ICSE Biology Class 09 Syllabus 2025-26

There is one paper of two hours duration of 80 Marks and Internal Assessment of Practical Work Carrying 20 Marks. The paper is divided into two sections: Section I (40 marks) and Section II (40 marks).

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Section I (compulsory) contains short answer questions on the entire syllabus. Section II contains six questions. You are required to answer any four of these six questions.

1. Basic Biology

(i) The cell, a unit of life, protoplasm, basic difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell; differences between an animal and a plant cell.

(ii) Tissues: Types of plant and animal tissues.

2. Flowering Plants

(i) Flower: Structure of a bisexual flower, functions of various parts.

(ii) Pollination: self and cross-pollination.

(iii) Fertilisation

3. Plant Physiology

(i) Structure of dicot and monocot seeds, Germination of seeds, types, and conditions for seed germination.

(ii) Respiration in plants: outline of the process, gaseous exchange.

4. Diversity in Living Organisms

(i) A brief outline of five Kingdom classification.

(ii) Economic importance of Bacteria.

(iii) Economic importance of Fungi.

5. Human Anatomy and Physiology

(a) Nutrition

(i) Classes of food: balanced diet. Malnutrition and deficiency diseases.

(ii) The structure of a tooth, different types of teeth.

(iii) Digestive System: Organs and digestive glands and their functions (including enzymes and their functions in digestion; absorption, utilisation of digested food)

(b) Skeleton - Movement and Locomotion

(i) Functions of human skeleton

(ii) Axial and Appendicular Skeleton

(iii) Types of joints with reference to their location:

  • immovable joints
  • slightly movable joints
  • freely movable

(c) Structure and functions of skin.

  • Various parts of the skin and their functions.
  • Special derivatives of the skin with reference to sweat glands, sebaceous glands, hair, nails and mammary glands.
  • Heat regulation - vasodilation and vasoconstriction.

(d) Respiratory System: Organs; mechanism of breathing; tissue respiration, heat production.

6. Health and Hygiene

(i) A brief introduction to maintaining good health.

(ii) A brief introduction to communicable, non-communicable, endemic, epidemic, pandemic and sporadic diseases; modes of transmission.

(iii) Bacterial, Viral, Protozoan, Helminthic diseases.

(iv) Aids to Health: Active and passive immunity.

(v) Health Organisations: Red Cross, WHO.

7. Waste Generation and Management

(a) Sources of waste - domestic, industrial, agricultural, commercial and other establishments.

(b) Methods of safe disposal of waste