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- UPDATED! Process of Science essays present the material in a non-linear and highly visual format, aligning with widely accepted models of how science actually works.
Ch 13: Did Natural Selection Shape the Beaks of Darwin's Finches?
Ch 14: Do Human Activities Facilitate Speciation?
Ch 16: What Killed the Pines?
Ch 20: Does Biodiversity Protect Human Health?
Ch 27: Can Botulism Toxin Prevent Headaches? - Heavily revised Chapter 1 focuses on science literacy skills to introduce students to the process of science right from the start.
- NEW! Visualizing the Data figures illustrate data in an infographic format and provide students with a fresh approach to understanding concepts. These 14 figures appear throughout the text with icons flagging where they appear.
Guide students through complex biological processes with engaging visuals
- NEW! Figure Walkthroughs, written and narrated by the author team, include a QR Code to an accompanying short video that explains the concept or process. The videos are assignable in Mastering Biology.
- UPDATED! “Why It Matters” photo collages have been updated to increase student curiosity about biology and give students real-world examples to convey why abstract concepts like cell respiration or photosynthesis matter. The authors have made improvements and updates based on reviewer feedback.
- Select chapters have new Chapter Threads, and all Chapter Thread essays have been updated for currency and relevancy. Each Chapter Thread weaves a compelling topic throughout the chapter, highlighted in the Biology and Society, The Process of Science, and Evolution Connection essays. New Chapter Threads include:
Chapter 13: Evolution in Action
Chapter 14: Evolution in the Human Dominated World
Chapter 18: Biodiversity in Decline
Chapter 20: Importance of Biodiversity
Chapter 27: Neurotoxins
Contents
1 Learning About Life
CHAPTER THREAD
- Swimming with the Turtles
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY A Passion for Life
- The Scientific Study of Life
- An Overview of the Process of Science
- Hypotheses, Theories, and Facts
- Controlled Experiments
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Do Baby Turtles Swim?
- Evaluating Scientific Claims
- The Properties of Life
- Major Themes in Biology
- The Relationship of Structure to Function
- Information Flow
- Pathways That Transform Energy and Matter
- Interactions within Biological Systems
- Evolution
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Turtles in the Tree of Life
- UNIT 1 CELLS
2 Essential Chemistry for Biology
CHAPTER THREAD
- Helpful Radiation
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Nuclear Medicine
- Some Basic Chemistry
- Matter: Elements and Compounds
- Atoms
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE How Effective Is Radiation in Treating Prostate Cancer?
- Chemical Bonding and Molecules
- Chemical Reactions
- Water and Life
- Water
- Acids, Bases, and pH
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Radioactivity as an Evolutionary Clock
3 The Molecules of Life
CHAPTER THREAD
- Lactose Intolerance
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Got Lactose?
- Organic Compounds
- Carbon Chemistry
- Giant Molecules from Smaller Building Blocks
- Large Biological Molecules
- Carbohydrates
- Lipids
- Proteins
- Nucleic Acids
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Does Lactose Intolerance Have a Genetic Basis?
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Evolution of Lactose Intolerance in Humans
4 A Tour of the Cell
CHAPTER THREAD
- Humans Versus Bacteria
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Antibiotics: Drugs That Target Bacterial Cells
- The Microscopic World of Cells
- The Two Major Categories of Cells
- An Overview of Eukaryotic Cells
- Membrane Structure
- The Plasma Membrane
- Cell Surfaces
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE How Was the First 21st-Century Antibiotic Discovered?
- The Nucleus and Ribosomes: Genetic Control of the Cell
- The Nucleus
- Ribosomes
- How DNA Directs Protein Production
- The Endomembrane System: Manufacturing and Distributing Cellular Products
- The Endoplasmic Reticulum
- The Golgi Apparatus
- Lysosomes
- Vacuoles
- Chloroplasts and Mitochondria: Providing Cellular Energy
- Chloroplasts
- Mitochondria
- The Cytoskeleton: Cell Shape and Movement
- Maintaining Cell Shape
- Flagella and Cilia
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Evolution of Bacterial Resistance in Humans
5 The Working Cell
CHAPTER THREAD
- Nanotechnology
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Harnessing Cellular Structures
- Some Basic Energy Concepts
- Conservation of Energy
- Heat
- Chemical Energy
- Food Calories
- ATP and Cellular Work
- The Structure of ATP
- Phosphate Transfer
- The ATP Cycle
- Enzymes
- Activation Energy
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can Enzymes Be Engineered?
