life cycles of organisms

Organisms may be broadly classified into two kinds: Unicellular Multicellul..

All living organisms, whether plants or animals, are made up of microscopic units called cells. The cell occupies the same central position in biology as the atom in the physical science..

The simplest structural units into which a complex multicellular organism can be divided and still retain the functional characteristic of life, are called cells. One of the unifying generalisations of biology is that certain fundamental activities are common to almost all cells..

Summary - All living organisms are composed of one or more cells. A cell is the structural and functional unit of life. The metabolic reactions in a living organism - can occur only in a delicately balanced environment. Through their unique chemical composition, cells provi..

Summary - Earth is said to have been formed about4.8 billion years ago. Earliest earth was a hot revolving ball of gas. The formation of first cells in planet earth is explained by the theory of chemical evolution proposed by Oparin and Haldane, independently. According to this theory, the reducing..

The biotic component of our environment on land, i.e. plants and animals (leaving aside the oceans and other water bodies) are overwhelmingly found in forests. Forests form a buffer for the earth to protect life forms; in fact that's where all our biodiversity and including cultivated cr..

Biology is a branch of science, which deals with the study of life. It is concerned with the study of living organisms, which are immeasurably diverse and complex than the non-living matter. Hence, biology is also described as life science or natural science. Bi..

Organic Evolution - Chemical evolution resulted in the formation of life on earth about 3.8 billion years ago. The primitive cells that resulted from this process gradually gave rise to primitive forms of organisms such as bacteria, algae, fungi and protozoan. These ..

Carbon compounds are of two types: inorganic and organic. The compounds that have a mineral origin fall under the category of inorganic compounds. The compounds having plant or animal origin are classified as organic compounds. Lavoisier showed that nearly all compounds of plan..

Pesticides, detergents, chemical dyes and other industrial chemicals and their waste constitute synthetic organic compounds. When present in water, these chemicals can act as toxic poisons for plants, animals and humans. Such chemicals enter the hydrosphere either by usage, by accidental..