Biology Today and Tomorrow with Physiology

645 Pages·2012·159.84 MB·English

by  Cecie Starr

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b i o l o g y
today and tomorrow
with physiology
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b i o l o g y
today and tomorrow
Cecie Starr
Christine A. Evers
Lisa Starr
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Contents in Brief
1 Unit FOUr eCOlOGy
Invitation to Biology
16
Population Ecology
Unit One HOw Cells wOrk
17
Communities and Ecosystems
2
Molecules of Life
18
The Biosphere and Human Effects
3
Cell Structure
4 Unit Five HOw animals wOrk
Energy and Metabolism
19
5 Animal Tissues and Organs
Capturing and Releasing Energy
20
How Animals Move
Unit twO GenetiCs
21
Circulation and Respiration
6
DNA Structure and Function
22
Immunity
7
Gene Expression and Control
23
Digestion and Excretion
8
How Cells Reproduce
24
Neural Control and the Senses
9
Patterns of Inheritance
25
Endocrine Control
10
Biotechnology
26
Reproduction and Development
Unit tHree evOlUtiOn and diversity
Unit six HOw Plants wOrk
11
Evidence of Evolution
27
Plant Form and Function
12
Processes of Evolution
28
Plant Reproduction and Development
13
Early Life Forms and the Viruses
14
Plants and Fungi
15
Animal Evolution
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Contents
Why Electrons Matter 26
2.3 From Atoms to Molecules 28
Ionic Bonds 28
Covalent Bonds 28
1
Invitation to Biology 2.4 Hydrogen Bonds and Water 30
Water Is an Excellent Solvent 30
1.1 The Secret Life of Earth 4
Water Stabilizes Temperature 31
1.2 Life Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts 5
Water Has Cohesion 31
1.3 How Living Things Are Alike 6
2.5 Acids and Bases 32
Organisms Require Energy and Nutrients 6
2.6 Organic Molecules 33
Organisms Sense and Respond to Change 7
From Structure to Function 33
Organisms Grow and Reproduce 7
2.7 Carbohydrates 34
1.4 How Living Things Differ 8
2.8 Lipids 36
1.5 What Is a “Species”? 10
Fats 36
A Rose by Any Other Name 10
Phospholipids 37
1.6 The Science of Nature 12
Waxes 37
Thinking About Thinking 12
Steroids 37
How Science Works 12
2.9 Proteins 38
1.7 Analyzing Experimental Results 16
The Importance of Protein Structure 39
Sampling Error 16
2.10 Nucleic Acids 41
Bias in Interpreting Results 17
2.11 Fear of Frying (revisited) 41
1.8 The Nature of Science 18
The Limits of Science 19
3
Cell Structure
1.9 The Secret Life of Earth (revisited) 19
3.1 Food for Thought 46
3.2 What, Exactly, Is a Cell? 47
Unit One HOw Cells wOrk
The Cell Theory 47
Components of All Cells 47
2
Molecules of Life
Cell Size 47
How Do We See Cells? 48
2.1 Fear of Frying 24
2.2 Start With Atoms 25
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