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Contents
Chapter 1 V Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life V V V V V V 1
Chapter 2 V The Chemical Context of Life
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Chapter 3 V Water and the Fitness of the Environment
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Chapter 4 V Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
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Chapter 5 V The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules
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Chapter 6 V A Tour of the Cell
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Chapter 7 V Membrane Structure and Function V V V 129
Chapter 8 V An Introduction to Metabolism
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Chapter 9 V Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy
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Chapter 10V Photosynthesis 200
Chapter 11V Cell Communication
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Chapter 12V The Cell Cycle
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Chapter 13V Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
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Chapter 14V Mendel and the Gene Idea
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Chapter 15V The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
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Chapter 16V The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
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Chapter 17V From Gene to Protein
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Chapter 18V Regulation of Gene Expression V V V 364
Chapter 19V Viruses 389
Chapter 20V Biotechnology 400
Chapter 21V Genomes and Their Evolution V V V 420
Chapter 22V Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
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Chapter 23V The Evolution of Populations
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Chapter 24V The Origin of Species
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Chapter 25V The History of Life on Earth
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Chapter 26V Phylogeny and the Tree of Life V V V V V 519
Chapter 27V Bacteria and Archaea V V 546
Chapter 28V Protists 571
Chapter 29V Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land
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Chapter 30V Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
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Chapter 31V Fungi 642
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V An Introduction to Animal Diversity
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Chapter 33
V Invertebrates 689
Chapter 34
V Vertebrates 717
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V Plant Structure, Growth, and Development
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Chapter 36
V Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants
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Chapter 37
V Soil and Plant Nutrition
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Chapter 38
V Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology
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V Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals
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Chapter 40
V Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function
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V Animal Nutrition
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V Circulation and Gas Exchange V V V 886
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V The Immune System
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V Osmoregulation and Excretion V V
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V Hormones and the Endocrine System
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V Animal Reproduction
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V Animal Development
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V Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling
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Chapter 49
V Nervous Systems V 1007
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V Sensory and Motor Mechanisms
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V Animal BehaviorV 1035
Chapter 52
V An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
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Chapter 53
V Population Ecology V 1074
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V Community Ecology V 1102
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V Ecosystems 1121
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V Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology
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,Chapter 1 V Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life V V V V V V
The introduction to the study of biology in Chapter 1 highlights seven book -wide themes,
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Vwith special emphasis on the core theme of evolution. How scientists use inductive
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V reasoning to draw general conclusions and deductive reasoning to test hypotheses is
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V emphasized. Questions in this chapter are designed to help assess a student’s
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Chapter 1 based on the three key concepts.
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Multiple-Choice Questions V
1) Which of the following properties or processes do we associate with living things?
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A) evolutionary adaptations V
B) energy processing V
C) responding to the environment V V V
D) growth and reproduction V V
E) all of the above V V V
Answer: E V V
Topic: Overview V
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2) Which of the following is not a theme that unifies biology?
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A) interaction with the environment V V V
B) emergent properties V
C) evolution
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3) Which of the following sequences represents the hierarchy of biological organization from
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the least to the most complex level?
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A) organelle, tissue, biosphere, ecosystem, population, organism V V V V V
B) cell, community, population, organ system, molecule, organelle
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C) organism, community, biosphere, molecule, tissue, organ V V V V V
D) ecosystem, cell, population, tissue, organism, organ system V V V V V V
E) molecule, cell, organ system, population, ecosystem, biosphere V V V V V V
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4) A localized group of organisms that belong to the same species is called a
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A) biosystem.
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C) population.
D) ecosystem.
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A) Each chromosome has one very long DNA molecule with hundreds of
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thousands of genes.
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B) Every cell is enclosed by a membrane.
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C) Every cell uses DNA as its genetic information.
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D) All forms of life are composed of cells that have a membrane-enclosed nucleus.
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E) DNA is the unit of inheritance that is transmitted from parent to offspring.
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6) In terms of the hierarchical organization of life, a bacterium is at the
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A) single-celled organism; multicellular organism V V V
B) single organelle; organism V V
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7) Which of these is a correct representation of the hierarchy of biological
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A) organelle of a stomach cell, digestive system, large intestine, small intestine,
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intestinal tissue, organism
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B) organelle of an intestinal cell, digestive system, small intestine, large
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intestine, intestinal tissue, organism
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C) molecule, intestinal cell organelle, intestinal cell, intestinal tissue, digestive
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system, organism
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D) molecule, small intestine, large intestine, intestinal tissue, digestive system, organism
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E) molecule, digestive system, digestive cell organelle, small intestine,
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large intestine, intestinal cell, organism
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8) Organisms interact with their environments, exchanging matter and energy. For
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Vexample, plant chloroplasts convert the energy of sunlight into
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A) the energy of motion.
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C) the potential energy of chemical bonds.
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9) The main source of energy for producers in an ecosystem is
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