- Enzyme Activity
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Membrane Function
- Passive Transport: Diffusion across Membranes
- Osmosis and Water Balance
- Active Transport: The Pumping of Molecules across Membranes
- Exocytosis and Endocytosis: Traffic of Large Molecules
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Origin of Membranes
6 Cellular Respiration: Obtaining Energy from Food
CHAPTER THREAD
- Exercise Science
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Getting the Most Out of Your Muscles
- Energy Flow and Chemical Cycling in the Biosphere
- Producers and Consumers
- Chemical Cycling between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
- Cellular Respiration: Aerobic Harvest of Food Energy
- An Overview of Cellular Respiration
- The Three Stages of Cellular Respiration
- The Results of Cellular Respiration
- Fermentation: Anaerobic Harvest of Food Energy
- Fermentation in Human Muscle Cells
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Causes Muscle Burn?
- Fermentation in Microorganisms
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Importance of Oxygen
7 Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food
CHAPTER THREAD
- Solar Energy
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY A Solar Revolution
- The Basics of Photosynthesis
- Chloroplasts: Sites of Photosynthesis
- An Overview of Photosynthesis
- The Light Reactions: Converting Solar Energy to Chemical Energy
- The Nature of Sunlight
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Colors of Light Drive Photosynthesis?
- Chloroplast Pigments
- How Photosystems Harvest Light Energy
- How the Light Reactions Generate ATP and NADPH
- The Calvin Cycle: Making Sugar from Carbon Dioxide
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Creating a Better Biofuel Factory
- UNIT 2 GENETICS
8 Cellular Reproduction: Cells from Cells
CHAPTER THREAD
- Life with and without Sex
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Virgin Birth of a Shark
- What Cell Reproduction Accomplishes
- The Cell Cycle and Mitosis
- Eukaryotic Chromosomes
- Duplicating Chromosomes
- The Cell Cycle
- Mitosis and Cytokinesis
- Cancer Cells: Dividing Out of Control
- Meiosis, the Basis of Sexual Reproduction
- Homologous Chromosomes
- Gametes and the Life Cycle of a Sexual Organism
- The Process of Meiosis
- Review: Comparing Mitosis and Meiosis
- The Origins of Genetic Variation
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Do All Animals Have Sex?
- When Meiosis Goes Wrong
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Advantages of Sex
9 Patterns of Inheritance
CHAPTER THREAD
- Dog Breeding
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Darwin’s Dogs
- Genetics and Heredity
- In an Abbey Garden
- Mendel’s Law of Segregation
- Mendel’s Law of Independent Assortment
- Using a Testcross to Determine an Unknown Genotype
- The Rules of Probability
- Family Pedigrees
- Human Traits Controlled by a Single Gene
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Is the Genetic Basis of Short Legs in Dogs?
- Variations on Mendel’s Laws
- Incomplete Dominance in Plants and People
- ABO Blood Groups: An Example of Multiple Alleles and Codominance
- Pleiotropy and Sickle-Cell Disease
- Polygenic Inheritance
- Epigenetics and the Role of Environment
- The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
- Linked Genes
- Sex Determination in Humans
- Sex-Linked Genes
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Barking Up the Evolutionary Tree
10 The Structure and Function of DNA
CHAPTER THREAD
- Deadly Viruses
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY The Global Threat of Zika Virus
- DNA: Structure and Replication
- DNA and RNA Structure
- Watson and Crick’s Discovery of the Double Helix
- DNA Replication
- From DNA to RNA to Protein
- How an Organism’s Genotype Determines Its Phenotype
- From Nucleotides to Amino Acids: An Overview
- The Genetic Code
- Transcription: From DNA to RNA
- The Processing of Eukaryotic RNA
- Translation: The Players
- Translation: The Process
- Review: DNA S RNA S Protein
- Mutations
- Viruses and Other Noncellular Infectious Agents
- Bacteriophages
- Plant Viruses
- Animal Viruses
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can DNA and RNA Vaccines Protect Against Viruses?
