Biological Science (8版)

●NEW: Biology in Numbers Activities include videos to support the development of quantitative reasoning in a biological context, addressing the scale of life and inciting a feeling of awe. ●EXPANDED: Insider Tips are brief, student-designed videos featuring expert-student study strategies and feature a new video that guides students through the process of metacognition. Other tips include understanding terminology, retrieval practice, confronting misconceptions, drawing models, transferring knowledge, spacing study, cultivating a growth mindset and other expert-student skills. ●EXPANDED: 30 Interactive Figure Walkthrough Videos guide students through challenging figures with brief videos that break down the art and provide explanatory narration to help students better understand key concepts and to develop critical thinking skills. ●Put It All Together case study questions from the end of each chapter are assignable in Mastering Biology. ●Blue Thread Questions provide over 500 questions based on the Blue Thread questions in the textbook and are interactive in the P+ eTextbook.

1. Biology: The Study of Life UNIT 1 THE MOLECULAR ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE 2. Water and Carbon: The Chemical Basis of Life 3. Protein Structure and Function 4. Nucleic Acids and an RNA World 5. An Introduction to Carbohydrates 6. Lipids, Membranes, and the First Cells UNIT 2 CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION 7. Inside the Cell 8. Energy and Enzymes: An Introduction to Metabolism 9. 9 Cellular Respiration and Fermentation 10. 10 Photosynthesis 11. 11 Cell–Cell Interactions 12. 12 The Cell Cycle UNIT 3 GENE STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION 13. Meiosis 14. Mendel and the Gene 15. DNA and the Gene: Synthesis and Repair 16. How Genes Work 17. Transcription, RNA Processing, and Translation 18. Control of Gene Expression in Bacteria 19. Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes 20. The Molecular Revolution: Biotechnology, Genomics, and New Frontiers 21. Genes, Development, and Evolution UNIT 4 EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS AND PROCESSES 22. Evolution by Natural Selection 23. Evolutionary Processes 24. Speciation 25. Phylogenies and the History of Life UNIT 5 THE DIVERSIFICATION OF LIFE 26. Bacteria and Archaea 27. Diversification of Eukaryotes 28. Green Algae and Land Plants 29. Fungi 30. An Introduction to Animals 31. Protostome Animals 32. Deuterostome Animals 33. Viruses UNIT 6 HOW PLANTS WORK 34. Plant Form and Function 35. Water and Sugar Transport in Plants 36. Plant Nutrition 37. Plant Sensory Systems, Signals, and Responses 38. Flowering Plant Reproduction and Development UNIT 7 HOW ANIMALS WORK 39. Animal Form and Function 40. Water and Electrolyte Balance in Animals 41. Animal Nutrition 42. Gas Exchange and Circulation 43. Animal Nervous Systems 44. Animal Sensory Systems 45. Animal Movement 46. Chemical Signals in Animals 47. Animal Reproduction and Development 48. The Immune System in Animals UNIT 8 ECOLOGY 49. An Introduction to Ecology 50. Behavioral Ecology 51. Population Ecology 52. Community Ecology 53. Ecosystems and Global Ecology 54. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology APPENDICES A. Answers B. Periodic Table of Elements