Class 11 |Physics

01 Units and Measurement

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01. Introduction
Ÿ Biology; Bios = life, Logos = Study, means study of life is biology.
Ÿ “Biology is the science of life forms and living processes”
Ÿ Systematic and monumental description of life forms made human to make a detailed
system of identification, nomenclature and classification of organisms i.e. Taxonomy.
Ÿ Hence the study of identification, nomenclature and identification is called taxonomy.
Ÿ All the organisms have been evolved by a very long and complex process of evolution, so
they all are related to each other by sharing of some common genetic material but up to
varying degrees. This sharing may be less or more among different cases..
Ÿ When human came to know this fact then he humbled and led to cultural movements for
conservation of biodiversity.
Ÿ Sharing of common characters was also proved when human studied the similarities among
living organisms both horizontally and vertically.
Ÿ The living world is full of amazing diversity of living organisms.
Ÿ The diversity of habitats of organisms is also very vast and amazing.
Ÿ This diversity makes us deeply reflect on “What indeed is life” ? This question actually
asks to solve two problems.
(i) First is a technical → What living is as opposed to the non living means Living v/s Non
living.
(ii) Second is a philosophical one → what the purpose of life is?
As scientists we will try to solve the first question, because the second question is more
related to philosophy rather science.

02. Characters of Living Organism

Following are the main characters of “living”-
GROWTH
REPRODUCTION  Not the defining properties/characters/features
METABOLISM  Defining properties/characters/features


CELLULARORGANISATION 

CONSCIOUSNESS 
The character which has no exception is called as defining property of life.

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Growth
Ÿ Increase in mass or overall size of a tissue or organism or its parts is called growth.
Ÿ Increase in mass and increase in number of individuals are twin characters of growth.
Ÿ Growth is an irreversible permanent increase in size of an organ or its parts or even of an
individual cell.
Ÿ Growth is of two types :
(a) Intrinsic growth :- This growth is from inside of the body of living organisms.
(b) Extrinsic growth :- This growth is from outside i.e. accumulation of material on any body
surface Non living exhibts this type of growth.
Ÿ Growth is of two types :
(a) Indeterminate growth = Unlimited growth → Growth which occurs continuously
throughout their life span is indeterminate growth or unlimited growth. It occurs in plants
and not in animals.
(b) Determinate growth = Limited growth → Growth which occurs only up to a certain age
is determinate growth or Limited growth. It occurs in animals. However, cell division
occurs in certain tissues to replace lost cells.
Ÿ In majority of higher plants and animals, growth and reproduction are mutually exclusive
events.
Ÿ Because both living and nonliving exhibit growth so it can not be taken as defining
property.
Ÿ Growth from inside (intrinsic growth) can be taken as defining property.
Reproduction
Reproduction is one of the fundamental characteristics of living organisms. It can be defined
as the production of new individuals of same kind by the grown up individuals. It is
characteristic exhibited by living organisms which can produce new young ones of their own
kind. There are two modes of reproduction ― asexual and sexual.
Ÿ In lower organisms like yeasts and Hydra, budding takes place in which new individuals
are produced by the formation of an outgrowth known as ‘bud’.
Ÿ Fragmentation is another mode of asexual reproduction, as in this, body of an organism
(parent body) breaks up into two or more parts (known as fragments) each of which
grows into a new individual. It is also quite common in filamentous algae, fungus,
bryophytes (at protonema stage which occurs during life cycle in mosses).
Ÿ Planaria (flat worms) exhibit an extraordinary ability to regenerate its lost body parts
completely (which is known as true regeneration).
Metabolism :
Ÿ The sum total all the chemical reactions occuring in our body is metabolism.
Ÿ All living organisms, both unicellular and multicellular exhibit metabolism.
Ÿ No non-living object shows metabolism.
Ÿ In this way metabolism is a defining character of living organisms because it has no
exceptions.
Ÿ Now we have known most of the chemical or metabolic reactions occuring in our body so
we can demonstrate many of them in a cell free medium or in a test tube in lab..
Ÿ The isolated metabolic reaction outside the body of an organism, performed in a test tube
(in-vitro) is neither living nor nonliving.
Ÿ These isolated reaction can be regarded as living things, but they are definitely living
reactions because they are similar to the reactions performing in our body.

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Ÿ Here we should not forget the fact that metabolism is the total sum of all the chemical
reactions performing in our body, it is not the sum of few or more living reactions.
Ÿ All organisms are made of small or big chemicals perform thousands of reactions and form
some other chemicals also in the bodies of living organisms.
Consciousness
Ÿ Most obvious and technically complicated feature of all living organism. All living
organisms are able to detect changes, i.e., sense their surroundings and can also respond to
them. This is known as sensitivity which is defined as the ability to detect changes in the
environment and to give response towards it accordingly. Any change that can be detected
by an organism is called stimulus. This can be physical (like intensity, duration, direction
of light, sound, change in temperature, duration of day length, i.e., photoperiod, etc.),
chemical (like acids, pollutants, etc.) or biological (like other organisms).

03. Diversity In The Living World

Ÿ We consider vast areas like forest, desert, plateau etc. we find that number and kinds of
living organisms increase many folds. These different kinds of plants, animals and other
organisms are referred to as ‘Biodiversity’ of this earth.
Ÿ Biodiversity is the number and various kinds of organisms found on earth. It stands for the
variability found among living organisms inhabiting this world.
Ÿ Biodiversity (Greek word bios = life; diversity = forms) or biological diversity can be
defined as the vast array of species of microorganisms, algae, fungi, plants, animals
occuring on the earth either in the terrestrial or aquatic habitats and the ecological
complexes of which they are a part.
Ÿ According to IUCN (International Union of Conservation of Nature and Natural resources),
currently known and described species of all organisms are between 1.7-1.8 million. These
millions of plants, animals and other organisms in the world cannot be recognised, studied
or described by an individual on its own.
Ÿ There is need to standardize the names of all living organisms after proper identification, in
order to study such diverse life forms. Therefore, for better understanding of biodiversity
scientists have established a definite system of principles, procedures and terms which
identifies, categories and assigns specific name to each and every organism known to us.
Such systems are acceptable to all biologists all over the world.
Ÿ The scientific need for simple, stable and internationally accepted systems for naming the
living organisms of the world has generated, a process called “Nomenclature”. And, before
assigning a specific name to an organism, one should determine or know its kind or
features correctly, so that one can identify it in each every part of the world. This is
known as “Identification”

04. Taxonomy
Ÿ This word was proposed by A.P. De Candolle in his book “Theories elementaire de la
botanique” (Theory of elementary botany)

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Ÿ Taxonomy includes study of following 4 points

Characterization - Identification of character
Identification - Identification of living organisms
Nomenclature - Nomenclature of living organisms
Classification - Classification of living organisms in groups

05. Systematics
(i) The term “Systematics” was pro posed by Linnaeus. The word systematics is derived
from the latin word “systema” which means systematic arrangement of organisms.
(ii) According to G. Simpson : Systematics is the study of diversity of organisms and all
their comparative and evolutionary relationship.

NOTE ☞ It includes description of external morphological characters of plants of living

organisms.
eg. Morphological characters of Root, Stem, Leaves, Flowers.

06. New Systematics or Neosystematics or Biosystematics

Ÿ Neo-systematics – A new branch – Name given by Julian Huxley (1940)
Ÿ It includes description of all the characters (external + internal)
e.g. Anatomical characters, Histological characters, Embryological characters, Identical
characters
Ÿ It is used to know the inter-relationship between living organisms.

NOTE ☞ New systematics is mainly based on evolutionary as well as genetic relationship as

compared to morphological characters.

07. Types of Taxonomy

Ÿ Alpha taxonomy or classical taxonomy : It is based on external morphology of plants.
Ÿ Bete taxonomy or Explorative taxonomy : Besides external morphology it also includes
internal characters like embryological, cryological, anatomical characters etc.
Ÿ Omega taxonomy or Encyclopaedic taxonomy : Omega taxonomy have widest scope. It is
based on all the information or data available about plants.
Ÿ Chemotaxonomy : The uses of chemical characters of plants in classification or in solving
taxonomic problems is called chemotaxonomy or chemical taxonomy. It is based on the
chemical constituents of plants. The fragrance and taste vary from species to species. The
basic chemical compounds used in chemotaxonomy are alkaloids, carotenoides, tannins,
polysaccharide, nucleic acids, fatty acids, amino acids, aromatic compounds etc.

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Ÿ Cytotaxonomy : The use of cytological characters of plants in classification or in solving

taxonomic problems is called cytotaxonomy. Cytological data have been used in many cases
to find out the affinities among genera.
Ÿ Karyotaxonomy : Based on characters of nucleus and chromosomes. Pattern of chromosomal
bands (dark bands and light bands) is most specific character.
Ÿ Alpha taxonomy or classical taxonomy : It is based on external morphology of plants.
Ÿ Bete taxonomy or Explorative taxonomy : Besides external morphology it also includes
internal characters like embryological, cryological, anatomical characters etc.
Ÿ Omega taxonomy or Encyclopaedic taxonomy : Omega taxonomy have widest scope. It is
based on all the information or data available about plants.
Ÿ Chemotaxonomy : The uses of chemical characters of plants in classification or in solving
taxonomic problems is called chemotaxonomy or chemical taxonomy. It is based on the
chemical constituents of plants. The fragrance and taste vary from species to species. The
basic chemical compounds used in chemotaxonomy are alkaloids, carotenoides, tannins,
polysaccharide, nucleic acids, fatty acids, amino acids, aromatic compounds etc.
Ÿ Cytotaxonomy : The use of cytological characters of plants in classification or in solving
taxonomic problems is called cytotaxonomy. Cytological data have been used in many cases
to find out the affinities among genera.
Ÿ Karyotaxonomy : Based on characters of nucleus and chromosomes. Pattern of chromosomal
bands (dark bands and light bands) is most specific character.
Ÿ Adansonian system or Phenetic Classification or Numerical Classification.
v Proposed by “Sokel and Sneath”
v In it plants are classified on the basis of number of similarities and dissimilarities.
v In this, importance to any one character is not given, all characters have same
importance.
While in natural classification floral characters have importance than morphological
characters.

08. Significance of Taxonomy

Ÿ Most significant feature is identification of living organism.

Ÿ With the help of taxonomy diversity of living being can be studied easily.
Ÿ Maximum diversity of living beings are found in tropical rain forests. These forest have
heavy rain fall through out the year. In India maximum tropical rain forest are found in
Andaman & Nicobar and in all eastern states (Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal etc.)
Ÿ At present, 300 lakh (30 million) type of living organism are found on our earth.
Ÿ 17 lakh (1.7 million) type of living organism have been discovered till now.
Ÿ Out of them 12 lakh types are animal and 5 lakh types are plants.

