Syllabus
Syllabus: SYJC
Paper I –General Biology and Botany
Topics covered in First term
Photosynthesis: Structure of chloroplast, Photochemical phase, Biochemical phase, significance.
- Respiration: Types of respiration, aerobic and anaerobic. Role of mitochondria, mechanism of aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
- Plant water relation: Absorption and movement of water, theories of water translocation and transpiration.
- Reproduction in Angiosperms: Modes of reproduction, Natural and artificial vegetative reproduction, sexual reproduction, pollination, fertilization and embryo and endosperm development.
- Biofertilizers and medicinal plants: Rhizobium and BGA, medicinal plants, mushroom cultivation.
Topics covered in second term
- Natural resources and conservation : water resources, forest resources and their conservation, Concept of endangered species and endemic species and Remote sensing
- Biotechnology: Concept of gene and nucleic acids, Genetic engineering, Cloning, Transgenic plants, Genomics, DNA fingerprinting, Plant tissue culture, Biopatent, Biopiracy, Biowar and Bioethics.
- Plant growth: Concept of growth, Dormancy, seed germination, Characteristics of plant growth, growth regulators, photoperiodism and vernalisation.
Paper II - General Biology and Zoology
Topics covered in first term
- Circulation in animals: Open and closed circulation, circulatory system of cockroach and blood, vascular System of human.
- Osmoregulation and Excretion: Modes of excretion, Excretory system of man, Mechanism of urine, formation, Role of lungs and skin in excretion.
- Nervous co-ordination in animals: Nervous system of cockroach, Nervous system of human, reflex action and receptors.
- Immunity system: Concept of immunity, types of immunity, structure of antibody and immune disorders.
- Health and disease: Types of disease, disease causing agent, modes of transmission.
- Study of diseases: Cancer, AIDS and Typhoid.
- Biomedical technology: Sphygmomanometer, Haemometer, ECG, Sonography, Endoscopy, Angiography, ELISA test and Widal test.
Topics covered in second term
- Human Population: Characteristics of population, population explosion and its impact, common problems of adolescence and addictive disorders.
- Hormonal C-ordination: Endocrine glands, Pituitary gland and thyroid gland.
- Reproduction, Growth and Development: Types of reproduction, Modes of asexual reproduction, Male reproductive system of human, Female reproductive system of human, Menstrual cycle, fertilization and embryonic development.
- Vermiculture and Fisheries : Techniques of Vermiculture and fishery
- Bioinformatics: Concept of bioinformatics, basics of computer, databases and types and applications of bioinformatics.
Syllabus: FYJC
Topics covered in first term
- Nature and Scope of Biology : Biology in ancient India, careers in Biology
- Structure of cell : Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell
- Cell division: Mitosis and meiosis
- Genetic basis of Inheritance : Mendelism
- Structure and function of fundamental tissues
- Classification of animals: Salient features of non- chordates up to phylum level, salient features of chordates up to class level.
- Chromosomal basis of inheritance: Sex determination in human, genetic disorders.
- Nutrition in man
- Respiration in man
Topics covered in second term
- Systematics: Nomenclature, taxonomic hierarchy.
- Classification of plants : Five kingdom classification
- Morphology of flowering plants: Structure of root, stem, leaf, inflorescence, flower and seed and study of angiosperm plant tissues.
- Main features of Life: characteristics of life.
- Origin and evolution of life: Theories of origin of life, evidence of evolution and the genetic basis of adaptation.
- Morphology of animals: Earthworm: Digestive and reproductive system.
- Locomotion: Joints and types of joints, muscular movement.
- Human skeleton: Axial and Appendicular skeleton.
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