Study Guide

by Campbell, Neil A.

• ISBN13: 9780805371550
• ISBN10: 0805371559
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-22
• Publisher: Benjamin Cummings

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Exploring Life	1	(6)
Unit One The Chemistry of Life	7	(28)
The Chemical Context of Life	7	(8)
Water and the Fitness of the Environment	15	(6)
Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life	21	(4)
The Structure and Function of Macromolecules	25	(10)
Unit Two The Cell	35	(60)
A Tour of the Cell	35	(12)
Membrane Structure and Function	47	(8)
An Introduction to Metabolism	55	(8)
Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy	63	(10)
Photosynthesis	73	(10)
Cell Communication	83	(6)
The Cell Cycle	89	(6)
Unit Three Genetics	95	(82)
Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles	95	(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