Biology : Study Guide

by Campbell, Neil A.

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7th

ISBN13:

9780805371550

ISBN10:

0805371559

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

12/22/2004

Publisher(s):

Benjamin Cummings

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by Martha R. Taylor. This printed learning aid provides a concept map of each chapter, chapter summaries, word roots, chapter tests, and a variety of interactive questions including multiple-choice, short-answer essay, labeling art, and graph-interpretation questions.

Preface

Exploring Life

(6)

Unit One The Chemistry of Life

(28)

The Chemical Context of Life

(8)

Water and the Fitness of the Environment

(6)

Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life

(4)

The Structure and Function of Macromolecules

(10)

Unit Two The Cell

(60)

A Tour of the Cell

(12)

Membrane Structure and Function

(8)

An Introduction to Metabolism

(8)

Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy

(10)

Photosynthesis

(10)

Cell Communication

(6)

The Cell Cycle

(6)

Unit Three Genetics

(82)

Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles

(6)

Mendel and the Gene Idea

101

(10)

The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

111

(8)

The Molecular Basis of Inheritance

119

(8)

From Gene to Protein

127

(10)

The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria

137

(10)

Eukaryotic Genomes: Organization, Regulation, and Evolution

147

(10)

DNA Technology and Genomics

157

(12)

The Genetic Basis of Development

169

(8)

Unit Four Mechanisms of Evolution

177

(30)

Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life

177

(6)

The Evolution of Populations

183

(8)

The Origin of Species

191

(8)

Phylogeny and Systematics

199

(8)

Unit Five The Evolutionary History of Biological Diversity

207

(72)

The Tree of Life: An Introduction to Biological Diversity

207

(8)

Prokaryotes

215

(6)

Protists

221

(8)

Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land

229

(8)

Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants

237

(8)

Fungi

245

(6)

Introduction to Animal Evolution

251

(6)

Invertebrates

257

(10)

Vertebrate Evolution and Other Chordates

267

(12)

Unit Six Plant Form and Function

279

(42)

Plant Structure, Growth, and Development

279

(10)

Transport in Vascular Plants

289

(8)

Plant Nutrition

297

(6)

Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology

303

(8)

Plants Responses to Internal and External Signals

311

(10)

Unit Seven Animal Form and Function

321

(108)

Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function

321

(10)

Animal Nutrition

331

(10)

Circulation and Gas Exchange

341

(12)

The Immune System

353

(12)

Osmoregulation and Excretion

365

(10)

Hormones and the Endocrine System

375

(8)

Animal Reproduction

383

(10)

Animal Development

393

(10)

Nervous Systems

403

(14)

Sensory and Motor Mechanisms

417

(12)

Unit Eight Ecology

429

(46)

An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere

429

(8)

Behavioral Ecology

437

(8)

Population Ecology

445

(8)

Community Ecology

453

(8)

Ecosystems

461

(8)

Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology

469

(6)

Answer Section

475

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