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09. Taxonomic Category

Classification is not a single step process but involves heirarchy of steps in which each step
represent a rank or category.
Ÿ Species :
Taxonomic studies consider a group of individual organism with fundamental similarities as
a species. One should be able to distinguish one species from the other closely related
species based on the distinct morphological difference.
Ÿ Genus :
Genus comperises a group of related species which has more characters in common in
comparison to species of other genera.
Ÿ Family :
Family has a group of related genera with still less number of similarities as compared to
genus and species. Families are characterized on the basis of both vegetative and
reproductive feature of plant species.
For example :Three different genera Solanum, Petunia and Datura are included in family
solanaceae.
Ÿ Order :
Order being a higher category is the assemblage of families which exhibit a few similar
character.
For example : Plant families like convolvulaceae, Solanaceae are included in the order
polymoniales mainly based on the floral characters.
Ÿ Class :
Class includes organism of related orders having less similarities than orders.
Ÿ Division :
Division includes all organisms belonging to different classes having a few common
characters. There 7 main taxonomic categories. They are obligate or essential or broad
categories i.e. they are strictly used at the time of any plant classification. There are some
extra or sub categories, like sub division, sub order, sub family, etc. They are used only
when they are needed.
Biggest group → Kingdom
Division/Phylum
Class
Order - Cohort
Family
Genus
Species

v The classification of any plant or animal is written in descending or ascending order.

v Hierarchy – Descending or ascending arrangement of taxonomic categories is known as
hierarchy.
v Species : Smallest taxonomic category → It is basic unit of classification.

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10. Nomenclature
Ÿ Polynomical system :
v According to this system name of any plant consists of many words.
v For eg. Caryophyllum → Caryophyllum saxatilis folis gramineus umbellatis corymbis
v Based of morphology mainly

Ÿ Trinomical system :
v Proposed by Lamarck.
v According to this system name of any plant or species is composed of three names-
Ÿ Generic name
Ÿ Specific epithet
Ÿ Subspecific name (Name of variety)
v When members of any species have large variations then trinomial system is used.
v On the basis of dissimilarities this species is classified into sub species. eg.
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis (Cauliflower)
Brassica oleracea var. capitata (Cabbage)
Brassica oleracea var. caulorapa (Knol-Khol)

Ÿ Binomial system :
v Binomial system was first proposed by Gaspard Bauhin in his book -“Pinax Theatre
Botanica”
v Carolus Linnaeus : Linnaeus used this nomenclature system for the first time on large
scale and proposed scientific name of all the plants and animals.
v Linnaeus is the founder of binomial system.
v Linnaeus proposed scientific name of plants in his book “Species Plantarum”
v It was published on 1 May, 1753. So this was the initiation of binomial system for
plants.
v So any name proposed (for plants) before this date is not accepted today.
v Linnaeus proposed scientific name of animals in his book “Systema Naturae” (10th
edition).
v This 10th edition of Systema Naturae was first published on 1 August, 1758.
v So initiation of binomial system for animals is believed to be started on 1 August,
1758.

11. ICBN
Ÿ Main rules of ICBN :
v According to binomial system name of any species consists of two components or
words.
Ÿ Generic name Name of genus
Ÿ Specific epithet

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e.g. Solanum tuberosum (Potato) Mangifera indica (Mango)

↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Generic name Specific epithet Generic name Specific epithet
v In plant nomenclature (ICBN) tautonyms are not valid i.e. generic name and specific
epithet should not be same in plants.
eg. Mangifera mangifera
But tautonyms are valid in animal nomenclature (ICZN-International Code of Zoological
Nomenclature)
eg. Naja naja (Indian cobra), Rattus rattus (Rat)
v First letter of generic name should be in capital letter and first letter of specific epithet
should be in small letter.
eg. Mangifera indica
v But if specific epithet is based on the name of any person, its first letter should be in
capital letter.
eg. Isoetes pantii
v When written with free hand or typed, then generic name and specific epithet should
be separately underlined.
But during printing name should be in italics to indicate their latin orgin.
v Name of scientist (who proposed nomenclature) should be written in short after the
specific epithet.
eg. Mangifera indica Linn.
v Name of scientist should be neither underlined nor in italics, but written in Roman
letters (simple alphabets)
v Sciectific names should be derived from Latin (usually) or Greek languages because
they are dead languages.
v Type specimen (Herbarium Sheet) of newly discovered plant should be placed in
herbarium (Dry garden).

12. Classification

According to “A.P. de Candolle”, Classification is of two types

(i) Empirical Classification (ii) Rational Classification

Ÿ Empirical Classification :
v In this type, the actual nature or character of plants is not considered.
v Plants are classified on the basis of their alphabetical order.
v In this way plants are classified into 26 groups.

Ÿ Rational Classification
In this classification, plants are classified on the basis of their actual character or nature
i.e. by viewing the characters.

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13. Taxonomical Aids

Ÿ Accurate classification and identification of organisms is required which needs field studies
and intensive laboratory work. This is done after collection of actual specimens of plants
and animal species which is the primary source of all taxonomic studies.
Ÿ Hence, these taxonomical studies help in
Fundamental study of different living organisms.
Also aid in their systematic study.
Information gathered is stored with specimens for future studies.

Herbarium

Ÿ It is defined as “store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, pressed and
preserved on sheets”. Further, these sheets are arranged in the sequence of a universally
accepted system of classification.
Ÿ Such herbaria serve as quick source of reference in taxonomical studies. It also provides
information about the local flora as well as flora of distant areas. This information is also
useful in locating wild varieties and relatives of economically important plants.
List of some Herbaria of the world :
(i) Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew (England)
(ii) Central National Herbarium, Calcutta

14. Botanical Gardens

Botanical garden is an institution located in an enclosed piece of land which grows numerous
kinds of plants obtained from different places for botanical studies. Each plant is first
identified and then labelled indicating its botanical/scientific name and its family.
List of some Botanical Gardens
(i) Royal Botanical Garden, Kew (England)
(ii) National Botanica Garden, Lucknow
(iii) Indian Botanical Garden, Howrah
(iv) Lloyd Botanical Garden, Darjeeling

15. Museum
Ÿ Museum is a place used for storing, preservation and exhibition of both plants and
animals. All educational institutes and universities maintain museums in their Botany and
Zoology departments.
Ÿ A commonly used preservative solutions is “Formalin”. Plants and animals specimen may
also be preserved as dry specimens. For instances, insects are collected, killed and pinned
before preserving them in special insect boxes while larger animals like reptiles, birds
and mammals are usually stuffed and then preserved.
Ÿ National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) in Delhi is important from natural science
point of view.

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16. Zoological Parks

Ÿ Zoological parks commonly known as zoos are the places where live wild animals are
kept in protected environment which is made similar to their natural habitats as much as
possible. Here, they are provided with protection and care by human beings.
Ÿ These parks serve as ideal means to study and learn different food habits and behaviour
of variety of animals. So, students should visit nearby zoos for knowledge and
entertainment both.
Ÿ National Zoological Park (Delhi) is one of the finest zoos of Asia.

17. Key
Ÿ Key is an important taxonomic aid used for identification of plants and animals based on
the similarities and dissimilarities. Actually, it is a set of alternate characters of different
types arranged sequence wise in such a fashion that by selection and elimination one can
quickly find out the name of the organism.
Ÿ The keys are based on the set of contrasting characters generally in a pair known as
“couplet”. Each character of the couplet or statement in the key is called as “lead”.
Ÿ One has to choose correct option between two statements of characters of definite species
so that the animal or plant is identified accurately. Keys are generally analytical in nature.

18. Flora, Manuals, Monographs and Catalogues

Ÿ These flora, manuals, monographs, etc. are recorded descriptions of plants, animals and
other organisms. They provide correct identification and description of variety of living
organisms.
v Flora : It is a book containing information about plants found in a particular area. It
gives the actual account of habitat and distribution of various plants of a given area.
These provide the index to the plant species found in a particular area. For example,
Flora of Delhi by J.K. Maheshwari.
v Manual : It is a book containing complete listing and description of the plants growing
in a particular area. They provide useful information for identification of names of
various species found in an area.
v Monograph : It contains information of any one taxon.
v Catalogue : It include the alphabetical arrangement of species of a particular place
describing their features.

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CBSE Exam Pattern Exercise

Subjective Questions (1)
(Q1 to 3) One Mark
1. Write the correct order of sequence of taxonomical categories.

2. What do you mean by chemotaxonomy?

3. Define genus

(Q4 to 6) Two Marks

4. Elaborate about keys as one of taxonomical aids?

5. What is classical taxonomy and modern taxonomy?

6. What is meant by living ? Give any four defining features of all life forms.

(Q7 to 8) Three Marks

7. What are taxonomical aids? Give importance of herbaria & mueseums . How are botanical gardens
and zoological parks useful in conserving biodiversity?

8. Metabolism is a defining feature of all living organisms without exception. Isolated metabolic
reactions in vitro are not living things but surely living reactions. Comment

(Q9 to 10) Five Marks

9. ICBN has provided a code for classification of plants. Give hierarchy of units of classification
botanists follow while classifying plants.

10.What is binomial system of nomenclature? Who proposed this system? Why is binomial
nomenclature the most acceptable mode of naming organism?

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Answer & Solution

Q1
Species→genus → family → order → class → Phylum → kingdom

Q2
Chemotaxonomy is based on the presence or absence of certain chemicals in cells or tissues.

Q3
Terms ’Genus was coined by Tournefort. Genera are the aggregates of closely related species. For
example, Potato (Solanum tuberosum), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and brinjal (Solanum nigrum)
are three diff

Q4
It is a taxonomical aid used for the identification of plants and animals. The keys are based on the
paired contrasting characters called as couplet. It represent two alternate forms of a given character.
Keys are generally of two types
(i) Indented or yoked keys It has a sequence of forms of different characters.
(ii) Bracketed keys It includes one pair of contrasting statements for a given characters.
Separate taxonomic keys are required for each taxonomic category such as family, genus and
species for identification purposes.

Q5
1. Classical Taxonomy deals with morphospecies. Modern Taxonomy deals with biological species.
2. Classical Taxonomy has typological concept. Modern Taxonomy has a population or biosystematic
concept.
3. In Classical taxonomy, species is considered to be static. In moder taxonomy, species is
considered to be dynamic.
4. Classical taxonomy does not study evolution and inter-relationships of species. Modern Taxonomy
studies premitiveness, advancement and inter-relationships of specoes.

