Biology : the study of living organisms : a complete course with 900 questions and answers
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Biology : the study of living organisms : a complete course with 900 questions and answers
(Schaum's outline series)
McGraw-Hill, c1995
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Note
Rev. ed. of: Schaum's outline of theory and problems of biology. c1990
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This biology text is a study of living organisms. It covers both plants and animals. 900 questions and answers are included to test comprehension.
Table of Contents
- The basic structure of science
- the chemistry of life - an inorganic perspective
- the chemistry of life - the organic level
- the cellular organization of life
- energy transformations
- photosynthesis - the basic energy-capturing reaction of the living world
- the nature of the gene
- cell reproduction
- the mechanism of inheritance
- control mechanisms in genetics
- development
- animal reproduction
- basic structure and function in vascular plants
- interactions of vascular plants with their environment
- homeostasis
- animal nutrition
- circulation and the blood
- immunology
- gas exchange
- excretion
- hormones and chemical control
- the nervous system
- the musculo-skeletal system - support and movement
- animal behaviour
- evolution - the process
- ecology
- origin of life
- the kingdom monera
- the kingdom protista
- the kingdom fungi
- the kingdom plantae
- the kingdom animalia
- the primates.
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