TY - BOOK AU - Brosnan,Deborah M. AU - Postlethwait,John H. AU - Hopson,Janet L. AU - Veres,Ruth C. TI - Study guide to accompany Biology! bringing science to life SN - 0070506388 U1 - 574 PY - 1991/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-hill KW - Biology KW - Problems, exercises, etc N1 - 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 ER -