Table of Content

1 Introduction: Biology Today

UNIT 1  Cells
2 Essential Chemistry for Biology
3 The Molecules of Life
4 A Tour of the Cell
5 The Working Cell
6 Cellular Respiration: Obtaining Energy from Food
7 Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food

UNIT 2 Genetics
8 Cellular Reproduction: Cells from Cells
9 Patterns of Inheritance
10 The Structure and Function of DNA
11 How Genes Are Controlled
12 DNA Technology

UNIT 3 Animal Structure and Function
13 Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function
14 Nutrition and Digestion
15 Circulation and Respiration
16 The Body's Defenses
17 Hormones
18 Reproduction and Development
19 Nervous, Sensory, and Locomotor Systems

UNIT 4 Plant Structure and Function
20 The Life of a Flowering Plant
21 The Working Plant

Appendices
Credits
Self-Quiz Answers
Glossary
Index
 

Salient Features

•  Why Biology Matters photo essays engage student curiosity about biology through the use of dynamic photographs and intriguing scientific observations. Each intriguing science fact is later revisited in the chapter narrative to help students see the link between the everyday application of biology and the chapter material.
•  Analogies and applications to everyday life have been added throughout the prose and the illustrations, making key concepts easier to visualize and to remember for students who are learning the material for the first time.
•  Chapter threads explore a single high-interest topic throughout each chapter in "Biology and Society" essays, "Process of Science" investigations, and "Evolution Connection" discussions.
•  Interpreting Data end-of-chapter questions help students learn to use quantitative material by  analyzing graphs and interacting with other data.
•  Process of Science essays appear in every chapter and walk students through each step of the scientific method as it applies to a specific research question.