Biology

by Larue, Charles J.

• ISBN13: 9780785436133
• ISBN10: 0785436138
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: SCHOLG

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book: A Study Guide	viii
The Nature of Science	xiv
Chapter 1 The Basic Unit of Life	xvi
Lesson 1 Living Things Are Made of Cells	2	(4)
Lesson 2 Comparing Plant and Animal Cells	6	(6)
Investigation 1: Comparing Cells	10	(2)
Lesson 3 Chemicals That Are Important for Life	12	(5)
Lesson 4 Basic Life Activities	17	(4)
Chapter Summary	21	(1)
Chapter Review	22	(1)
Test-Taking Tip	23	(1)
Chapter 2 Organizing Living Things	24	(16)
Lesson 1 Living and Nonliving Things	26	(5)
Investigation 2: Living or Nonliving?	29	(2)
Lesson 2 How Organisms Are Classified	31	(6)
Chapter Summary	37	(1)
Chapter Review	38	(1)
Test-Taking Tip	39	(1)
Chapter 3 Classifying Animals	40	(26)
Lesson 1 How Biologists Classify Animals	42	(9)
Investigation 3: Classifying Objects	49	(2)
Lesson 2 Vertebrates	51	(5)
Lesson 3 Invertebrates	56	(7)
Chapter Summary	63	(1)
Chapter Review	64	(1)
Test-Taking Tip	65	(1)
Chapter 4 Classifying Plant Groups	66	(18)
Lesson 1 How Plants Are Classified	68	(3)
Lesson 2 Seed Plants	71	(6)
Investigation 4: Identifying Angiosperms and Gymnosperms	75	(2)
Lesson 3 Seedless Plants	77	(4)
Chapter Summary	81	(1)
Chapter Review	82	(1)
Test-Taking Tip	83	(1)
Chapter 5 Bacteria, Protists, and Fungi	84	(30)
Lesson 1 Bacteria	86	(4)
Lesson 2 Protists	90	(5)
Lesson 3 How Protists Survive	95	(4)
Lesson 4 Fungi	99	(8)
Investigation 5: Growing Bread Mold	105	(2)
Lesson 5 How Fungi Survive	107	(4)
Chapter Summary	111	(1)
Chapter Review	112	(1)
Test-Taking Tip	113	(1)
Chapter 6 How Animals Stay Alive	114	(28)
Lesson 1 Animals Get and Digest Food	116	(7)
Investigation 6: Studying Feeding in Hydras	121	(2)
Lesson 2 Respiration and Circulation	123	(5)
Lesson 3 Water Balance and Wastes	128	(5)
Lesson 4 Coordinating Bodily Activities	133	(6)
Chapter Summary	139	(1)
Chapter Review	140	(1)
Test-Taking Tip	141	(1)
Chapter 7 How Plants Live	142	(24)
Lesson 1 The Vascular System in Plants	144	(4)
Lesson 2 How Plants Make Food	148	(4)
Lesson 3 How Plants Give Off Oxygen	152	(4)
Lesson 4 How Plants Reproduce	156	(7)
Investigation 7: Growing an African Violet from a Leaf	161	(2)
Chapter Summary	163	(1)
Chapter Review	164	(1)
Test-Taking Tip	165	(1)
Chapter 8 Human Body Systems	166	(42)
Lesson 1 How the Body Digests Food	168	(5)
Lesson 2 How Materials Move to and from Cells	173	(8)
Investigation 8: How Does Exercise Change Heart Rate?	179	(2)
Lesson 3 How We Breathe	181	(3)
Lesson 4 How the Body Gets Rid of Wastes	184	(3)
Lesson 5 How the Nervous System Controls the Body	187	(5)
Lesson 6 The Sense Organs	192	(4)
Lesson 7 How the Endocrine System Controls the Body	196	(3)
Lesson 8 How the Body Moves	199	(6)
Chapter Summary	205	(1)
Chapter Review	206	(1)
Test-Taking Tip	207	(1)
Chapter 9 Reproduction, Growth, and Development	208	(32)
Lesson 1 where Life Comes From	210	(4)
Lesson 2 How Organisms Reproduce	214	(6)
Lesson 3 How Animals Grow and Develop	220	(8)
Investigation 9: Graphing Gestation Times	226	(2)
Lesson 4 How Humans Grow and Develop	228	(9)
Chapter Summary	237	(1)
Chapter Review	238	(1)
Test-Taking Tip	239	(1)
Chapter 10 Staying Healthy	240	(24)
Lesson 1 How the Body Fights Disease	242	(6)
Lesson 2 Good Nutrition	248	(8)
Investigation 10: Reading Food Labels	254	(2)
Lesson 3 Healthy Habits	256	(5)
Chapter Summary	261	(1)
Chapter Review	262	(1)
Test-Taking Tip	263	(1)
Chapter 11 Genetics	264	(30)
Lesson 1 Heredity	266	(6)
Lesson 2 Chromosomes	272	(7)
Lesson 3 How Heredity Is Studied in Humans	279	(9)
Investigation 11: Tracing a Genetic Disease	286	(2)
Lesson 4 Applied Genetics	288	(3)
Chapter Summary	291	(1)
Chapter Review	292	(1)
Test-Taking Tip	293	(1)
Chapter 12 Ecology	294	(32)
Lesson 1 Living Things and Nonliving Things	296	(9)
Investigation 12: Testing the pH of Rain	304	(1)
Lesson 2 Food Chains and Food Webs	305	(7)
Lesson 3 How Energy Flows Through Ecosystems	312	(5)
Lesson 4 How Materials Cycle Through Ecosystems	317	(6)
Chapter Summary	323	(1)
Chapter Review	324	(1)
Test-Taking Tip	325	(1)
Chapter 13 The Behavior of Organisms	326	(24)
Lesson 1 Innate Behavior	328	(7)
Lesson 2 Learned Behavior	335	(6)
Investigation 13: Observing Learning Patterns	339	(2)
Lesson 3 How Animals Communicate	341	(6)
Chapter Summary	347	(1)
Chapter Review	348	(1)
Test-Taking Tip	349	(1)
Chapter 14 Evolution	350	(35)
Lesson 1 Change over Time	352	(6)
Lesson 2 what Fossils Show	358	(11)
Investigation 14: Making Molds	366	(3)
Lesson 3 The Theory of Evolution	369	(7)
Lesson 4 What Humanlike Fossils Show	376	(5)
Chapter Summary	381	(1)
Chapter Review	382	(1)
Test-Taking Tip	383	(2)
Appendix A: Animal Kingdom	385	(2)
Appendix B: Plant Kingdom	387	(1)
Appendix C: Body Systems
The Skeletal System	388	(1)
The Muscular System	389	(1)
The Nervous System	390	(1)
The Circulatory System	391	(1)
Appendix D: Measurement Conversion Factors	392	(2)
Appendix E: Alternative Energy Sources	394	(6)
Glossary	400	(10)
Index	410