Biology Workbook For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119894810 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 360 str.

Rene Fester Kratz

Spis treści

Introduction 1Part 1: Getting the Basics 7Chapter 1: Figuring Out the Scientific Method 9Chapter 2: Solving Problems in the Chemistry of Life 23Chapter 3: Investigating Life at the Cellular Level 47Chapter 4: Tracking the Flow of Energy and Matter 63Part 2: Creating the Future 93Chapter 5: Divide and Conquer: Recognizing the Phases of Cell Division 95Chapter 6: Predicting Future Generations with Mendelian Genetics 121Chapter 7: Taking Genetics to the DNA Level 137Chapter 8: Going Straight to the Source with DNA Technology 159Part 3: Making Connections 177Chapter 9: Organizing the Living World 179Chapter 10: Connecting Organisms in Ecosystems 191Chapter 11: Evaluating the Effects of Evolution 215Part 4: Getting to Know the Human Body 227Chapter 12: Building Bodies with the Skeletal and Muscular Systems 229Chapter 13: Giving Your Body What It Needs: The Respiratory and Circulatory Systems 245Chapter 14: Processing Food with the Digestive and Excretory Systems 261Chapter 15: Fighting Enemies with the Immune System 275Chapter 16: Sending Messages with the Nervous and Endocrine Systems 293Chapter 17: Making Babies with the Reproductive System 305Part 5: Going Green with Plant Biology 319Chapter 18: Studying Plant Structures 321Chapter 19: Pondering Problems in Plant Physiology 339Part 6: The Part of Tens 351Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Getting an A in Biology 353Chapter 21: Ten Great Biology Websites 359Chapter 22: Ten Ways Biology Matters To Your Life Right Now 363Index 367

O autorze

René Fester Kratz is a biology and global health instructor at Everett Community College and holds a Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Washington. Kratz is the author of Molecular & Cell Biology For Dummies 2nd Edition, Biology For Dummies 2nd Edition, Biology Essentials For Dummies, and Botany For Dummies.