Selina solutions concise biology class 9 icse Solutions for Chapter 1 introducing biology

Name the specific branches of Biology concerned with the study of

(i) Fungi

(ii) Fishes

(iii) Insects

(iv) Transmission of body characteristics from parents to children

Mention the kind of study made under the following branches of science:

(i) Histology

(ii) Ecology

(iii) Cytology

(iv) Pathology

Choose the most appropriate option in the following statements. (a) Paleontology is the study of (i) Embryos (ii) Blood (iii) Classification (iv) Fossils

(b) Clones of animals are being produced through the practice of (i) Genetics (ii) Ecology (iii) Embryology (iv) Biotechnology

Fill in the blanks:

(a) Bioengineering deals with making artificial ______

(b) ______ is the entire DNA sequence of an organ.

(c) Silk is produced by rearing _______

(d) Evolution deals with the study of ______ and ______ of organisms.

(e) Organisms which draw food from the host body are called ________

(f) Animals which give birth to young ones are known as _________

(g) _____ is called the Father of Medicine.

Name any two borderline sciences which are connected with Biology.

Name the respective sub-divisions of biology which deal with the study of insects, birds,fungi and heredity.

A farmer and a housewife may have never studied biology, yet both of them know some of its general principles through experience. State any two principles which they know.

Distinguish between the following pairs of sciences: (a) Zoology and Entomology (b) Genetics and Eugenics (c) Phycology and Mycology (d) Space Biology and Exobiology (e) Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (f) Embryology and Immunology (g) Ichthyology and Pisciculture