardens, museum and zoological parks. Furthermore, it covers the details of biodiversity parks.

In this chapter, we will study the details of the systematics of living organisms. It classifies systematics into artificial, natural and phylogenetic. We will also explore the three domains of life, five kingdoms and acellular organisms.

In this chapter, we will enhance our knowledge regarding the concept of kingdom Plantae. We will focus on the salient features of major plant groups under Cryptogams. Also, the plant life cycle and alternation of generations are discussed here.

Within this chapter, we will understand the kingdom Animalia in detail. We will explore the animal body plan along with their classification. Furthermore, we will enhance our knowledge regarding phylum, subphylum, division and superclass.