Q6
The living organism exhibit distinctive characteristics, which are as follows (i) Growth All living
organisms grow in size as well as in number. Plants show growth all through their life whereas
animals up to a certain growth period after which growth ceases. (ii) Reproduction The process of

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reproduction is essential for the continuity of life on earth. Every organism whether unicellular or
multicellular gives rise to an individual of its own kind. Lower organisms usually reproduce
asexually, e.g.. Hydra, fungi, yeast, etc. Sexual reproduction is found in advanced group of
organisms, which involves two parents. In Amoeba growth and reproduction however is
synonymous. (iii) Metabolism There are thousands of enzymatic ally controlled reactions occurring
in all living cells. These are synthesizing (anabolic) and breaking down (catabolic) reactions. Hence,
it is the most important characteristic of living organisms. (iv) Response to stimuli Consciousness
and response to stimulus is the defining property of all living organisms. Plants respond to light,
water temperature. Unicellular organisms also sense their environment and respond accordingly. (v)
Cellular organization The cellular organization of the body is the defining feature of life forms.
Cells work together in hierarchical manner group of cells make tissues, tissues make organs, organs
make systems, systems when work in co-ordination form an individual. So, we can say living
organisms are self replicating, evolving and capable of responding to external stimuli.

Q7
The taxonomic aids are the aids which help in identification, classification and naming of a newly
discovered organisms (plant or animal). It could be in the form of preserved document like herbaria
or specimen kept at museums or scientific institutions. Other aids can be in the form of written
document like monograph ,taxonomic keys, couplets, etc. A new organism found can be studied
while comparing it with living plants and animals living in protected areas like Botanical gardens,
Zoological parks, etc. Botanical gardens helps in conservation of plants by (i) Growing important
local plant species and keeping record of them. (ii) Growing and maintaining rare and endangered
species. (iii) Supplying seeds for different, aspects of botanical research. Whereas zoological parks
also contribute in conserving biodiversity by (i) Providing natural environment and open space to
animals, i.e., wild life species. (ii) Keeping them safe from their predators ensuring protection, food
and shelter. (iii) Providing home to different native and exotic wild animals. (iv) Involving in the
rescue of endangered species. (v) Facilitating breeding of animals and releasing them free. Thus,
both botanical gardens and zoological parks play an important role in conservation ofbiodiversity.

Q8
All living organisms are made of chemicals which belong to various classes and have different
sizes and functions. In the cells, these chemicals are constantly being made and changed into
some other biomolecules. These conversions or chemical reactions taking place in the body are
collectively known as metabolism. All plants, animals, fungi and microbes exhibit metabolism.
Non-living objects do not exhibit metabolism. So we can say metabolism is a defining feature of
all living organisms without exception.
Metabolic reactions can be demonstrated outside the body in a test-tube. A metabolic reaction
preformed in a test-tube (in vitro) is neither living nor non-living but surely living reaction.

Q9
The study of taxonomy has led to the taxonomic categories – Kingdom, phylum, class, order,
family, genus, and species. Now let us see how all the organisms are classified into the hierarchy.
Species
It is the lowest level of classification and shows the high level of similarities among the organisms. One
species can be distinguished from other closely related species based on distinct differences in
morphology. Let us look at an example; Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum – Both are
malaria-causing parasites but have different effects on a patient. Plasmodium is the name of the genus and

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has a number of species which show distinct morphological characteristics.

Genus
This taxonomic group comprises several species which have similar characteristics but different from that of species
from another genus. Considering the same example of Plasmodium, it is a genius with multiple species which are
similar to each other and differs from the species of another genus.
Family
This category of taxonomy includes various genus which shares some resemblance among
themselves. However, the number of similarities decrease compared to species and genus. For
example, the genus of tiger, leopard, lion, i.e., Panthera and the genus of cats i.e., Felis are
grouped together in the family Felidae.
Order
The classification which begins with the order has fewer comparisons as an effect, they are grouped
based on aggregates of characteristics. A group of families showing somewhat few similarities forms
an order. For example, the order of carnivores i.e., Carnivore includes families like Felidae and
Canidae.
Class
A group of Orders which share a few similarities forms a Class. For example- Orders of primates
and carnivores are grouped together in the Class of mammals.
Phylum
This is the next level of classification was along a number of Classes are clubbed up to form one
Phylum. Example – aves, fishes, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined to form the phylum
of or Chordata.
Kingdom
This is the highest level of classification. We have Kingdoms like Plantae, Animalia, Fungi,
Protista, and Monera.

Q10
Binomial nomenclature, introduced by Carolus Linnaeus is the method of naming an organism with
the genus name first and species name later.
Conventions followed while naming
*Name of the genus begins with a capital letter.
*Name of the species should begin with a small letter.
*Scientific name should be in Italics when printed.
*Genus name and the species name should be underlined separately while handwritten.
The advantages of scientific over common names are that they are accepted by speakers of all
languages, that each name applies only to one species, and that each species has only one name.

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02 Structure of Atom
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01. Introduction
John Dalton 1808, believed that matter is made up of extremely minute indivisible particles,
called atom which takes part in chemical reactions. These particle can neither be created nor
be destroyed. However, modern researches have conclusively proves that atom is no longer an
indivisible particle. Modern structure of atom is based on Rutherford’s scattering experiment,
quantization of energy and wave mechanical model.
Composition of Atom
The works of J.J. Thomson and Ernst Rutherford actually laid the foundation of the modern
picture of the atom. If is now verified that the atom consists of several sub-atomic particles
like electron, proton, neutron, positron, neutrino, meson etc. Out of these particles the
electron, proton and the neutron are called fundamental subatomic particles.

02. ELECTRON (-1e0 , e)

Electron was discovered by J.J. Thomson(1897) and it is a negatively charged particle.
Cathode rays were discovered by William Crooke & J.J. Thomson using a cylindrical hard
glass tube fitted with two metallic electrodes. This tube was known as discharge tube. They
passed electricity (10,000V) through a discharge tube at very low pressure. Blue rays emerged
from the cathode. These reys were termed as Cathode rays.

Properties of Cathode rays

(i) Cathode rays travel in straight line.
(ii) Cathode rays produce mechanical effect, as they can rotate the wheel placed in their
path.
(iii) Cathode rays consist of negatively charged particles known as electron.

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(iv) Cathode rays travel with high speed.

(v) Cathode rays can cause fluorescence.
(vi) Cathode rays heat the object on which they fall due to transfer of kinetic energy to the
object.
(vii) When cathode rays fall on heavy metals, X-rays are produced.
(viii) Cathode rays possess ionizing power i.e., they ionize the gas through which they pass.
(ix) The cathode rays produce scintillation on the photographic plates.
(x) They can penetrate through thin metallic sheets.
(xi) The nature of these rays does not

03. Thomson’s Model of Atom [1904]

Ÿ Thomson was the first to propose a detailed model of the atom.
Ÿ Thomson proposed that an atom consists of a uniform sphere of positive charge in which
the electrons are distributed more or less uniformly.
Ÿ This model of atom is known as “Plum-Pudding model” or “Raisin Pudding Model” or
“Water Melon Model”.
Drawbacks:
Ÿ An important drawback of this model is that the mass of the atoms is considered to be
evenly spread over that atom.
Ÿ It is a static model. It does not reflect the movement of electron.
Ÿ It could not explain the stability of an atom.

04. Rutherford’s Scattering Experiment

Rutherford observed that
(i) Most of the -particles (nearly 99.9%) went straight without suffering any deflection.
(ii) A few of them got deflected through small angles.
(iii) A very few (about one in 20,000) did not pass through the foil at all but suffered large
deflections (more than 90°) or even came back in the direction from which they have
come i.e. a deflection of 180°.

Following conclusions were drawn from the above observations-

(i) Since most of the -particle went straight through the metal foil undeflected, it means
that there must be very large empty space within the atom.
(ii) Since few of the -particles were deflected from their original paths through moderate
angles; it was concluded that whole of the +ve charge is concentrated and the space
occupied by this positive charge is very small in the atom.
Ÿ When -particles come closer to this point, they suffer a force of repulsion and
deviate from their paths.
Ÿ The positively charged heavy mass which occupies only a small volume in an
atom is called nucleus. It is supposed to be present at the centre of the atom.

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(iii) A very few of the -particles suffered strong deflections on even returned on their
path indicating that the nucleus is rigid and -particles recoil due to direct collision
with the heavy positively charged mass.

Drawbacks of rutherford model-

(i) This theory could not explain stability of atom. According to Maxwell electron loose
its energy continuously in the form of electromagnetic radiations. As a result of this,
the e- should loose energy at every turn and move close and closer to the nucleus
following a spiral path. The unlimited result will be that it will fall into the nucleus,
thereby making the atom unstable.
(ii) If the electrons loose energy continuously, the observed spectrum should be continuous
but the actual observed spectrum consists of well defined lines of definite frequencies.
Hence the loss of energy by electron is not continuous in an atom.

05. Distance of closest approach :

When the -particles approaches the nucleus to made a head-on collision with a the nucleus,
ZZe
the -particle approaches the nucleus until coulombic potential energy of repulsion, k  ,
r

becomes equal to its initial K.E.,  m.v2.


 ZZe
Thus  mv2 = k 
 r
k z z e
Hence, the distance of closest approach, r   .



mv 
The nucleus must be further smaller than the distance of closest approach.

06. Moseley Experiment (Discovery of Atomic Number)

Moseley (1912-1913), investigated the X-rays spectra of 38 different elements, starting from
aluminium and ending in gold. He measured the frequency of principal lines of a particular
series (the -lines in the K series) of the spectra. It was observed that the frequency of a
particular spectral line gradually increased with the increase of atomic mass of the element.
But, it was soon realised that the frequency of the particular spectral line was more precisely
related with the serial number of the element in the periodic table which he termed as atomic
number (Z). He presented the following relationship:
 v  aZ  b

where, v=frequency of X-rays, Z=atomic number, ‘a’ and ‘b’ are constants. When the values
of square root of the frequency were plotted against atomic number of the elements producing
X-rays, a straight line was obtained.

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07. Some Atomic Terms

Atomic number = Number of unit positive charge on nucleus = Number of protons in nucleus
= Number of electrons in neutral atom.
Two different elements can never have identical atomic number.

