Table of Contents
Cover
How to Use This Book
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Origin of Life
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION
CONDITIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
EXPERIMENTAL SEARCH FOR LIFE'S BEGINNINGS
PROBING SPACE FOR CLUES OF LIFE'S ORIGINS ON EARTH
PANSPERMIA
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
2 Cell Structure
MICROSCOPES
CELLS
CELL THEORY
CELL STRUCTURE AND CELL SIZE
CYTOPLASM AND NUCLEOPLASM
CELL MEMBRANE
MOVEMENT THROUGH THE CELL MEMBRANE
PLANT CELL WALL
PLASMODESMATA AND GAP JUNCTIONS
CELLS' INTERNAL STRUCTURES
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
3 Cell Division
CELLULAR REPRODUCTION
MITOSIS
SEX AND SEXUALITY
MEIOSIS
MEIOSIS I
MEIOSIS II
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
4 Reproduction
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
ALTERNATION OF GENERATION
HUMAN REPRODUCTION
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
5 Cellular Respiration
GLYCOLYSIS
ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION
AEROBIC RESPIRATION
CYTOCHROME SYSTEM
RESPIRATION OF FATS AND PROTEINS
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
6 Photosynthesis
HISTORY
PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS
PHOTOSYNTHETIC AUTOTROPHS
NUTRIENTS
CHLOROPLASTS
CHLOROPHYLL AND OTHER PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS
LIGHT ABSORPTION
PASSING THE ELECTRONS
NONCYCLIC PHOTOPHOSPHORYLATION
CYCLIC PHOTOPHOSPHORYLATION
CARBON FIXATION AND CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS
LEAVES
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
7 Homeostasis
FLUID ENVIRONMENT OF THE EARLIEST CELLS
PLANT CELLS VS. ANIMAL CELLS
INVERTEBRATE EXCRETION
OTHER OSMOREGULATORY PROBLEMS
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
8 Hormones
PLANT HORMONES
AUXINS
GIBBERELLINS
CYTOKININS AND INHIBITORS
ETHYLENE
PHOTOPERIODISM
ANIMAL HORMONES
DIGESTION (GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT)
HISTAMINE
PANCREAS
ADRENALS AND KIDNEYS
THYROID
PARATHYROIDS
THYMUS
PITUITARY
HYPOTHALAMUS
OVARIES
TESTES
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
9 The Brain and the Nervous System
THE BRAIN
MEMBRANES COVERING THE BRAIN
THE VERTEBRATE BRAIN AND ITS EVOLUTION
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
EVOLUTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
NEURONS
NERVOUS IMPULSE
SYNAPSE AND NEUROTRANSMITTERS
REFLEX ARCS
ORGANIZATION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
10 Bones and Muscles
BONES
MUSCLES
MUSCLE CONTRACTION
SLIDING-FILAMENT THEORY
EXOSKELETON
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
11 Internal Transport: Plants and Invertebrates
ORGANISMS WITHOUT INTERNAL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
TRANSPORT IN PLANTS
STEMS
CONDUCTING TISSUES IN PLANTS
ROOTS
MOVEMENT OF INORGANIC SOLUTES
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
12 Circulatory System
INSECTS: OPEN CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS
INSECT BLOOD
CIRCULATION IN VERTEBRATES
CAPILLARIES
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
13 Blood
ERYTHROCYTES (RED BLOOD CELLS)
BLOOD TYPES
Rh
WHITE BLOOD CELLS (LEUKOCYTES)
BLOOD TEST
PLATELETS (THROMBOCYTES)
IONS, SALTS, AND PROTEINS IN THE BLOOD
HEARTBEAT
BLOOD PRESSURE
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
14 Nutrition
PROTEINS
CARBON
FUNCTIONAL GROUPS
MONOMERS AND POLYMERS
CARBOHYDRATES
SIMPLE SUGARS
DIGESTION
ISOMERS
LIPIDS
VITAMINS
MINERALS
FIBER
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
15 Ecology
HABITAT AND NICHE
POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES
POPULATION GROWTH
SPECIES DIVERSITY
SPECIES TURNOVER, RECRUITMENT, AND INTRODUCED SPECIES
COMPETITION
DENSITY
CARRYING CAPACITY
SUCCESSION
REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY
ECOSYSTEMS
BIOMES
MARINE COMMUNITIES
MINERAL NUTRIENT CYCLES
BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY
CAMOUFLAGE
MIMICRY
WATER TREATMENT, RECYCLING, AND COMPOSTING
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
16 Viruses and Subviruses
VIRUSES
SUBVIRUSES
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
17 Monera
PROKARYOTIC DNA
REPRODUCTION
SPORES
HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA
CHEMOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA
NITROGEN FIXATION
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
18 Protista
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
19 Fungi
OOMYCOTA: WATER MOLDS
ZYGOMYCOTA
ASCOMYCOTA: SAC FUNGI
BASIDIOMYCOTA: CLUB FUNGI
IMPERFECT FUNGI
MYCORRHIZAE
LICHENS
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
20 Plant Kingdom: Plantae
MOVE TO LAND
BRYOPHYTA: MOSSES, LIVERWORTS, AND HORNWORTS
VASCULAR PLANTS
PSILOPHYTA
LYCOPHYTA: CLUB MOSSES
SPHENOPHYTA: HORSETAILS
PTEROPHYTA: FERNS
GYMNOSPERMS
CYCADOPHYTA
GINKGOPHYTA
CONIFEROPHYTA: CONIFERS
ANTHOPHYTA/ANGIOSPERMS: FLOWERING PLANTS
TYPICAL FLOWER
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
21 Animal Kingdom: Animalia
LOWER INVERTEBRATES
HIGHER INVERTEBRATES
CHORDATA
KEY TERMS
SELF-TEST
ANSWERS
Glossary
Index
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List of Tables
Chapter 8
Table 8.1 Major sources of human hormones and their functions.
