Life and its Diversity

This chapter talks about the basic properties of life. Explanation of basic properties of life such as movement, nutrition, excretion, etc., are provided here with examples. We will also learn the abiotic origin and sources of variations of life.

This chapter explains biology as the study of patterns and processes of life and its diversity. Different branches of biology, applications of modern biology, and the fusion of knowledge from other science branches into biology are also discussed.

This chapter deals with the classification of the diversity of life: taxonomy. We will learn about the modern taxonomy and hierarchical taxonomic arrangement of classified groups. Five kingdoms of life and their classification are also detailed here.