Study guide to accompany Biology! bringing science to life /
Brosnan, Deborah M.
Study guide to accompany Biology! bringing science to life / John H. Postlethwait, Janet L. Hopson and Ruth C. Veres ; prepared by Deborah M. Brosnan. - New York : McGraw-hill, 1991 - viii, 277 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
What is life? -- Atoms, molecules, and life -- Cells: the basic units of life -- Dynamic cell -- How living things harvest energy -- Trapping sunlight and building nutrients-- Cell cycles and life cycles -- Patterns of heredity -- DNA: the thread of life -- How genes work -- Human genetics -- Reproduction and development: a new generation-- Human life cycle -- Origins of life and its diversity -- Single-celled kingdoms -- Plants and fungi: producers and decomposers -- Animals without backbones -- Chordates: vertebrates and their relatives -- Steady state: the key to animal survival -- Circulation: the internal transport system -- Respiration: gas exchange with the environment -- Immune system: defense from disease -- Animal nutrition and digestion -- Salt and water balance and waste removal -- How hormones govern body activities -- How nerve cells work -- Senses and the brain -- Body in motion -- Plant form and function -- How plants grow.
0070506388
Biology--Problems, exercises, etc
574 / P858B 1991
Study guide to accompany Biology! bringing science to life / John H. Postlethwait, Janet L. Hopson and Ruth C. Veres ; prepared by Deborah M. Brosnan. - New York : McGraw-hill, 1991 - viii, 277 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
What is life? -- Atoms, molecules, and life -- Cells: the basic units of life -- Dynamic cell -- How living things harvest energy -- Trapping sunlight and building nutrients-- Cell cycles and life cycles -- Patterns of heredity -- DNA: the thread of life -- How genes work -- Human genetics -- Reproduction and development: a new generation-- Human life cycle -- Origins of life and its diversity -- Single-celled kingdoms -- Plants and fungi: producers and decomposers -- Animals without backbones -- Chordates: vertebrates and their relatives -- Steady state: the key to animal survival -- Circulation: the internal transport system -- Respiration: gas exchange with the environment -- Immune system: defense from disease -- Animal nutrition and digestion -- Salt and water balance and waste removal -- How hormones govern body activities -- How nerve cells work -- Senses and the brain -- Body in motion -- Plant form and function -- How plants grow.
0070506388
Biology--Problems, exercises, etc
574 / P858B 1991