Chapter 13
Table 13.1 Compatibility of blood types.
Chapter 14
Table 14.1 Water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins.
List of Illustrations
Chapter 2
Figure 2.1 Light microscope (left) and stereomicroscope (right). The resolvi...
Figure 2.2 Linearly arranged cell walls in the annual growth rings of a pine...
Figure 2.3 The top three boxes illustrate
diffusion
. Water is represented by...
Figure 2.4 Active transport: (a) A cell concentrates certain kinds of molecu...
Figure 2.5 Cells have specialized junctions that facilitate the passage of m...
Figure 2.6 An electron micrograph of a nucleus. The arrows point to pores in...
Figure 2.7 Here are four of the major organelles located in the animal cell ...
Figure 2.8 This cross-section diagram illustrates the Golgi apparatus, an or...
Figure 2.9 (a) An artist's rendering of a mitochondrion; and (b) a labeled p...
Figure 2.10 A chloroplast with structures labeled.
Figure 2.11 A generalized plant cell with its structures labeled.
Figure 2.12 Composite animal cell.
Figure 2.13 Cross section of a centriole. This drawing shows the nine triple...
Chapter 3
Figure 3.1 (a) Generalized cyanobacterium (or blue-green bacterium or blue-g...
Figure 3.2 Generalized and somewhat simplified representations of two types ...
Figure 3.3 Schematic drawings of an animal cell with six chromosomes undergo...
Figure 3.4 Drawings depicting an animal cell undergoing meiosis. For simplic...
Chapter 4
Figure 4.1 Budding of hydra is illustrated here. The upright and larger pare...
Figure 4.2 Gametogenesis is illustrated, showing how the process involves me...
Figure 4.3 Spermatogenesis and oogenesis.
Figure 4.4 Alternation of generations in Obelia, which is a cnidarian (coele...
Figure 4.5 Life cycle of a moss.
Figure 4.6 Life cycle of a fern.
Figure 4.7 Reproductive system of the human male.
Figure 4.8 Reproductive system of the human female.
Figure 4.9 Human fetus and its fetal structures inside the mother's uterus....
Figure 4.10 Monthly ovarian and uterine cycles. Four hormones are involved:
Chapter 5
Figure 5.1 The major events involved in cellular respiration are illustrated...
Figure 5.2 Activation energy is the amount of energy required to initiate a ...
Figure 5.3 Different enzymes function best at specific temperatures. Most hu...
Figure 5.4 This figure illustrates the most important points of what occurs ...
Figure 5.5 Krebs cycle and glycolysis.
Figure 5.6 The structure of adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
Figure 5.7 Anaerobic conversion of pyruvate (pyruvic acid) to ethanol and to...
Figure 5.8 The Krebs (tricarboxylic acid) cycle shown with more detail than ...
Figure 5.9 Oxidative phosphorylation is the net product of the cytochrome sy...
Figure 5.10 Summary diagram of the formation of ATP during the aerobic break...
Chapter 6
Figure 6.1 Photosynthesis, as depicted here, is the process involving chloro...
Figure 6.2 Electron micrograph of chloroplast from a corn plant.
Figure 6.3 Chemical structures of chlorophyll
a
and chlorophyll
b
, molecules...
Figure 6.4 Absorption spectrum of chlorophyll
b
in nanometers (nm) from 400 ...
Figure 6.5 Chemical structure of three closely related carotenoids: α-, ...
Figure 6.6 The transfer of the ATP molecule's terminal high-energy phosphate...
Figure 6.7 Carbohydrate synthesis. Carbohydrates are made from water and CO
2
Figure 6.8 Three-dimensional diagram of a leaf section, illustrating externa...
Chapter 7
Figure 7.1 Osmosis is a specialized type of diffusion involving a semipermea...
Figure 7.2 Excretory system of planaria, consisting of flame cells, excretor...
Figure 7.3 Nephrons are located in the portions of the kidney termed “cortex...
Figure 7.4 Chemical structures of the nitrogenous compounds: ammonia, urea, ...
Chapter 8
Figure 8.1 Location and general appearance of important hormone-secreting gl...
Figure 8.2 Location of the pituitary gland and hypothalamus, as illustrated ...
