Kerala Plus One Zoology Notes Chapter 5 Digestion and AbsorptionWhat is digestion? This process of conversion of complex food substances to simple absorbable forms is called digestion.DIGESTIVE SYSTEM: It includes Alimentary canalAssociated glands.Alimen…

Kerala Plus One Zoology Notes Chapter 4 BiomoleculesHow To Analyse Chemical Composition? Take any living tissue (a vegetable or a piece of liver, etc.) and grind it in trichloroacetic acid (Cl3CCOOH) using a mortar and a pestle. A thick slurry is formed…

Kerala Plus One Zoology Notes Chapter 3 Structural Organisation in AnimalsWhat is a tissue? In multicellular animals, a group of similar cells along with intercellular substances perform a specific function. Such an organization is called tissue.ANIMAL T…

Kerala Plus One Zoology Notes Chapter 2 Animal KingdomBASIS OF CLASSIFICATION: The fundamental features used in animal classification are:Arrangement of cellsbody symmetrynature of coelompatterns of digestivecirculatory or reproductive systems.Levels of …

Kerala Plus One Zoology Notes Chapter 1 The Living WorldWHAT IS ‘LIVING’? The features of living organisms areGrowth, reproduction, ability to sense environment etc.All living organisms grow, increase the mass and increase the number of individuals are …

Kerala Plus One Botany Notes Chapter 11 Plant Growth and DevelopmentGrowth Growth is defined as an irreversible permanent increase in the size of an organ or its parts of an individual cell. It is accompanied by metabolic processes (both anabolic and ca…

Kerala Plus One Botany Notes Chapter 10 Respiration in PlantsHow are respiration and photosynthesis-related? Green plants and cyanobacteria can prepare their own food by the process of photosynthesis, they trap light energy and convert it into chemical e…

Kerala Plus One Botany Notes Chapter 9 Photosynthesis in Higher PlantsWhat Do We Know? Role of light, CO2, H2O, and Chlorophyll Actually, chlorophyll (green pigment of the leaf), light, and CO2 are required for photosynthesis. A variegated leaf ora leaf…

Kerala Plus One Botany Notes Chapter 8 Mineral NutritionMethods to Study the Mineral Requirements of Plants In 1860, Julius von Sachs a German botanist demonstrated that plants could be grown in a nutrient solution in the complete absence of soil.Hydrop…

Kerala Plus One Botany Notes Chapter 7 Transport in PlantsTranslocation: It is the transport over longer distances takes place through the vascular system (the xylem and the phloem)Means of transport: Diffusion: It is passive process takes place from th…