CBSE Class 9 Science, Chapter 12: Patterns in Life: Diversity and Classification
NCERT Exploration, pages 228–251. 15 topics, about 8 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages
- Introductionpages 228–229
- 12.1India as a Biodiversity Hotspotpage 229
- 12.2How has the Biodiversity Evolved?pages 229–230
- 12.3How to Classify Organisms?pages 230–231
- 12.4The Need for Classificationpages 232–233
- 12.5Biological Classification Systems Over Timepage 233
- 12.6Five Kingdom Classificationpages 233–235
- 12.6.1. Kingdom Monera — Unicellular prokaryotespage 235
- 12.6.2Kingdom Protista — Unicellular eukaryotespages 235–236
- 12.6.3Kingdom Fungi — Multicellular, heterotrophic eukaryotes with a cell wallpage 236
- 12.6.4Kingdom Plantae — Multicellular, autotrophic eukaryotes with a cell wallpages 237–240
- 12.6.5Kingdom Animalia — Multicellular, heterotrophic eukaryotespages 240–244
- 12.7Adaptations as Outcomes of Structural Changepages 244–245
- 12.8Scientific Naming — The Binomial Systempages 245–247
- 12.10Biodiversity Under Threatpages 247–250
Teach this chapter at home
- A day-by-day plan with the exact textbook pages for each day.
- A step-by-step script for each day, so you know what to say and ask, written from the NCERT chapter.
- A quiz at the end and a written task you can check with a photo of the notebook.
Textbook pages follow the 2026-27 NCERT print and can differ by a page or two in older prints. Adhian Gurus is not affiliated with NCERT or CBSE.