THE LIVING WORLD

The Living World

living world 

1) Metabolism: The the sum total of all the chemical reactions occurring inside the human body is called metabolism.

 

2) Catabolism: Breaking of complex molecules into simple ones e.g cellular respiration.

 

3) Anabolism: Synthesis of complex organic food material using simpler inorganic material is called anabolism e.g Photosynthesis

 

4) Growth: Increase in the dimension of the body is called growth.

 

5) Development: Development is a wide term which includes growth both in terms of quantitative and qualitative.

 

6) Ageing: At a certain point in time, the molecules, organs, system begin to lose their effective working and become old.

 

7) Diversity: Variety of living organisms present on earth is called diversity.

 

8) Herbarium: A the herbarium is essentially a dried plant specimen that is pressed, treated and mounted on standard size sheet in order to preserve it.

 

9) Label: On herbarium sheet, local names and name of the collector may be added. This information is given at the lower right corner of the sheet and is called ‘label’.

10) Botanical gardens: Botanical gardens are the places where plants of different varieties collected from different parts of the world, are grown in a scientific and systematic in an in-vivo manner.

11) In-Vivo: The research work or the experiment which is done with or within the entire living organisms is called In-Vivo.

 

12) In-situ: Conservation of organisms in their natural habitat is called In-situ.

13) Ex-situ: Conservation of organisms outside their natural habitat is called Ex-situ.

14) Museum: Museums are the places where collections of preserved plant and animal specimens are kept.

14) Taxidermy:  Larger animals like birds and mammals are usually stuffed and preserved. This science is known as taxidermy.

15) Zoological Park: Zoological Park generally known as a zoo, is a place of interest for the common man. In a zoo, wild animals are kept in captivity.

16) Captivity: The condition of animal being kept in a place that the animal can’t escape from that place is called captivity.

17) Flora: The plant life occurring in a particular area in a particular time is called flora.

18) Monograph: A detailed study written on single specialized biological group is called monograph.

19) Manual: It is descriptive information about the flora of any given geographical area.

20) Catalogue: List of all the species organise in a specific way (generally in alphabetical order) is Called catalogue.

21) Key: The taxonomical aid used for the classification of plants and animals are called a key. It is generally based on Some contrasting characters.

22) Lead: Each statement in the key is called a lead.

23) Biodiversity: The degree of variation of life forms in an ecosystem is called biodiversity.

24) Biodiversity Park: It is an ecological assemblage of species that form self-sustaining communities on degraded/barren landscape e.g. Late Uttamrao Patil biodiversity park Gureghar,        Mahabaleshwar.