What Is Living?
Chapter Name : The Living World |
Sub Topic Code : 103_11_01_01_01 |
Topic Name : What Is Living? |
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Sub Topic Name : What Is Living? |
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Introduction
Living organisms have unique features such as growth, reproduction, metabolism, consciousness and sharing genetic material.
Pre-Requisites:
Identifying living organisms
Activity:
Analyze the characteristics with respect to a particular organism
Real Life Question:
Who are living? How can we distinguish living and non-living?
Key Words / FlashCards
| Key Words | Definitions (pref. in our own words) |
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Learning aids / Gadgets
| Gadgets | How it can be used |
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| All of the living organism are similar to each other in one or other way | All organisms have similar characteristics. |
Places to visit :
Biology Laboratory, surrounding
Practical examples around us
| Examples | Explainations |
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| Observe humans (yourself) for understanding the characteristics of life. |
What you learn in Theory:
What are the characteristics which define an organism to be living?
What you learn in Practice:
How these characteristics distinguish living and non-living