Biology, Third Edition, A Self-Teaching Guide by Garber, Steven D. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Table of Contents 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

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