Figure 8.3 The hormones produced by the pituitary gland and the parts of the...
Chapter 9
Figure 9.1 Grasshopper's nervous system (brain and ganglia are shaded).
Figure 9.2 The brains of five vertebrates (not drawn to scale) illustrate va...
Figure 9.3 Sensory, association, and motor neurons and their relationships....
Figure 9.4 A nerve cell and associated Schwann cells with microstructural de...
Figure 9.5 Initiation and transmission of a nerve impulse as illustrated alo...
Figure 9.6 This graph illustrates the change in a nerve fiber's membrane pot...
Figure 9.7 A synapse, the junction between two neurons. Neurotransmitters ar...
Figure 9.8 After the neurotransmitter molecules attach to the receptor sites...
Figure 9.9 Cross section of the spinal cord showing major features and the r...
Figure 9.10 Autonomic nerves innervate smooth muscles found in organs and gl...
Chapter 10
Figure 10.1 The human spinal column consists of 33 bones. Within the spinal ...
Figure 10.2 The human skeleton.
Figure 10.3 The pigeon skeleton.
Figure 10.4 With balance sensors located in muscles and tendons, the antagon...
Figure 10.5 A kymograph is used in laboratory experiments to study muscle co...
Figure 10.6 The muscle elements described in the text are illustrated with t...
Figure 10.7 Muscle contraction results when the protein polymers called acti...
Chapter 11
Figure 11.1 Going from the inside to the outside of the stem, the tissues sh...
Figure 11.2 At the start, a young wheat root begins growing by pushing out t...
Chapter 12
Figure 12.1 On the left is the countercurrent exchange mechanism as it works...
Figure 12.2 Open circulatory system of a grasshopper illustrating blood flow...
Figure 12.3 Rate of blood flow to capillary bed (top) is regulated by the co...
Figure 12.4 Cross section of a human heart showing the four chambers (two at...
Figure 12.5 A highly simplified representation of the human circulatory syst...
Figure 12.6 Ninety percent of the blood plasma that leaks from the tissues p...
Chapter 13
Figure 13.1 A mass of human red blood cells. Their flattened, indented shape...
Figure 13.2 Blood cell types are classified according to the shape and size ...
Figure 13.3 Pacemaker tissues in the human heart. Heartbeat is initiated by ...
Figure 13.4 An
EKG
(
electrocardiogram
) tracing a heartbeat, measuring the sy...
Chapter 14
Figure 14.1 Representations of some common organic functional groups.
Figure 14.2 These two isomers of C
2
H
6
O are structural isomers.
Figure 14.3 These two isomers of C
4
H
4
O
4
are geometric isomers; note the doub...
Figure 14.4 These two isomers of C
3
H
6
O
3
are optical isomers.
Figure 14.5 Isomers of C
6
H
12
O
6
; these three are isometric hexoses (six carbo...
Figure 14.6 Ring structure of glucose (C
6
H
12
O
6
).
Figure 14.7 Some common simple, double, and multiple molecules composed of s...
Figure 14.8 Sucrose, our common table sugar, is a disaccharide composed of a...
Figure 14.9 Glycogen is composed of long branching chains of glucose molecul...
Figure 14.10 Each fat molecule is composed of a glycerol unit to which are a...
Figure 14.11 Ring structures of two well-known steroids.
Chapter 15
Figure 15.1 Exponential growth curve (N = population size; r = rate of incre...
Figure 15.2 Population growth as described by the logistic equation (K = car...
Figure 15.3 Survivorship curves for humans, deer, and maples.
Figure 15.4 Annual net primary productivity of natural vegetation.
Figure 15.5 Biomes are major ecosystems with distinctive forms of life. The ...
Chapter 16
Figure 16.1 Proliferative cycle of a virus; here the host cell is a bacteriu...
Figure 16.2 Diagram of a virus that attacks bacteria, known as a bacteriopha...
Figure 16.3
Scanning electron microscope
(
SEM
) photomicrograph of a bacteria...
Chapter 17
Figure 17.1 Diagram of a bacterial cell, illustrating a prokaryotic cell. Mo...
Figure 17.2 (a) Composite bacterium; (b) An electron micrograph of a bacteri...
Chapter 19
Figure 19.1 Yeast cells in various stages of budding.
Figure 19.2 The mushroom known as the common edible morel is a fruiting body...
Figure 19.3 Growth of a common poisonous mushroom (
Amanita
).
Chapter 20
Figure 20.1 Moss, illustrating rhizoids, leafy gametophytes, and attached sp...
Figure 20.2 Mature fern sporophyte, illustrating leafy diploid stage.
Figure 20.3 Diagram of a tulip flower, illustrating different floral parts....
Chapter 21
Figure 21.1 Insect: American cockroach.
Figure 21.2 Fish: Striped bass.
Figure 21.3 Amphibian: Green frog.
Figure 21.4 Reptile: Garter snake.
Figure 21.5 Reptile: Snapping turtle.
Figure 21.6 Bird: Black-crowned night heron.
Figure 21.7 Mammal: Eastern chipmunk.
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