Biology : a guide to the natural world /

Contents;

1Science as a way of learning: A guide to the natural world

Unit 1. Essential parts: atoms, molecules and cells
2. The fundamental building blocks: chemistry and life
3. Life's components: water, ph. and biological molecules
4. Life's home: The cell
5. Life's boarder: the plasma membrane

Unit 2. Energy and its transformations
6. Life's main spring: An introduction to energy
7. Vital harvest : deriving energy from food
8. The green world's gift

Unit 3. How life goes on: Genetics
9. An introduction to genetics: Genes Mitosis and cytokinesis
10. Preparing for sexual reproduction meiosis
11. The first geneticist: Mendel and his discoveries
etc...

Unit 4. Life's organizing principle: evolution and the diversity of life
16. An introduction to evolution: Charles Darwin, evolutionary thought and evidence for evolution
17. The means of evolution: microevolution
18. The outcomes of evolution: macroevolution
19. A slow unfolding the history of life on earth
etc...

Unit 5. A bounty that feed us all plants
23. The angiosperms : an introduction to flowering plants
24. The angiosperms: form and function in flowering plants

Unit 6. What makes the organism tick? Animal anatomy and physiology
25. Introduction to human anatomy and physiology: The integumentary, skeletal and muscular systems
26. Communication and control: The nervous and endocrine systems
27. Defending the body: The immune system
etc.

Unit 7. The living world as a whole: ecology and animal behavior
An interactive living world: Populations and communities in ecology
An interactive living world: Ecosystems and the biosphere
Animals and their actions: Animal behavior

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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