Detailed Syllabus Biology Class XI 2008

COURSE STRUCTURE

Class XI  BIOLOGY (Theory)

One Paper Time: 3 Hours 70 Marks

Unit                                                                             Marks

1. Diversity in living world                                             07

2. Structural organization in animals and plants               10

3. Cell: Structure and function                                        17

4. Plant physiology                                                        18

5. Human Physiology                                                    18

Total                                                                           70

I Diversity in Living World (25 Periods)

Diversity of living organisms

Classification of the living organisms (five kingdom classification, major groups and principles of classification within each kingdom).

Systematics and binomial System of nomenclature

Salient features of animal (non chordates up to phylum level and chordates up to class level) and plant (major groups; Angiosperms up to subclass) classification.

Botanical gardens, herbaria, zoological parks and museums.

II Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants (30 Periods)

Tissues in animals and plants.

Morphology, anatomy and functions of different parts of flowering plants: Root, stem, leaf, inflorescence, flower, fruit and seed.

Morphology, anatomy and functions of different systems of an annelid (earthworm), an insect (cockroach) and an amphibian (frog).

III CELL: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION (40 Periods)

Cell: cell wall, cell membrane and cell organelles’ (plastids, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi bodies/dictyosomes, ribosomes, lysosomes, vacuoles, centrioles) and nuclear organization.

Mitosis, meiosis, cell cycle.

Basic chemical constituents of living bodies.

Structure and functions of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids.

Enzymes: types, properties and function.

IV Plant Physiology (40 Periods)

Movement of water, food, nutrients and gases, Plants and Water Mineral nutrition, respiration, Photosynthesis, Plant growth and development.

V Human Physiology (45 Periods)

Digestion and absorption.

Breathing and respiration.

Body fluids and circulation.

Excretory products and elimination.

Locomotion and movement.

Control and coordination.

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