The Living World

Consciousness is the ability to respond to stimuli and sense the environment, with humans being self-conscious.
All organisms are composed of cells, with body organization starting from sub-microscopic molecular levels.
Growth is characterized by an increase in mass and number, but it's not a defining feature of living beings.
Reproduction occurs through two ways: sexual and asexual, ensuring the continuity of species.
Metabolism involves catabolism and anabolism, and is a defining feature of living beings, with cellular metabolism occurring at all times.

Systematic is a branch of science that deals with the diversity of organisms and their relationships, encompassing characterization, identification, classification, and nomenclature.
Classification is done by analyzing similarities and dissimilarities among organisms.
Binomial nomenclature is a system of naming organisms, with plants named by ICBN and animals by ICZN, developed by Carolus Linnaeus.
A binomial name consists of a generic name starting with capital letters, and a specific epithet starting with small letters, often written in italics or underlined.
An author's name may be added to the biological name.

Botanical gardens are places where living plants are labelled with their biological names, such as the Indian Botanical Garden in Howrah, famous for the Great Banyan Tree.
Zoological parks, or zoos, are dedicated to protecting wild animals in their natural environment.
Herbaria are repositories for dried plant specimens, along with information like date and place of collection, and the name of the collector.

A key is a taxonomical aid based on similarities and dissimilarities, used for identification, with each statement leading to a pair of contrasting characters, or couplet.

Museums are repositories for plant and animal specimens, often established in educational institutions.
A taxon is the unit of biological classification, sometimes confused with categories, such as a division being a category, and Bryophyta being a taxon.
Taxonomical hierarchy, in order of increasing number of common characters, consists of: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species, with Kingdom being the most inclusive and Species being the least inclusive.

Consciousness is the ability to respond to stimuli and sense the environment, with humans being self-conscious.
All organisms are composed of cells, with body organization starting from sub-microscopic molecular levels.
Growth is characterized by an increase in mass and number, but it's not a defining feature of living beings.
Reproduction occurs through two ways: sexual and asexual, ensuring the continuity of species.
Metabolism involves catabolism and anabolism, and is a defining feature of living beings, with cellular metabolism occurring at all times.

Systematic is a branch of science that deals with the diversity of organisms and their relationships, encompassing characterization, identification, classification, and nomenclature.
Classification is done by analyzing similarities and dissimilarities among organisms.
Binomial nomenclature is a system of naming organisms, with plants named by ICBN and animals by ICZN, developed by Carolus Linnaeus.
A binomial name consists of a generic name starting with capital letters, and a specific epithet starting with small letters, often written in italics or underlined.
An author's name may be added to the biological name.

Botanical gardens are places where living plants are labelled with their biological names, such as the Indian Botanical Garden in Howrah, famous for the Great Banyan Tree.
Zoological parks, or zoos, are dedicated to protecting wild animals in their natural environment.
Herbaria are repositories for dried plant specimens, along with information like date and place of collection, and the name of the collector.

A key is a taxonomical aid based on similarities and dissimilarities, used for identification, with each statement leading to a pair of contrasting characters, or couplet.

Museums are repositories for plant and animal specimens, often established in educational institutions.
A taxon is the unit of biological classification, sometimes confused with categories, such as a division being a category, and Bryophyta being a taxon.
Taxonomical hierarchy, in order of increasing number of common characters, consists of: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species, with Kingdom being the most inclusive and Species being the least inclusive.