Mass number(A) = Number of protons + Number of neutrons or Atomic number (Z)

Hence Number of neutrons = A – Z.
The atom of an element X having mass number (A) and atomic number (Z) may be
represented by a symbol,

Isotopes : Atoms of an element with the same atomic number but different mass number.
1 2 3
eg. 1H 1H 1H
Protonium deuterium Tritium
Isodiapheres : The elements which have same value of (n – p) is called Isodiapheres.
14 16
eg. 7N 8O
Values of (n - p) 0 0
Isotone : Elements which contain same no. of neutron is called Isotone.
30 31 32
eg. 14Si 15P 16S
number of neutrons 16 16 16
Isobar : The two different atoms which have same mass number but different atomic number
is called Isobar.
40 40 40
eg. 18Ar 19K 20Ca

Isoelectronic : Ion or atom or molecule which have the same mass number of electron is
called Isoelectronic species.
- + +2
eg. 17Cl 18Ar 19K 19Ca
No. of electrons 18 18 18 18

08. Bohr’s Atomic Model

This model was based on the quantum theory of radiation and the classical law of physics. It
gave new idea of atomic structure in order to explain the stability of the atom and emission
of sharp spectral lines.
Postulates
(i) The atom has a central massive core nucleus where all the protons and neutrons are
present. The size of the nucleus is very small.
(ii) The electron in an atom revolve around the nucleus in certain discrete orbits. Such orbits
are known as stable orbits or non – radiating or stationary orbits.
(iii) An electron can move only in those permissive orbits in which the angular momentum
(mvr) of the electron is an integral multiple of h/2 Thus,

   
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Where, m = mass of the electron, r = radius of the electronic orbit, v = velocity of the
electron in its orbit.
h h h nh
(iv) The angular momentum can be  ,  ,  ,......  . This principal is known as
   
quantization of angular momentum. In the above equation ‘n’ is positive integer which
has been called as principal quantum number. It can have the values n=1,2,3,...... (form
the nucleus). Various energy levels are designed as K(n=1), L(n=2), M(n=3),......etc. Since
the electron present in these orbits is associated with some energy, these orbits are called
energy levels.
(v) The emission or absorption of radiation by the atom takes place when an electron jumps
from one stationary orbit to another.

09. Calculation of the radius of the Bohr’s orbit :

Suppose that an electron having mass ‘m’ and charge ‘e’ revolving around the nucleus of
charge ‘Ze’ (Z is atomic number & e is charge) with a tangential/linear velocity of ‘v’.
Further consider that ‘r’ is the radius of the orbit in which electron is revolving.
According to Coulomb’s law, the electrostatic force of attraction (F) between the moving
electron and nucleus is -
KZe
F
r

Where : K  constant     × NmC 

mv
and the centripetal force F
r
mv KZe KZe
Hence    or, v   ...(1)
r r mr
nh nh
From the postulate of Bohr, mvr   or, v   ...(2)
 mr
From equation (1) and (2) :
n h 
∴ r  On putting the value or e, h, m,
mKZe
n
r   ×  A
Z

10. Calculation of velocity of an electron in Bohr’s orbit

Velocity of the revolving electron in nth orbit is given by
nh nhy
mvr   v 
 mr
Putting the value of r in above equation

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nh ×mZe Ze
then v , v  
mnh nh
on putting the values of e and h,
Z
v   × ×  msec
n

11. Calculation of energy of an electron :

The total energy of an electron revolving in a particular orbit is -
T. E. = K. E. + P. E.

The K.E. of an electron =  mv

KZe
and the P.E. of an electron =  
r

 KZe
Hence, T.E. =  mv   .....(3)
 r
mv KZe  KZe
But    or mv  
r r r
2
Substituting the value of mv in the equation (3)
KZe KZe KZe
T.E. =      
r r r

KZe
So, T.E. =  
r
Substituting the value of ‘r’ in the equation of T.E. .
kZe Zemk Z emk
E =  ×    
 nh nh
Thus, the total energy of an electron in nth orbit is given by
Z emk
En = 
nh
Z
=   ×  eVatom
n
 Z
=   ×  ×  Jatom
n
Z
=   ×  Kcalmole
n

12. Relation between P. E., K. E. & T. E. :

kZe  kZe  kZe
P E     K E     T E     
r  r  r

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P E
T E     K E


13. Details About Waves

A wave motion is a means of transferring energy from one point to another point without
any actual transportation of matter between these points. When we throw a piece of stone on
the surface of water in a pond, we observe circles of ever increasing radius, till they strike
the wall of the pond.

14. Some important terms related with wave motion.

(i) Wave length : The distance between two adjacent crest or trough of the wave (or the
distance between two similar neighbouring points)
(ii) Time period (T): Time for one complete oscillation of wave is called the period (T). Time
taken by the wave to travel a distance equal to one wavelength. If C is the speed of

wave, then C  .
T
C
(iii) Frequency (v): Number of oscillations per unit time is called frequency. v 


(iv) Wave number v  : Number of wavelength per unit length. v   


(v) Amplitude (A): It is the height of crest or depth of a trough of a wave.

15. Characteristics of electromagnetic radiations:

(i) All electromagnetic waves move or travel with the same speed equal to that of light.
(ii) They do not require any medium to propagate.
(iii) These consist of electric and magnetic field that oscillate in the direction perpendicular to
each other and to the direction in which the wave propagates (as shown in above
diagram)

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16. Electromagnetic Spectrum

Arrangement of various types of electromagnetic radiations in order of their increasing (or
decreasing) wavelengths or frequencies is known as electromagnetic spectrum.

17. Planck’s Quantum Theory

According to this theory atoms or molecules could emit or absorb energy only in discrete
quantities (small packets) and not in any arbitary amount. Planck gave the name quantum to
the smallest quantity of energy that can be emitted in the form of E.M. radiation.
The energy of a photon is proportional to its frequency and is given by
E = h where h = 6.626×10-34 J sec
A body can emit or absorb energy only in terms of the integral multiples of quantum, i.e.
E = n. h, where n = 1,2,3,.....

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i.e. a body can emit or absorb energy as h, 2h ..... but it can not emit or absorb energy
in fractional values of h such as 1.5 h, 2.5 h.
Einstein supported the planck’s theory and explained the photoelectric effect considering that
electromagnetic radiations also propagate in the form of photon. Energy of each photon
hc

depends on frequency of light E  h   .
 
Since wave character of light explains the interference and diffraction phenomenon while the
particle character explains, black body radiations and photoelectric effect, the light was
considered to have wave as well as particle character [Dual character of light.]
(i) Wave nature : diffraction, interference, polarisation.
(ii) Particle nature : photoelectric effect.

18. Hydrogen Spectrum

Hydrogen spectrum is an example of line or atomic emission spectrum. When an electric
discharge is passed through hydrogen gas at low pressure, a bluish light is emitted. All these
lines of H-spectrum have Lyman, Balmer, Paschen, Barckett, Pfund and Humphrey series.
These spectral series were named by the name of scientist discovered them. To evalute
wavelength of various H-lines Rydberg introduced the following expression,
 v    
v      R    

 c  n n 
Where R is constant known as Rydberg’s constant its value is 109, 67800 m-1
Although H-atom consists only one electron yet it’s spectra consist of many spectral lines
because electrons in different hydrogen atoms absorb different amount of energies and are
excited to different energy levels. Since life time of electrons in these excited states is very
small, they return to some lower energy level or even to the ground state in one or more
jumps.

Maximum number of lines produced when an electron jumps from nth level to ground level =
nn  
 .


19. Lyman Series

(a) It is a first series of spectral series of H.
(b) It’s value of n1 = 1 and n2 = 2,3,4, where ‘n1’ is ground state and ‘n2’ is called excited
state of electron present in H-atom.
(c) If the electron goes to n1 = 1 from n2 = 2 ― first Lyman series
If the electron goes to n1 = 1 from n2 = 3 ― Second Lyman series
If the electron goes to n1 = 1 from n2 = 4 ― third Lyman series ----- so on.

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    
(d)   RH      where n   always
  n 
n
(e) For marginal line of limiting line n  ∞. Hence the wavelength of marginal line = 
R H

for all series. So, for lyman series it is  .
RH

20. Balmer Series :

(i) It is second series of H-spectral series.
(ii) It was found out in 1892 in visible region by Balmer.
(iii) Blamer series was found out before all series because it was found in visible region.
(iv) It’s value of n1 = 2 and n2 = 3,4,5 ..........
(v) If the electron goes to n1 = 2 from n2 = 3 ― first Balmer series
If the electron goes to n1 = 2 from n2 = 4 ― Second Balmer series
If the electron goes to n1 = 2 from n2 = 5 ― third Balmer series ----- so on.

n  
(vi) The wavelength of marginal line of Balmer series =      .
RH RH RH
    
(vii)   RH      where n   always
  n 

21. Paschen Series :

(i) It is the third series of H – spectrum.
(ii) It was found out in infra red region by Paschen.
(iii) It’s value of n1 = 3 and n2 = 4,5,6 ..........
(iv) If the electron goes to n1 = 3 from n2 = 4 ― first Paschen series
If the electron goes to n1 = 3 from n2 = 5 ― Second Paschen series
If the electron goes to n1 = 3 from n2 = 6 ― third Paschen series ----- so on.
n  
(v) The wavelength of marginal line of paschen series =      .
R H R H R H
   
(vi)   RH  
   where n   always
  n 

22. Brackett Series :

(i) It is fourth series of H – spectrum.
(ii) It was found out in infra red region by Brackett.
(iii) It’s value of n1 = 4 and n2 = 5,6,7 ..........

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(iv) If the electron goes to n1 = 4 from n2 = 5 ― first Brackett series

If the electron goes to n1 = 4 from n2 = 6 ― Second Brackett series
If the electron goes to n1 = 4 from n2 = 7 ― third Brackett series ----- so on.
n  
(v) The wavelength of marginal line of Brackett series =      .
R H R H R H
    
(vi)   RH      where n   always
  n 

23. Pfund Series :

(i) It is fifth series of H – spectrum.
(ii) It was found out in infra red region by Pfund.
(iii)It’s value of n1 = 5 and n2 = 6,7,8 ..........
(iv) If the electron goes to n1 = 5 from n2 = 6 ― first Pfund series
If the electron goes to n1 = 5 from n2 = 7 ― Second Pfund series
If the electron goes to n1 = 5 from n2 = 8 ― third Pfund series ----- so on.
n  
(v) The wavelength of marginal line of Pfund series =     .
RH RH RH
   
(vi)   RH   
   where n   always
  n 

24. Calculation of Rydberg Constant from bohr’s atomic model

Suppose that an electron transit from first energy. level to second energy level. Then, the
change of energy. is given by
∆E  En  En
          hc  mZ ek    
or, =   
     
 or, 

  
×     
        h  n n 
   
 mZ e k  

or,   
 ch 
 
 
 n n   
    RH Z   
 
n n
mek
or, RH   Rydberg constant
ch

25. Particle and Wave Nature of Electron

In 1924,de Broglie proposed that an electron, like light, behaves both as material particle and
as a wave. This proposal gave a new theory, known as wave mechanical theory of matter.
According to this theory, the electrons, protons and even atoms, when in motion, posses wave
properties.

