Biology: Understanding LifeJones & Bartlett Learning, 2000 - 837 páginas Designed for a one or two semester non-majors course in introductory biology taught at most two and four-year colleges. This course typically fulfills a general education requirement, and rather than emphasizing mastery of technical topics, it focuses on the understanding of biological ideas and concepts, how they relate to real life, and appreciating the scientific methods and thought processes. Given the authors' work in and dedication to science education, this text's writing style, pedagogy, and integrated support package are all based on classroom-tested teaching strategies and learning theory. The result is a learning program that enhances the effectiveness & efficiency of the teaching and learning experience in the introductory biology course like no other before it. |
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Chapter | 3 |
BioIssues | 14 |
5 | 22 |
The Chemistry of Life | 32 |
Chapter 4 | 39 |
8 | 48 |
Just Wondering | 55 |
Chapter 5 | 63 |
Genetics Reproduction and Development | 378 |
DNA is the hereditary material How Science Works | 384 |
Key Concepts Key Terms | 496 |
How Species Change over Time | 528 |
evolution based on his observations and other the origin of life | 555 |
Evolutionary trees trace the lineage of Primates reflect a treedwelling heritage | 570 |
An Overview of the Five | 588 |
27 7 Sac fungi Ascomycota | 629 |
Small molecules move into and out of cells | 78 |
Just Wondering | 86 |
Enzymes regulate chemical reactions in living | 92 |
Chapter 6 | 96 |
Just Wondering | 101 |
Just Wondering | 124 |
Patterns and Levels | 130 |
6 | 136 |
8 | 145 |
Just Wondering | 153 |
Human digestion is mechanical and chemical | 161 |
Just Wondering | 193 |
Focus on Plants 199 12 3 What substances does the body | 246 |
Just Wondering | 257 |
Just Wondering | 276 |
The Nervous System | 282 |
The human peripheral nervous system carries | 296 |
Just Wondering | 323 |
Protection Support | 330 |
Human skin bones and muscles perform many | 336 |
Bacteria are prokaryotic cells 28 1 Characteristics of plants | 638 |
Chapter 27 | 639 |
Protists and Fungi 612 28 7 Mechanisms of pollination | 647 |
Chapter 9 | 667 |
Invertebrates | 679 |
Roundworms are bilaterally symmetrical | 685 |
Animal Behavior 716 Just Wondering 755 | 717 |
Some animals can change their behaviors based community | 723 |
on experience 34 1 Ecosystems | 760 |
Social behaviors ultimately aid the reproductive 34 4 Commensalism | 768 |
Population Ecology 742 their environment | 776 |
the World 792 37 2 Nonrenewable resources | 819 |
Biomes cover wide geographic areas ensuring a safe water supply | 828 |
What is the difference between El Niño and La Niña? Appendix A Answers | 1 |
Chapter 10 | 10 |
Chapter 16 | 16 |
Glossary | 3 |
| 1 | |
Credits | 33 |
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