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Contents
Chapterte1 Introduction:teThemesteintetheteStudyteofteLife 1
Chapterte2 TheteChemicalteContextteofteLife 17
Chapterte3 WaterteandtetheteFitnessteoftetheteEnvironment 41
Chapterte4 CarbonteandtetheteMolecularteDiversityteofteLife 61
Chapterte5 TheteStructureteandteFunctionteofteLargeteBiologicalteMolecules 82
Chapterte6 AteTourteoftetheteCell 110
Chapterte7 MembraneteStructureteandteFunction 129
Chapterte8 AnteIntroductiontetoteMetabolism 150
Chapterte9 CellularteRespiration:teHarvestingteChemicalteEnergy 172
Chapterte10 Photosynthesis 200
Chapterte11 CellteCommunication 220
Chapterte12 TheteCellteCycle 236
Chapterte13 MeiosisteandteSexualteLifeteCycles 257
Chapterte14 MendelteandtetheteGeneteIdea 277
Chapterte15 TheteChromosomalteBasisteofteInheritance 301
Chapterte16 TheteMolecularteBasisteofteInheritance 321
Chapterte17 FromteGenetetoteProtein 340
Chapterte18 RegulationteofteGeneteExpression 364
Chapterte19 Viruses 389
Chapterte20 Biotechnology 400
Chapterte21 GenomesteandteTheirteEvolution 420
Chapterte22 DescenttewithteModification:teAteDarwinianteViewteofteLife 430
Chapterte23 TheteEvolutionteoftePopulations 447
Chapterte24 TheteOriginteofteSpecies 472
Chapterte25 TheteHistoryteofteLifeteonteEarth 491
Chapterte26 PhylogenyteandtetheteTreeteofteLife 519
Chapterte27 BacteriateandteArchaea 546
Chapterte28 Protists 571
Chapterte29 PlantteDiversityteI:teHowtePlantsteColonizedteLand 595
Chapterte30 PlantteDiversityteII:teTheteEvolutionteofteSeedtePlants 615
,Chapterte31 Fungi 642
Chapterte32 AnteIntroductiontetoteAnimalteDiversity 665
Chapterte33 Invertebrates 689
Chapterte34 Vertebrates 717
Chapterte35 PlantteStructure,teGrowth,teandteDevelopment 744
Chapterte36 ResourceteAcquisitionteandteTransportteinteVasculartePlants 764
Chapterte37 SoilteandtePlantteNutrition 784
Chapterte38 AngiospermteReproductionteandteBiotechnology 805
Chapterte39 PlantteResponsestetoteInternalteandteExternalteSignals 825
Chapterte40 BasictePrinciplesteofteAnimalteFormteandteFunction 851
Chapterte41 AnimalteNutrition 869
Chapterte42 CirculationteandteGasteExchange 886
Chapterte43 TheteImmuneteSystem 905
Chapterte44 OsmoregulationteandteExcretion 927
Chapterte45 HormonesteandtetheteEndocrineteSystem 939
Chapterte46 AnimalteReproduction 956
Chapterte47 AnimalteDevelopment 976
Chapterte48 Neurons,teSynapses,teandteSignaling 993
Chapterte49 NervousteSystems 1007
Chapterte50 SensoryteandteMotorteMechanisms 1019
Chapterte51 AnimalteBehavior 1035
Chapterte52 AnteIntroductiontetoteEcologyteandtetheteBiosphere 1054
Chapterte53 PopulationteEcology 1074
Chapterte54 CommunityteEcology 1102
Chapterte55 Ecosystems 1121
Chapterte56 ConservationteBiologyteandteRestorationteEcology 1144
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widet e themes,t e witht e specialteemphasisteontethetecoretethemeteofteevolution.teHowtescientiststeuseteinductiveterea
soningtetotedrawtegeneralteconclusionst e andt e deductivet e reasoningt e tot e testt e hypothesest e ist e emphasized.t e Q
uestionst e int e thist e chaptert e aretedesignedt e tot e helpt e assesst e at e student’st e understandingt e oft e thet e contentt e of
t e Chaptert e 1t e basedt e ont e thet e threet e keyteconcepts.
Multiple-ChoiceteQuestions
1) Whicht e oft e thet e followingt e propertieste ort e processest e dot e wet e associatet e witht e livingte things?
A) evolutionaryt e adaptations
B) energyt e processing
C) respondingt e tot e thet e environment
D) growtht e andt e reproduction
E) allteoftetheteabo
veteAnswer:t e E
Topic:t e Overview
Skill:t e Knowledge/Application
2) Whichte ofte thete followingt e ist e nott e atethemete thatte unifiestebiology?
A) interactiont e witht e thet e environment
B) emergentt e properties
C) evolution
D) reductionism
E) structureteandtefunctio
nteAnswer:t e D
Topic:t e Conceptte1.1
Skill:t e Knowledge/Application
3) Whicht e oft e thet e followingt e sequencest e representst e thet e hierarchyt e oft e biologicalt e organization
t e fromtetheteleasttetotethete mosttecomplextelevel?
A) organelle,t e tissue,t e biosphere,t e ecosystem,t e population,t e organism
B) cell,t e community,t e population,t e organt e system,t e molecule,t e organelle
C) organism,t e community,t e biosphere,t e molecule,t e tissue,t e organ
D) ecosystem,t e cell,t e population,t e tissue,t e organism,t e organt e system
E) molecule,t e cell,t e organt e system,t e population,t e ecosystem,t e biosp
hereteAnswer:t e E
Topic:t e Conceptte1.1
Skill:t e Knowledge/Application
4) Ate localizedte groupt e ofte organismste thatte belongtetote thete samet e speciesteiste calledt e a
A) biosystem.
B) community.
C) population.
D) ecosystem.
E) family.te
Answer:t e C
Topic:t e Conceptte1.1
Skill:t e Knowledge/Application
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