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de Broglie derived an expression for calculating the wavelength of the wave associated with
the electron. According to Planck’s equation
c
E  h  h  .....(1)

The energy of a photon on the basis of Einstein’s mass-energy relationship is
E = mc2 .
....(2)
Where, c is the velocity of the electron.
From (1) and (2) equation
c
h ×   mc

h h
    .....(3)
mc p
Momentum of the moving electron is inversely proportional to its wavelength.
Let kinetic energy of the particle of mass ‘m’ is E.

E   mv

2Em = m2v2
Em  mv  p momentum
h h
     .....(4)
p Em
Let a charged particle, with charge q be accelerated with a potential of V; then the kinetic
energy may be given as : E=qV

 mv  qV

m2v2 = 2qVm
mv   qVm
h
and,   .....(5)
qVm

26. Photoelectric Effect

Emission of electrons from a metal surface when exposed to light radiations of appropriate
wavelength is called photoelectric effect. The emitted electrons are called photoelectrons.
Incident
light Energy of
electron
= 1/2 mv2

Metal

Work function or threshold energy may be defined as the minimum amount of energy
required to eject electrons from a metal surface. According to Einstein,
Maximum kinetic energy of the ejected electron = absorbed energy – work function

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   
 mvmax      hc    
    

where, v0 and  are threshold frequency and threshold wavelength respectively.

Stopping Potential
The minimum potential at which the photoelectric current becomes zero is called stopping
potential.
If V0 is the stopping potential, then
h v  v  KEmax
eV  h v  v  or V    
e e

Some facts of Photoelectric Effect

(i) There is no time lag between incidence of light and emission of photoelectrons.
(ii) For emission of photoelectrons, the frequency of incident light must be equal to or greater
than the threshold frequency.
(iii) Rate of emission of photoelectrons from a metal surface is directly proportional to the
intensity of incident light.
(iv) The maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons depends on the frequency of incident
radiation; but, it is independent of the intensity of light used.

27. Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle

According to this principle it is impossible to measure simultaneously the exact position and
exact momentum of a body as small as an electron. If uncertainty of measurement of position
is △x and uncertainty of measurement of momentum is △p or m△v, then according to
Heisenberg.
h h
∆x  ∆p ≥  or ∆x  m∆v ≥ 
 
where h is planck’s constant
Like de Broglie equation, this principle has significance only for microscopic particles.

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28. Wave Mechanical Model of Atom

The atomic model which is based on the particle and wave nature of the electron is known
as wave mechanical model of the atom. This was developed by Erwin Schrodinger in 1926.
This model describes the electron as a three-dimensional wave in the electronic field of
positively charged nucleus.

Significance of Ψ :
The wave function may be regarded as the amplitude function expressed in terms of
coordinates x, y and z. The wave function may have positive of negative values depending
upon the values of coordinates

Significance of Ψ2 :
Ψ2 is a probability factor. It describes the probability of finding an electron within a small
space. The space in which there is maximum probability of finding an electron is termed as
orbital.

29. Quantum Numbers

Quantum numbers are to specify and display to complete information about size, shape ans
orientation of the orbital. These are principal, azimuthal and magnetic quantum number, which
follows directly from solution of schrodinger wave equation.

30. Principal Quantum Number (n) :

(i) It was proposed by Bohr and denoted by ‘n’.
(ii) It determines the average distance between electron and nucleus, means it is denoted the
size of atom.
(iii) It determine the energy of the electron in an orbit where electron is present.
(iv) The maximum number of an electron in an orbit represented by this quantum number as
2n2.

31. Azimuthal Quantum Number of Angular Quantum Number (l) -

(i) It was proposed by Sommerfield and denoted by ‘l’.
(ii) It determines the number of subshells or sublevels to which the electron belongs.
(iii) It tells about the shape of subshells.
(iv) It also expresses the energies of subshells s<p<d<f (Increasing energy).
(v) The value of l is integral values upto (n-1), starting from zero where ‘n’ is the number
of principle shell.

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(vi)
Value of l 0 1 2 3
Name of
s p d f
subshell
Shape of Clover leaf (Except
spherical Dumbbell dz doughtnut) Complex
orbital

(vii) It represent the orbital angular momentum, which is equal to      .

(viii) The number of electrons in subshell = 2(2l+1).
(ix) For a given value of ‘n’ the total value of ‘l’ is always equal to the value of ‘n’.

32. Magnetic Quantum Number (m) :

(i) It gives the number of permitted orientation of subshells.
(ii) The value of m varies from –l to +l through zero.
(iii) Degenerate orbitals – Orbitals having the same energy are known as degenerate orbitals.
e.g. for p subshell Px, Py and Pz are degenerate orbital.
(iv) The number of degenerate orbitals of s subshell = 0.

33. Spin quantum number (s) :

 
(i) The value of ‘s’ is   or   , which is signified as the spin or rotation or direction of
 
electron on it’s axis during the movement.
(ii) The spin may be clockwise or anticlockwise.

(iii) It represents the value of spin angular momentum is equal to      .


(iv) Maximum spin of an atom =  ×number of unpaired electron.


34. Shape and size of orbitals

An orbital is the region of space around the nucleus within which the probability of finding
an electron of given energy is maximum (90-95%). The shape of this region (electron cloud)
gives the shape of the orbital. It is basically determined by the azimuthal quantum number l,
while the orientation of orbital depends on the magnetic quantum number (m).

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35. s-orbital (l = 0):

These orbitals are spherical and symmetrical about the nucleus. The probability of finding the
electron is maximum near the nucleus and keeps on decreasing as the distance from the
nucleus increases. There is vacant space between two successive s-orbitals known as radial
node. But there is no radial node for 1s orbital since it is starting from the nucleus.

36. p-orbital (l = 1):

The probability of finding the p-electron is maximum in two lobes on the opposite sides of
the nucleus. This gives rise to dumb-bell shape for the p-orbital l = 1.
Hence, m = –1, 0, +1. Thus, p-orbital have three different orientations. These are designated
as px, py & pz depending upon whether the density of electron is maximum along the x y
and z axis respectively.

37. d-orbital (l = 2):

For d-orbitals, l = 2. Hence m = –2, –1, 0, +1, +2. Thus there are 5d orbitals. They have
relatively complex geometry. Out of the five orbitals, the three (dxy, dyz, dzx,) project in
between the axis and the other two dz  and dx  y lie along the axis.

38. Spherical nodes :

The spherical surface where probability of finding the electron is zero, is called spherical
nodes.
No. of spherical nodes in any orbital = n–l–1

39. Nodal Plane :

This is a plane passing through the nucleus where the probability of finding the electron is
zero.
Number of nodal plane in a orbital = l

Orbital Nodal plane

px yz
py xz
pz xy
dxy yz,zx
dyz xy,xz
dzx xy,yz

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40. Electronic Configuration

The distribution of electrons in different orbitals of atom is known as electronic configuration
of the atoms. Filling up of orbitals in the ground state of atom is governed by the following
rules:

41. Aufbau Principle

According to this principle, “In the ground state, the atomic orbitals are filled in order of
increasing energies i.e. in the ground state the electrons first occupy the lowest energy orbitals
available”.
Lower the value of n+l, lower is the energy of the orbital and such an orbital will be filled
up first.

When two orbitals have same value of (n+l) the orbital having lower value of “n” has lower
energy and such an orbital will be filled up first.
Thus, order of filling up of orbitals is as follows:
1s<2s<2p<3s<3p<4s<3d<4p<5s<4d<5p<6s<4f<5d

42. Pauli’s Exclusion Principle

According to this principle, “No two electrons in an atom can have same set of all the four
quantum numbers n, l, m and s.
According to this principle an orbital can accommodate at the most two electrons with spins
opposite to each other. It means that an orbital can have 0, 1, or 2 electron. If an orbital has
two electrons they must be of opposite spin.

43. Hund’s Rule of Maximum Multiplicity

According to this rule “Electron filling will not take place in orbitals of same energy until all
the available orbitals of a given subshell contain one electron each with parallel spin”.

44. Extra stability lf half filled and completely filled orbitals

Symmetry of orbitals
If the shift of an electron from one orbital to another orbital differing slightly in energy
results in the symmetrical electronic configuration. It becomes more stable. For example p3,
d5, f7 configurations are more stable then their near once.
Exchange energy
In case of half filled and completely filled orbitals, the exchange energy is maximum and is
greater than the loss of energy due to the transfer of electron from a higher to a lower
sublevel e.g. from 4s to 3d orbitals in case of Cu and Cr.

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CBSE Exam Pattern Exercise

Subjective Questions (1)
(Q. No. 1 to 2) One Mark
1. Which of the following are isoelectronic species, i.e., those having the same number of
electrons?
Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, S2–, Ar.

2. A certain particle carries 2.5 × 10–16 C of static electric charge. Calculate the number of
electrons present in it.

(Q. No. 3 to 4) Two Marks

3. An element with mass number 81 contains 31.7% more neutrons as compared to protons. Assign
the atomic symbol.

4. If the diameter of a carbon atom is 0.15 nm, calculate the number of carbon atoms which can
be placed side by side in a straight line across the length of scale of length 20 cm long.

(Q. No. 5 to 6) Three Marks

5. How much energy is required to ionise a hydrogen atom if the electron occupies n = 5 orbit?
Compare your answer with the ionisation energy of hydrogen atom (energy required to remove
the electron from n = 1 orbit).

6. The quantum numbers of four electrons are given below. Arrange them in order of increasing
energies. List if any of these combination (s) has/have the same energy:
(i) n = 4, l = 2, ml = –2, ms = –1/2
(ii) n = 3, l = 2, ml = –1, ms = +1/2
(iii) n = 4, l = 1, ml = 0, ms = +1/2
(iv) n = 3, l = 2, ml = –2, ms = –1/2

(Q. No. 7) Four Marks

7. If the position of the electron is measured within an accuracy of ±0.002nm, calculate the
uncertainty in the momentum of the electron. Suppose the momentum of the electron is h/(4π ×
0.05) nm, is there any problem in defining this value?

