Biology

by Krogh, David

• ISBN13: 9780023668913
• ISBN10: 0023668911
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

"Biology: A Guide to the Natural World" remains the only book written and illustrated from the ground up for those with little knowledge of biology. The Third Edition retains its best features rich, full-color art, an accessible writing style, and a full complement of digital resources while substantially updating the content throughout to emphasize the relevancy of biology to readers' lives. A seven-part organization covers essential parts: atoms, molecules, and cells; energy and its transformation; how life goes on: genetics; life's organizing principle: evolution and the diversity of life; a bounty that feeds us all: plants; what makes the organism tick? animal anatomy and physiology; and the living world as a whole: ecology and behavior. For the promotion of biological literacy to make individuals aware that they need it to participate in the workforce, make everyday decisions, and make informed choices at the ballot box.

Table of Contents

Science as a Way of Learning: A Guide to the Natural World	1	(16)
Unit 1 Essential Parts: Atoms, Molecules, and Cells	17	(98)
The Fundamental Building Blocks: Chemistry and Life	18	(18)
Water, pH, and Biological Molecules	36	(30)
Life's Home: The Cell	66	(26)
Life's Border: The Plasma Membrane	92	(23)
Unit 2 Energy and Its Transformations	115	(56)
Life's Mainspring: An Introduction to Energy	116	(14)
Vital Harvest: Deriving Energy from Food	130	(20)
The Green World's Gift: Photosynthesis	150	(21)
Unit 3 How Life Goes On: Genetics	171	(136)
Introduction to Genetics; Mitosis and Cytokinesis	172	(18)
Making Reproductive Cells: Meiosis	190	(18)
The First Geneticist: Gregor Mendel and His Discoveries	208	(22)
Chromosomes and Inheritance	230	(20)
DNA Structure and Replication	250	(14)
How Proteins are Made: Genetic Transcription, Translation, and Regulation	264	(20)
The Future Isn't What It Used to Be: Biotechnology	284	(23)
Unit 4 Life's Organizing Principle: Evolution and the Diversity of Life	307	(110)
An Introduction to Evolution: Charles Darwin, Evolutionary Thought, and the Evidence for Evolution	308	(18)
The Means of Evolution: Microevolution	326	(20)
The Outcomes of Evolution: Macroevolution	346	(20)
A Slow Unfolding: The History of Life on Earth	366	(26)
Pond Dwellers, Log Eaters, and Fast Movers: The Diversity of Life	392	(25)
Unit 5 A Bounty That Feeds Us All: Plants	417	(64)
Introduction to Plants: Plant Structure, Signaling, Defenses, and Responses to the Environment	418	(28)
Common Themes in the Green World: Plant Tissues, Growth, Transport, and Reproduction	446	(35)
Unit 6 What Makes the Organism Tick? Animal Anatomy and Physiology	481	(130)
Introduction to Animal Anatomy and Physiology; The Integumentary, Skeletal, and Muscular Systems	482	(24)
Control and Defense: The Nervous, Endocrine, and Immune Systems	506	(34)
Transport, Nutrition, and Exchange: Blood, Breath, Digestion, and Elimination	540	(30)
An Amazingly Detailed Script: Animal Development	570	(14)
How the Baby Came to Be: Human Reproduction	584	(27)
Unit 7 The Living World as a Whole: Ecology	611	(1)
An Interactive Living World: Populations and Communities in Ecology	612	(32)
An Interactive Living World: Ecosystems and the Biosphere	644
Appendix	A-1