Month: June 2010

  • Biology X | CHAPTER – 7 | Control and Coordination

    CHAPTER – 7 Control and Coordination In the previous chapter, we looked at life processes involved in the maintenance functions in living organisms. There, we had started with a notion we all have, that if we see something moving, it is alive. Some of these movements are in fact the result of growth, as in…

  • Biology X | LIFE PROCESSES | Excretion in Human Beings and Plants

    EXCRETION We have already discussed how organisms get rid of gaseous wastes generated during photosynthesis or respiration. Other metabolic activities generate nitrogenous materials which need to be removed. The biological process involved in the removal of these harmful metabolic wastes from the body is called excretion. Different organisms use varied strategies to do this. Many…