(Q. No. 8 to 10) Five Marks

8. What transition in the hydrogen spectrum would have the same wavelength as the Balmer
transition, n = 4 to
n = 2 of He+ spectrum?

9. The work function for caesium atom is 1.9 eV. Calculate (a) the threshold wavelength and (b)
the threshold frequency of the radiation. If the caesium element is irradiated with a wavelength

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500 nm, calculate the kinetic energy and the velocity of the ejected photoelectron.

10.
(i) Calculate the total number of electrons present in one mole of methane.
(ii) Find (a) the total number and (b) the total mass of neutrons in 7 mg of 14C (Assume that the
mass of neutron = 1.675 × 10–27 kg)
(iii) Find (a) the total number and (b) the total mass of protons in 34 mg of NH3 at S.T.P.
(Assume the mass of proton = 1.6726 × 10–27 kg)
Will the answer change if temperature and pressure are changed?

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Answer & Solution

Q1
No. of electron are: Na+ = 11–1 = 10, K+=19–1 = 18, Mg2+ = 12 – 2 = 10,
Ca2+ = 20–2 = 18, S2–=16+2 = 18, Ar = 18.
Hence, isoelectronis species are Na+ and Mg2+; K+, Ca2+, S2– and Ar.

Q2
Charges carried by one electron =1.6022×10–19C
 × 
∴Electrons present in particle carrying 2.5×10–16C charges    
 × 

Q3
Mass number = 81, i.e., p + n = 81

If protons = x, then neutrons     ×  


∴ x + 1.317 x=81 or 2.317 x= 81 or     

Thus , protons= 35, i.e., atomic no. = 35

Hence, the symbol is  Br


Q4
Diameter of carbon atom= 0.15 nm = 0.15×10–9 m 1.5×10–10 m
Length along which atoms are to be placed = 20 cm 20×10–2 m = 2×10–1 m
 × 
∴No. of C-atoms which can be placed along the line    
 ×
 ×

Q5
 × 
E   J atom 

For ionization from 5th orbit, n1 = 5, n2 = ∞
       
∴ ∆E = E2 – E1 = – 21.8 × 10–19     21.8 × 10−19    =21.8×10–19
   
   
       

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 
  
 ∞

 8.72×10–20J

For ionization from 1st orbit, n1 = 1, n2 = ∞

∆E‘ =21.8×10–19  


 
  =21.8×10–19 J
∞
 
∆E′  ×
   
∆E   × 
Thus, the energy required to remove electron from 1st orbit is 25 times than that required to
removed electron from 5th orbit.
Q6
The orbitals occupied by the electron are
(i) 4 d
(ii) 3 d
(iii) 4 p
(iv) 3 d
(v) 3 p
(vi) 4 p
Their energies will be in the order:
(v) < (ii) = (iv) = < (vi) = (iii) < (i)

Q7
∆ x = 0.002 nm = 2×10–3 nm = 2×10–12 m
 h  ×  kg m s 
∆ x × ∆    ∴ ∆     =2.638×10–23 kg m s–1
 ∆x  × × × m
   ×  kg m s 
Actual momentum     
 × nm  × × m   × × × m
= 1.055×10–24 kg m s–1
It cannot be defined as the actual magnitude of the momentum is smaller than the uncertainty.

Q8
          
For H-like particles in general      RZ    

    
      
    
       
+
∴For He spectrum, for Balmer transition, n = 4 to n = 2.
R
 
  
 
    RZ      R × ×   
    

For hydrogen spectrum      R      R or     


          

  n n
     
-1
which can be so far n = 1 and n2 = 2. i.e., the transition is from n = 2 to n = 1

Q9
(i) Work function (W0) = h v0
W  × × J
∴      
 ×  (1 eV = 1.602 × 10–19J)
  × J s
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c  ×  

(ii) ∴       ×  = 654×10–9 m = 654 nm
  ×  s 

 
(iii) K.E. of ejected electron = h (v-v0) = hc   
  

= (6.626×10–34 J s) (3.0×108 m s–1) 



 × m  × m
 
 × × 

  

 ×  J  ×  J


KE       ×  J or kg m s 


∴  × ×  kg    ×  kg m s 

or v2=2.055×1011 m2 s–2 = 20.55×1010 m2 s–2 or v=4.53×105ms–1.

Q10
(i) 1 molecule of CH4 contains electrons = 6+4=10
∴ 1 mole, i.e., 6.022×1023 molecules will contains electrons = 6.022×1023
(ii)
(a) 1 g atom of 14C = 14 g = 6.022×1023 atoms = (6.022×1023)×8 neutrons.)
(as each 14C atom has 14−6=8 neutrons)
Thus, 14 g or 14000 mg have 8×6.022×1023 neutrons
 × ×
∴ 7 mg will have neutron   ×  ×

–27
(b) Mass of 1 neutrons = 1.675×10 kg
∴Mass of 2.4088×10–21 neutrons = (2.4088×1021) (1.675×10−27 kg) = 4.0347×10–6 kg
(iii)
(a) 1 mol of NH3 = 17 g NH3 = 6.022×1023 molecules of NH3
= (6.022×1023)×(7+3) protons = 6.022×1024 protons
 ×
∴ 34 mg, i.e., 0.034 g NH3   ×  × protons

–27
(b) Mass of one proton = 1.6726×10 kg
∴Mass of 1.2044×1022 protons = (1.6726×1027)×(1.2044×1022) kg = 2.0145×10−5 kg
There is no effect of temperature and pressure.

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03 The Living Organism
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01. Introduction
Ÿ Biology; Bios = life, Logos = Study, means study of life is biology.
Ÿ “Biology is the science of life forms and living processes”
Ÿ Systematic and monumental description of life forms made human to make a detailed
system of identification, nomenclature and classification of organisms i.e. Taxonomy.
Ÿ Hence the study of identification, nomenclature and identification is called taxonomy.
Ÿ All the organisms have been evolved by a very long and complex process of evolution, so
they all are related to each other by sharing of some common genetic material but up to
varying degrees. This sharing may be less or more among different cases..
Ÿ When human came to know this fact then he humbled and led to cultural movements for
conservation of biodiversity.
Ÿ Sharing of common characters was also proved when human studied the similarities among
living organisms both horizontally and vertically.
Ÿ The living world is full of amazing diversity of living organisms.
Ÿ The diversity of habitats of organisms is also very vast and amazing.
Ÿ This diversity makes us deeply reflect on “What indeed is life” ? This question actually
asks to solve two problems.
(i) First is a technical → What living is as opposed to the non living means Living v/s Non
living.
(ii) Second is a philosophical one → what the purpose of life is?
As scientists we will try to solve the first question, because the second question is more
related to philosophy rather science.

02. Characters of Living Organism

Following are the main characters of “living”-
GROWTH
REPRODUCTION  Not the defining properties/characters/features
METABOLISM  Defining properties/characters/features


CELLULARORGANISATION 

CONSCIOUSNESS 
The character which has no exception is called as defining property of life.

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Growth
Ÿ Increase in mass or overall size of a tissue or organism or its parts is called growth.
Ÿ Increase in mass and increase in number of individuals are twin characters of growth.
Ÿ Growth is an irreversible permanent increase in size of an organ or its parts or even of an
individual cell.
Ÿ Growth is of two types :
(a) Intrinsic growth :- This growth is from inside of the body of living organisms.
(b) Extrinsic growth :- This growth is from outside i.e. accumulation of material on any body
surface Non living exhibts this type of growth.
Ÿ Growth is of two types :
(a) Indeterminate growth = Unlimited growth → Growth which occurs continuously
throughout their life span is indeterminate growth or unlimited growth. It occurs in plants
and not in animals.
(b) Determinate growth = Limited growth → Growth which occurs only up to a certain age
is determinate growth or Limited growth. It occurs in animals. However, cell division
occurs in certain tissues to replace lost cells.
Ÿ In majority of higher plants and animals, growth and reproduction are mutually exclusive
events.
Ÿ Because both living and nonliving exhibit growth so it can not be taken as defining
property.
Ÿ Growth from inside (intrinsic growth) can be taken as defining property.
Reproduction
Reproduction is one of the fundamental characteristics of living organisms. It can be defined
as the production of new individuals of same kind by the grown up individuals. It is
characteristic exhibited by living organisms which can produce new young ones of their own
kind. There are two modes of reproduction ― asexual and sexual.
Ÿ In lower organisms like yeasts and Hydra, budding takes place in which new individuals
are produced by the formation of an outgrowth known as ‘bud’.
Ÿ Fragmentation is another mode of asexual reproduction, as in this, body of an organism
(parent body) breaks up into two or more parts (known as fragments) each of which
grows into a new individual. It is also quite common in filamentous algae, fungus,
bryophytes (at protonema stage which occurs during life cycle in mosses).
Ÿ Planaria (flat worms) exhibit an extraordinary ability to regenerate its lost body parts
completely (which is known as true regeneration).
Metabolism :
Ÿ The sum total all the chemical reactions occuring in our body is metabolism.
Ÿ All living organisms, both unicellular and multicellular exhibit metabolism.
Ÿ No non-living object shows metabolism.
Ÿ In this way metabolism is a defining character of living organisms because it has no
exceptions.
Ÿ Now we have known most of the chemical or metabolic reactions occuring in our body so
we can demonstrate many of them in a cell free medium or in a test tube in lab..
Ÿ The isolated metabolic reaction outside the body of an organism, performed in a test tube
(in-vitro) is neither living nor nonliving.
Ÿ These isolated reaction can be regarded as living things, but they are definitely living
reactions because they are similar to the reactions performing in our body.

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Ÿ Here we should not forget the fact that metabolism is the total sum of all the chemical
reactions performing in our body, it is not the sum of few or more living reactions.
Ÿ All organisms are made of small or big chemicals perform thousands of reactions and form
some other chemicals also in the bodies of living organisms.
Consciousness
Ÿ Most obvious and technically complicated feature of all living organism. All living
organisms are able to detect changes, i.e., sense their surroundings and can also respond to
them. This is known as sensitivity which is defined as the ability to detect changes in the
environment and to give response towards it accordingly. Any change that can be detected
by an organism is called stimulus. This can be physical (like intensity, duration, direction
of light, sound, change in temperature, duration of day length, i.e., photoperiod, etc.),
chemical (like acids, pollutants, etc.) or biological (like other organisms).

