Holt Science & Technology

by Todd, Robert W.

• ISBN13: 9780030643668
• ISBN10: 003064366X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School

Table of Contents

Safety First!	xxvi
Science in Our World	2	(32)
Science and Scientists	4	(5)
Scientific Methods	9	(7)
Scientific Models	16	(4)
Tools, Measurement, and Safety	20	(6)
Chapter Lab
Does It All Add Up?	26	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	28	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	31	(1)
Math and Reading	32	(1)
Feature Article
Careers: Zoologist	33	(1)
UNIT 1 Matter, Forces, and Motion	34	(74)
Science Across Texas
Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures	36	(26)
Elements	38	(4)
Compounds	42	(4)
Mixtures	46	(8)
Chapter Lab
Flame Tests	54	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	56	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	59	(1)
Math and Reading	60	(1)
Feature Article
Science Fiction: ``The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''	61	(1)
Introduction to the Periodic Table	62	(20)
Arranging the Elements	64	(6)
Classifying the Elements	70	(4)
Chapter Lab
Create a Periodic Table	74	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	76	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	79	(1)
Math and Reading	80	(1)
Feature Article
Science, Technology, and Society: The Science of Fireworks	81	(1)
Forces in Motion	82	(26)
Gravity and Motion	84	(7)
Newton's Laws of Motion	91	(9)
Chapter Lab
Inertia-Rama!	100	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	102	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	105	(1)
Math and Reading	106	(1)
Feature Article
Careers: Roller-Coaster Designer	107	(1)
UNIT 2 Work, Machines, and Energy	108	(58)
Science Across Texas
Work and Machines	110	(28)
Work and Power	112	(4)
What Is a Machine?	116	(6)
Types of Machines	122	(8)
Chapter Lab
A Powerful Workout	130	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	132	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	135	(1)
Math and Reading	136	(1)
Feature Article
Eureka!: Wheelchair Innovators	137	(1)
Energy Resources	138	(28)
Natural Resources	140	(3)
Fossil Fuels	143	(7)
Alternative Resources	150	(8)
Chapter Lab
Make a Water Wheel	158	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	160	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	163	(1)
Math and Reading	164	(1)
Feature Article
Eye on the Environment: Sitting on Your Trash	165	(1)
UNIT 3 Characteristics of Living Things	166	(102)
Science Across Texas
It's Alive!! Or, Is It?	168	(20)
Characteristics of Living Things	170	(4)
The Simple Bare Necessities of Life	174	(2)
The Chemistry of Life	176	(4)
Chapter Lab
Roly-Poly Races	180	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	182	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	185	(1)
Math and Reading	186	(1)
Feature Article
Scientific Debate: Life on Mars?	187	(1)
The Cell in Action	188	(22)
Exchange with the Environment	190	(4)
Energy for the Cell	194	(4)
The Cell Cycle	198	(4)
Chapter Lab
Staying Alive!	202	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	204	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	207	(1)
Math and Reading	208	(1)
Feature Article
Across the Sciences: Electrifying News About Microbes	209	(1)
Introduction to the Human Body	210	(28)
Body Organization	212	(6)
The Skeletal System	218	(4)
The Muscular System	222	(4)
The Integumentary System	226	(4)
Chapter Lab
Muscles at Work	230	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	232	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	235	(1)
Math and Reading	236	(1)
Feature Article
Eureka!: Hairy Oil Spills	237	(1)
Mendel and Heredity	238	(30)
Mendel and His Peas	240	(7)
Introducing Meiosis	247	(7)
Evolution	254	(6)
Chapter Lab
Bug Builders, Inc.	260	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	262	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	265	(1)
Math and Reading	266	(1)
Feature Article
Health Watch: Lab Rats with Wings	267	(1)
UNIT 4 Life on Earth	268	(100)
Science Across Texas
Bacteria and Viruses	270	(22)
Bacteria	272	(5)
Bacteria's Role in the World	277	(4)
Viruses	281	(3)
Chapter Lab
Viral Decorations	284	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	286	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	289	(1)
Math and Reading	290	(1)
Feature Article
Science, Technology, and Society: Edible Vaccines	291	(1)
Protists and Fungi	292	(26)
Protists	294	(9)
Fungi	303	(7)
Chapter Lab
There's a Fungus Among Us!	310	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	312	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	315	(1)
Math and Reading	316	(1)
Feature Article
Science, Technology, and Society: Moldy Bandages	317	(1)
Plants	318	(26)
What Is a Plant?	320	(6)
Life Cycles of Plants	326	(2)
Structure and Function of Vascular Plants	328	(5)
Photosynthesis	333	(3)
Chapter Lab
Food Factory Waste	336	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	338	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	341	(1)
Math and Reading	342	(1)
Feature Article
Weird Science: Mutant Mustard	343	(1)
Animals and Behavior	344	(24)
What Is an Animal?	346	(4)
Animal Behavior	350	(6)
Living Together	356	(4)
Chapter Lab
