Biology Basic concepts at a glance

Characteristics of life


`star` Growth and Reproduction cannot be taken as defining property of life whereas Metabolism and Consciousness are the defining properties of life.


Steps in creating taxonomy

Taxonomic Hierarchy

● Classification of organisms involves a `mathtt "hierarchy"` of steps in which each step represents a rank or category.

● With the rise in Hierarchy, the similarity among characters decreases.

● The highest category is of Kingdom and the lowest category is Species.

Taxonomic aids

● Taxonomical Aids are the established procedures and techniques to store and preserve the information as well as the specimens for the classiification of all the organisms.

 
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