03. Diversity In The Living World

Ÿ We consider vast areas like forest, desert, plateau etc. we find that number and kinds of
living organisms increase many folds. These different kinds of plants, animals and other
organisms are referred to as ‘Biodiversity’ of this earth.
Ÿ Biodiversity is the number and various kinds of organisms found on earth. It stands for the
variability found among living organisms inhabiting this world.
Ÿ Biodiversity (Greek word bios = life; diversity = forms) or biological diversity can be
defined as the vast array of species of microorganisms, algae, fungi, plants, animals
occuring on the earth either in the terrestrial or aquatic habitats and the ecological
complexes of which they are a part.
Ÿ According to IUCN (International Union of Conservation of Nature and Natural resources),
currently known and described species of all organisms are between 1.7-1.8 million. These
millions of plants, animals and other organisms in the world cannot be recognised, studied
or described by an individual on its own.
Ÿ There is need to standardize the names of all living organisms after proper identification, in
order to study such diverse life forms. Therefore, for better understanding of biodiversity
scientists have established a definite system of principles, procedures and terms which
identifies, categories and assigns specific name to each and every organism known to us.
Such systems are acceptable to all biologists all over the world.
Ÿ The scientific need for simple, stable and internationally accepted systems for naming the
living organisms of the world has generated, a process called “Nomenclature”. And, before
assigning a specific name to an organism, one should determine or know its kind or
features correctly, so that one can identify it in each every part of the world. This is
known as “Identification”

04. Taxonomy
Ÿ This word was proposed by A.P. De Candolle in his book “Theories elementaire de la
botanique” (Theory of elementary botany)

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Ÿ Taxonomy includes study of following 4 points

Characterization - Identification of character
Identification - Identification of living organisms
Nomenclature - Nomenclature of living organisms
Classification - Classification of living organisms in groups

05. Systematics
(i) The term “Systematics” was pro posed by Linnaeus. The word systematics is derived
from the latin word “systema” which means systematic arrangement of organisms.
(ii) According to G. Simpson : Systematics is the study of diversity of organisms and all
their comparative and evolutionary relationship.

NOTE ☞ It includes description of external morphological characters of plants of living

organisms.
eg. Morphological characters of Root, Stem, Leaves, Flowers.

06. New Systematics or Neosystematics or Biosystematics

Ÿ Neo-systematics – A new branch – Name given by Julian Huxley (1940)
Ÿ It includes description of all the characters (external + internal)
e.g. Anatomical characters, Histological characters, Embryological characters, Identical
characters
Ÿ It is used to know the inter-relationship between living organisms.

NOTE ☞ New systematics is mainly based on evolutionary as well as genetic relationship as

compared to morphological characters.

07. Types of Taxonomy

Ÿ Alpha taxonomy or classical taxonomy : It is based on external morphology of plants.
Ÿ Bete taxonomy or Explorative taxonomy : Besides external morphology it also includes
internal characters like embryological, cryological, anatomical characters etc.
Ÿ Omega taxonomy or Encyclopaedic taxonomy : Omega taxonomy have widest scope. It is
based on all the information or data available about plants.
Ÿ Chemotaxonomy : The uses of chemical characters of plants in classification or in solving
taxonomic problems is called chemotaxonomy or chemical taxonomy. It is based on the
chemical constituents of plants. The fragrance and taste vary from species to species. The
basic chemical compounds used in chemotaxonomy are alkaloids, carotenoides, tannins,
polysaccharide, nucleic acids, fatty acids, amino acids, aromatic compounds etc.

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Ÿ Cytotaxonomy : The use of cytological characters of plants in classification or in solving

taxonomic problems is called cytotaxonomy. Cytological data have been used in many cases
to find out the affinities among genera.
Ÿ Karyotaxonomy : Based on characters of nucleus and chromosomes. Pattern of chromosomal
bands (dark bands and light bands) is most specific character.
Ÿ Alpha taxonomy or classical taxonomy : It is based on external morphology of plants.
Ÿ Bete taxonomy or Explorative taxonomy : Besides external morphology it also includes
internal characters like embryological, cryological, anatomical characters etc.
Ÿ Omega taxonomy or Encyclopaedic taxonomy : Omega taxonomy have widest scope. It is
based on all the information or data available about plants.
Ÿ Chemotaxonomy : The uses of chemical characters of plants in classification or in solving
taxonomic problems is called chemotaxonomy or chemical taxonomy. It is based on the
chemical constituents of plants. The fragrance and taste vary from species to species. The
basic chemical compounds used in chemotaxonomy are alkaloids, carotenoides, tannins,
polysaccharide, nucleic acids, fatty acids, amino acids, aromatic compounds etc.
Ÿ Cytotaxonomy : The use of cytological characters of plants in classification or in solving
taxonomic problems is called cytotaxonomy. Cytological data have been used in many cases
to find out the affinities among genera.
Ÿ Karyotaxonomy : Based on characters of nucleus and chromosomes. Pattern of chromosomal
bands (dark bands and light bands) is most specific character.
Ÿ Adansonian system or Phenetic Classification or Numerical Classification.
v Proposed by “Sokel and Sneath”
v In it plants are classified on the basis of number of similarities and dissimilarities.
v In this, importance to any one character is not given, all characters have same
importance.
While in natural classification floral characters have importance than morphological
characters.

08. Significance of Taxonomy

Ÿ Most significant feature is identification of living organism.

Ÿ With the help of taxonomy diversity of living being can be studied easily.
Ÿ Maximum diversity of living beings are found in tropical rain forests. These forest have
heavy rain fall through out the year. In India maximum tropical rain forest are found in
Andaman & Nicobar and in all eastern states (Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal etc.)
Ÿ At present, 300 lakh (30 million) type of living organism are found on our earth.
Ÿ 17 lakh (1.7 million) type of living organism have been discovered till now.
Ÿ Out of them 12 lakh types are animal and 5 lakh types are plants.

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09. Taxonomic Category

Classification is not a single step process but involves heirarchy of steps in which each step
represent a rank or category.
Ÿ Species :
Taxonomic studies consider a group of individual organism with fundamental similarities as
a species. One should be able to distinguish one species from the other closely related
species based on the distinct morphological difference.
Ÿ Genus :
Genus comperises a group of related species which has more characters in common in
comparison to species of other genera.
Ÿ Family :
Family has a group of related genera with still less number of similarities as compared to
genus and species. Families are characterized on the basis of both vegetative and
reproductive feature of plant species.
For example :Three different genera Solanum, Petunia and Datura are included in family
solanaceae.
Ÿ Order :
Order being a higher category is the assemblage of families which exhibit a few similar
character.
For example : Plant families like convolvulaceae, Solanaceae are included in the order
polymoniales mainly based on the floral characters.
Ÿ Class :
Class includes organism of related orders having less similarities than orders.
Ÿ Division :
Division includes all organisms belonging to different classes having a few common
characters. There 7 main taxonomic categories. They are obligate or essential or broad
categories i.e. they are strictly used at the time of any plant classification. There are some
extra or sub categories, like sub division, sub order, sub family, etc. They are used only
when they are needed.
Biggest group → Kingdom
Division/Phylum
Class
Order - Cohort
Family
Genus
Species

v The classification of any plant or animal is written in descending or ascending order.

v Hierarchy – Descending or ascending arrangement of taxonomic categories is known as
hierarchy.
v Species : Smallest taxonomic category → It is basic unit of classification.

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10. Nomenclature
Ÿ Polynomical system :
v According to this system name of any plant consists of many words.
v For eg. Caryophyllum → Caryophyllum saxatilis folis gramineus umbellatis corymbis
v Based of morphology mainly

Ÿ Trinomical system :
v Proposed by Lamarck.
v According to this system name of any plant or species is composed of three names-
Ÿ Generic name
Ÿ Specific epithet
Ÿ Subspecific name (Name of variety)
v When members of any species have large variations then trinomial system is used.
v On the basis of dissimilarities this species is classified into sub species. eg.
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis (Cauliflower)
Brassica oleracea var. capitata (Cabbage)
Brassica oleracea var. caulorapa (Knol-Khol)

Ÿ Binomial system :
v Binomial system was first proposed by Gaspard Bauhin in his book -“Pinax Theatre
Botanica”
v Carolus Linnaeus : Linnaeus used this nomenclature system for the first time on large
scale and proposed scientific name of all the plants and animals.
v Linnaeus is the founder of binomial system.
v Linnaeus proposed scientific name of plants in his book “Species Plantarum”
v It was published on 1 May, 1753. So this was the initiation of binomial system for
plants.
v So any name proposed (for plants) before this date is not accepted today.
v Linnaeus proposed scientific name of animals in his book “Systema Naturae” (10th
edition).
v This 10th edition of Systema Naturae was first published on 1 August, 1758.
v So initiation of binomial system for animals is believed to be started on 1 August,
1758.

11. ICBN
Ÿ Main rules of ICBN :
v According to binomial system name of any species consists of two components or
words.
Ÿ Generic name Name of genus
Ÿ Specific epithet

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e.g. Solanum tuberosum (Potato) Mangifera indica (Mango)

↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Generic name Specific epithet Generic name Specific epithet
v In plant nomenclature (ICBN) tautonyms are not valid i.e. generic name and specific
epithet should not be same in plants.
eg. Mangifera mangifera
But tautonyms are valid in animal nomenclature (ICZN-International Code of Zoological
Nomenclature)
eg. Naja naja (Indian cobra), Rattus rattus (Rat)
v First letter of generic name should be in capital letter and first letter of specific epithet
should be in small letter.
eg. Mangifera indica
v But if specific epithet is based on the name of any person, its first letter should be in
capital letter.
eg. Isoetes pantii
v When written with free hand or typed, then generic name and specific epithet should
be separately underlined.
But during printing name should be in italics to indicate their latin orgin.
v Name of scientist (who proposed nomenclature) should be written in short after the
specific epithet.
eg. Mangifera indica Linn.
v Name of scientist should be neither underlined nor in italics, but written in Roman
letters (simple alphabets)
v Sciectific names should be derived from Latin (usually) or Greek languages because
they are dead languages.
v Type specimen (Herbarium Sheet) of newly discovered plant should be placed in
herbarium (Dry garden).

12. Classification

According to “A.P. de Candolle”, Classification is of two types

(i) Empirical Classification (ii) Rational Classification

Ÿ Empirical Classification :
v In this type, the actual nature or character of plants is not considered.
v Plants are classified on the basis of their alphabetical order.
v In this way plants are classified into 26 groups.

Ÿ Rational Classification
In this classification, plants are classified on the basis of their actual character or nature
i.e. by viewing the characters.