Aunt Flossie and the Bumblebee	360	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	362	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	365	(1)
Math and Reading	366	(1)
Feature Article
Weird Science: Lobster-Lip Life-form	367	(1)
UNIT 5 Earth and Its Ecosystems	368	(106)
Science Across Texas
Organization of the Environment	370	(18)
The Natural Environment	372	(4)
How Ecosystems Change	376	(4)
Chapter Lab
A Model of Succession	380	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	382	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	385	(1)
Math and Reading	386	(1)
Feature Article
Eye on the Environment: Alien Invasion	387	(1)
Climate	388	(30)
What Is Climate?	390	(6)
Climates of the World	396	(9)
Changes in Climate	405	(5)
Chapter Lab
Biome Business	410	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	412	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	415	(1)
Math and Reading	416	(1)
Feature Article
Science, Technology, and Society: Some Say Fire, Some Say Ice	417	(1)
The Earth's Ecosystems	418	(28)
Land Ecosystems	420	(7)
Marine Ecosystems	427	(7)
Freshwater Ecosystems	434	(4)
Chapter Lab
Too Much of a Good Thing?	438	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	440	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	443	(1)
Math and Reading	444	(1)
Feature Article
Careers: Ecologist	445	(1)
Exploring the Oceans	446	(28)
Earth's Oceans	448	(7)
The Ocean Floor	455	(5)
Resources from the Ocean	460	(6)
Chapter Lab
Probing the Depths	466	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	468	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	471	(1)
Math and Reading	472	(1)
Feature Article
Eye on the Environment: Putting Freshwater Problems on Ice	473	(1)
UNIT 6 The Dynamic Earth	474	(106)
Science Across Texas
Weathering and Soil Formation	476	(26)
Weathering	478	(6)
Rates of Weathering	484	(3)
From Bedrock to Soil	487	(4)
Soil Conservation	491	(3)
Chapter Lab
Rockin' Through Time	494	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	496	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	499	(1)
Math and Reading	500	(1)
Feature Article
Across the Sciences: Worms of the Earth	501	(1)
Agents of Erosion and Deposition	502	(30)
Shoreline Erosion and Deposition	504	(6)
Wind Erosion and Deposition	510	(4)
Erosion and Deposition by Ice	514	(6)
Gravity's Effect on Erosion and Deposition	520	(4)
Chapter Labs
Dune Movement	524	(1)
Creating a Kettle	525	(1)
Chapter Highlights/Review	526	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	529	(1)
Math and Reading	530	(1)
Feature Article
Science, Technology, and Society: Boulder Boogie	531	(1)
Earthquakes	532	(24)
What Are Earthquakes?	534	(6)
Earthquake Measurement	540	(3)
Earthquakes and Society	543	(5)
Chapter Lab
Quake Challenge	548	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	550	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	553	(1)
Math and Reading	554	(1)
Feature Article
Weird Science: Can Animals Predict Earthquakes?	555	(1)
Volcanoes	556	(24)
Volcanic Eruptions	558	(5)
Volcanoes' Effects on Earth	563	(3)
What Causes Volcanoes?	566	(6)
Chapter Lab
Some Go ``Pop,'' Some Do Not	572	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	574	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	577	(1)
Math and Reading	578	(1)
Feature Article
Science, Technology, and Society: Robot in the Hot Seat	579	(1)
UNIT 7 The Earth and Beyond	580	(46)
Science Across Texas
The Formation of the Solar System	582	(22)
A Solar System Is Born	584	(9)
Planetary Motion	593	(3)
Chapter Lab
How Far Is the Sun?	596	(2)
Chapter Highlights/Review	598	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	601	(1)
Math and Reading	602	(1)
Feature Article
Science, Technology, and Society: Don't Look at the Sun!	603	(1)
Earth, Sun, and Moon	604	(22)
Days and Seasons on Earth	606	(4)
Lunar Cycles	610	(4)
Tides, the Sun, and the Moon	614	(4)
Chapter Labs
Eclipses	618	(1)
Phases of the Moon	619	(1)
Chapter Highlights/Review	620	(3)
TEKS/TAKS Practice Tests
Science	623	(1)
Math and Reading	624	(1)
Feature Article
Scientific Debate: Mirrors in Space	625	(1)
LabBook	626	(42)
A Sugar Cube Race!	628	(1)
Making Butter	629	(1)
Unpolluting Water	630	(2)
A Marshmallow Catapult	632	(1)
Blast Off!	633	(1)
Quite a Reaction	634	(2)
Inclined to Move	636	(1)
Building Machines	637	(1)
Wheeling and Dealing	638	(2)
Power of the Sun	640	(2)
The Best-Bread Bakery Dilemma	642	(2)
The Perfect Taters Mystery	644	(2)
Seeing Is Believing	646	(3)
Dating the Fossil Record	649	(3)
Travelin' Seeds	652	(1)
Build a Flower	653	(1)
Leaf Me Alone!	654	(2)
Peeking at Pellets	656	(2)
Global Impact	658	(1)
For the Birds	659	(3)
Life in the Desert	662	(1)
Discovering Mini-Ecosystems	663	(1)
Earthquake Waves	664	(2)
Volcano Verdict	666	(2)
Self-Check Answers	668	(3)
Appendix	671	(25)
Concept Mapping	672	(1)
SI Measurement	673	(1)
Temperature Scales	674	(1)
Measuring Skills	675	(1)
Scientific Methods	676	(3)
Making Charts and Graphs	679	(3)
Math Refresher	682	(4)
Periodic Table of the Elements	686	(2)
Physical Science Refresher	688	(2)
Physical Laws and Equations	690	(2)
The Six Kingdoms	692	(2)
Using the Microscope	694	(2)
Glossary	696	(12)
Spanish Glossary	708	(13)
Index	721	(17)
Credits	738