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13. Taxonomical Aids

Ÿ Accurate classification and identification of organisms is required which needs field studies
and intensive laboratory work. This is done after collection of actual specimens of plants
and animal species which is the primary source of all taxonomic studies.
Ÿ Hence, these taxonomical studies help in
Fundamental study of different living organisms.
Also aid in their systematic study.
Information gathered is stored with specimens for future studies.

Herbarium

Ÿ It is defined as “store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, pressed and
preserved on sheets”. Further, these sheets are arranged in the sequence of a universally
accepted system of classification.
Ÿ Such herbaria serve as quick source of reference in taxonomical studies. It also provides
information about the local flora as well as flora of distant areas. This information is also
useful in locating wild varieties and relatives of economically important plants.
List of some Herbaria of the world :
(i) Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew (England)
(ii) Central National Herbarium, Calcutta

14. Botanical Gardens

Botanical garden is an institution located in an enclosed piece of land which grows numerous
kinds of plants obtained from different places for botanical studies. Each plant is first
identified and then labelled indicating its botanical/scientific name and its family.
List of some Botanical Gardens
(i) Royal Botanical Garden, Kew (England)
(ii) National Botanica Garden, Lucknow
(iii) Indian Botanical Garden, Howrah
(iv) Lloyd Botanical Garden, Darjeeling

15. Museum
Ÿ Museum is a place used for storing, preservation and exhibition of both plants and
animals. All educational institutes and universities maintain museums in their Botany and
Zoology departments.
Ÿ A commonly used preservative solutions is “Formalin”. Plants and animals specimen may
also be preserved as dry specimens. For instances, insects are collected, killed and pinned
before preserving them in special insect boxes while larger animals like reptiles, birds
and mammals are usually stuffed and then preserved.
Ÿ National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) in Delhi is important from natural science
point of view.

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16. Zoological Parks

Ÿ Zoological parks commonly known as zoos are the places where live wild animals are
kept in protected environment which is made similar to their natural habitats as much as
possible. Here, they are provided with protection and care by human beings.
Ÿ These parks serve as ideal means to study and learn different food habits and behaviour
of variety of animals. So, students should visit nearby zoos for knowledge and
entertainment both.
Ÿ National Zoological Park (Delhi) is one of the finest zoos of Asia.

17. Key
Ÿ Key is an important taxonomic aid used for identification of plants and animals based on
the similarities and dissimilarities. Actually, it is a set of alternate characters of different
types arranged sequence wise in such a fashion that by selection and elimination one can
quickly find out the name of the organism.
Ÿ The keys are based on the set of contrasting characters generally in a pair known as
“couplet”. Each character of the couplet or statement in the key is called as “lead”.
Ÿ One has to choose correct option between two statements of characters of definite species
so that the animal or plant is identified accurately. Keys are generally analytical in nature.

18. Flora, Manuals, Monographs and Catalogues

Ÿ These flora, manuals, monographs, etc. are recorded descriptions of plants, animals and
other organisms. They provide correct identification and description of variety of living
organisms.
v Flora : It is a book containing information about plants found in a particular area. It
gives the actual account of habitat and distribution of various plants of a given area.
These provide the index to the plant species found in a particular area. For example,
Flora of Delhi by J.K. Maheshwari.
v Manual : It is a book containing complete listing and description of the plants growing
in a particular area. They provide useful information for identification of names of
various species found in an area.
v Monograph : It contains information of any one taxon.
v Catalogue : It include the alphabetical arrangement of species of a particular place
describing their features.

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CBSE Exam Pattern Exercise

Subjective Questions (1)
(Q1 to 3) One Mark
1. Write the correct order of sequence of taxonomical categories.

2. What do you mean by chemotaxonomy?

3. Define genus

(Q4 to 6) Two Marks

4. Elaborate about keys as one of taxonomical aids?

5. What is classical taxonomy and modern taxonomy?

6. What is meant by living ? Give any four defining features of all life forms.

(Q7 to 8) Three Marks

7. What are taxonomical aids? Give importance of herbaria & mueseums . How are botanical gardens
and zoological parks useful in conserving biodiversity?

8. Metabolism is a defining feature of all living organisms without exception. Isolated metabolic
reactions in vitro are not living things but surely living reactions. Comment

(Q9 to 10) Five Marks

9. ICBN has provided a code for classification of plants. Give hierarchy of units of classification
botanists follow while classifying plants.

10.What is binomial system of nomenclature? Who proposed this system? Why is binomial
nomenclature the most acceptable mode of naming organism?

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Answer & Solution

Q1
Species→genus → family → order → class → Phylum → kingdom

Q2
Chemotaxonomy is based on the presence or absence of certain chemicals in cells or tissues.

Q3
Terms ’Genus was coined by Tournefort. Genera are the aggregates of closely related species. For
example, Potato (Solanum tuberosum), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and brinjal (Solanum nigrum)
are three diff

Q4
It is a taxonomical aid used for the identification of plants and animals. The keys are based on the
paired contrasting characters called as couplet. It represent two alternate forms of a given character.
Keys are generally of two types
(i) Indented or yoked keys It has a sequence of forms of different characters.
(ii) Bracketed keys It includes one pair of contrasting statements for a given characters.
Separate taxonomic keys are required for each taxonomic category such as family, genus and
species for identification purposes.

Q5
1. Classical Taxonomy deals with morphospecies. Modern Taxonomy deals with biological species.
2. Classical Taxonomy has typological concept. Modern Taxonomy has a population or biosystematic
concept.
3. In Classical taxonomy, species is considered to be static. In moder taxonomy, species is
considered to be dynamic.
4. Classical taxonomy does not study evolution and inter-relationships of species. Modern Taxonomy
studies premitiveness, advancement and inter-relationships of specoes.

Q6
The living organism exhibit distinctive characteristics, which are as follows (i) Growth All living
organisms grow in size as well as in number. Plants show growth all through their life whereas
animals up to a certain growth period after which growth ceases. (ii) Reproduction The process of

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reproduction is essential for the continuity of life on earth. Every organism whether unicellular or
multicellular gives rise to an individual of its own kind. Lower organisms usually reproduce
asexually, e.g.. Hydra, fungi, yeast, etc. Sexual reproduction is found in advanced group of
organisms, which involves two parents. In Amoeba growth and reproduction however is
synonymous. (iii) Metabolism There are thousands of enzymatic ally controlled reactions occurring
in all living cells. These are synthesizing (anabolic) and breaking down (catabolic) reactions. Hence,
it is the most important characteristic of living organisms. (iv) Response to stimuli Consciousness
and response to stimulus is the defining property of all living organisms. Plants respond to light,
water temperature. Unicellular organisms also sense their environment and respond accordingly. (v)
Cellular organization The cellular organization of the body is the defining feature of life forms.
Cells work together in hierarchical manner group of cells make tissues, tissues make organs, organs
make systems, systems when work in co-ordination form an individual. So, we can say living
organisms are self replicating, evolving and capable of responding to external stimuli.

Q7
The taxonomic aids are the aids which help in identification, classification and naming of a newly
discovered organisms (plant or animal). It could be in the form of preserved document like herbaria
or specimen kept at museums or scientific institutions. Other aids can be in the form of written
document like monograph ,taxonomic keys, couplets, etc. A new organism found can be studied
while comparing it with living plants and animals living in protected areas like Botanical gardens,
Zoological parks, etc. Botanical gardens helps in conservation of plants by (i) Growing important
local plant species and keeping record of them. (ii) Growing and maintaining rare and endangered
species. (iii) Supplying seeds for different, aspects of botanical research. Whereas zoological parks
also contribute in conserving biodiversity by (i) Providing natural environment and open space to
animals, i.e., wild life species. (ii) Keeping them safe from their predators ensuring protection, food
and shelter. (iii) Providing home to different native and exotic wild animals. (iv) Involving in the
rescue of endangered species. (v) Facilitating breeding of animals and releasing them free. Thus,
both botanical gardens and zoological parks play an important role in conservation ofbiodiversity.

Q8
All living organisms are made of chemicals which belong to various classes and have different
sizes and functions. In the cells, these chemicals are constantly being made and changed into
some other biomolecules. These conversions or chemical reactions taking place in the body are
collectively known as metabolism. All plants, animals, fungi and microbes exhibit metabolism.
Non-living objects do not exhibit metabolism. So we can say metabolism is a defining feature of
all living organisms without exception.
Metabolic reactions can be demonstrated outside the body in a test-tube. A metabolic reaction
preformed in a test-tube (in vitro) is neither living nor non-living but surely living reaction.

Q9
The study of taxonomy has led to the taxonomic categories – Kingdom, phylum, class, order,
family, genus, and species. Now let us see how all the organisms are classified into the hierarchy.
Species
It is the lowest level of classification and shows the high level of similarities among the organisms. One
species can be distinguished from other closely related species based on distinct differences in
morphology. Let us look at an example; Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum – Both are
malaria-causing parasites but have different effects on a patient. Plasmodium is the name of the genus and

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has a number of species which show distinct morphological characteristics.

Genus
This taxonomic group comprises several species which have similar characteristics but different from that of species
from another genus. Considering the same example of Plasmodium, it is a genius with multiple species which are
similar to each other and differs from the species of another genus.
Family
This category of taxonomy includes various genus which shares some resemblance among
themselves. However, the number of similarities decrease compared to species and genus. For
example, the genus of tiger, leopard, lion, i.e., Panthera and the genus of cats i.e., Felis are
grouped together in the family Felidae.
Order
The classification which begins with the order has fewer comparisons as an effect, they are grouped
based on aggregates of characteristics. A group of families showing somewhat few similarities forms
an order. For example, the order of carnivores i.e., Carnivore includes families like Felidae and
Canidae.
Class
A group of Orders which share a few similarities forms a Class. For example- Orders of primates
and carnivores are grouped together in the Class of mammals.
Phylum
This is the next level of classification was along a number of Classes are clubbed up to form one
Phylum. Example – aves, fishes, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined to form the phylum
of or Chordata.
Kingdom
This is the highest level of classification. We have Kingdoms like Plantae, Animalia, Fungi,
Protista, and Monera.

Q10
Binomial nomenclature, introduced by Carolus Linnaeus is the method of naming an organism with
the genus name first and species name later.
Conventions followed while naming
*Name of the genus begins with a capital letter.
*Name of the species should begin with a small letter.
*Scientific name should be in Italics when printed.
*Genus name and the species name should be underlined separately while handwritten.
The advantages of scientific over common names are that they are accepted by speakers of all
languages, that each name applies only to one species, and that each species has only one name.

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