- HIV, the AIDS Virus
- Prions
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Emerging Viruses
11 How Genes Are Controlled
CHAPTER THREAD
- Cancer
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy
- How and Why Genes Are Regulated
- Gene Regulation in Bacteria
- Gene Regulation in Eukaryotic Cells
- Cell Signaling
- Homeotic Genes
- Visualizing Gene Expression
- Cloning Plants and Animals
- The Genetic Potential of Cells
- Reproductive Cloning of Animals
- Therapeutic Cloning and Stem Cells
- The Genetic Basis of Cancer
- Genes That Cause Cancer
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can Avatars Improve Cancer Treatment?
- Cancer Risk and Prevention
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Evolution of Cancer in the Body
12 DNA Technology
CHAPTER THREAD
- DNA Profiling
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Using DNA to Establish Guilt and Innocence
- Genetic Engineering
- Recombinant DNA Techniques
- Gene Editing
- Medical Applications
- Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture
- Human Gene Therapy
- DNA Profiling and Forensic Science
- DNA Profiling Techniques
- Investigating Murder, Paternity, and Ancient DNA
- Bioinformatics
- DNA Sequencing
- Genomics
- Genome-Mapping Techniques
- The Human Genome
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Did Nic Have a Deadly Gene?
- Applied Genomics
- Systems Biology
- Safety and Ethical Issues
- The Controversy over Genetically Modified Foods
- Ethical Questions Raised by Human DNA Technologies
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Y Chromosome as a Window on History
- UNIT 3 EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY
13 How Populations Evolve
CHAPTER THREAD
- Evolution in Action
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Mosquitoes and Evolution
- The Diversity of Life
- Naming and Classifying the Diversity of Life
- Explaining the Diversity of Life
- Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species
- Darwin’s Journey
- Darwin’s Theory
- Evidence of Evolution
- Evidence from Fossils
- Evidence from Homologies
- Evolutionary Trees
- Natural Selection as the Mechanism for Evolution
- Natural Selection in Action
- Key Points about Natural Selection
- The Evolution of Populations
- Sources of Genetic Variation
- Populations as the Units of Evolution
- Analyzing Gene Pools
- Population Genetics and Health Science
- Microevolution as Change in a Gene Pool
- Mechanisms of Evolution
- Natural Selection
- Genetic Drift
- Gene Flow
- Natural Selection: A Closer Look
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Did Natural Selection Shape the Beaks of Darwin’s Finches?
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Rising Threat of Antibiotic Resistance
14 How Biological Diversity Evolves
CHAPTER THREAD
- Evolution in the Human-Dominated World
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Humanity’s Footprint
- The Origin of Species
- What Is a Species?
- Reproductive Barriers between Species
- Mechanisms of Speciation
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Do Human Activities Facilitate Speciation?
- Earth History and Macroevolution
- The Fossil Record
- Plate Tectonics and Biogeography
- Mass Extinctions and Explosive Diversifications of Life
- Mechanisms of Macroevolution
- Large Effects from Small Genetic Changes
- The Evolution of Biological Novelty
- Classifying the Diversity of Life
- Classification and Phylogeny
- Classification: A Work in Progress
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Evolution in the Anthropocene
- 15 The Evolution of Microbial Life
- CHAPTER THREAD
- Human Microbiota
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Our Invisible Inhabitants
- Major Episodes in the History of Life
- The Origin of Life
- A Four-Stage Hypothesis for the Origin of Life
- From Chemical Evolution to Darwinian Evolution
- Prokaryotes
- They’re Everywhere!
- The Structure and Function of Prokaryotes
- The Ecological Impact of Prokaryotes
- The Two Main Branches of Prokaryotic Evolution: Bacteria and Archaea
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Are Intestinal Microbiota to Blame for Obesity?
- Protists
- Protozoans
- Slime Molds
- Unicellular and Colonial Algae
- Seaweeds
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Sweet Life of Streptococcus mutans
16 The Evolution of Plants and Fungi
CHAPTER THREAD
- Plant-Fungus Interactions
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY The Diamond of the Kitchen
- Colonizing Land
- Terrestrial Adaptations of Plants
- The Origin of Plants from Green Algae
- Plant Diversity
- Highlights of Plant Evolution
- Bryophytes
- Ferns
- Gymnosperms
- Angiosperms
- Plant Diversity as a Nonrenewable Resource
- Fungi
- Characteristics of Fungi
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Killed the Pines?
- The Ecological Impact of Fungi
- Commercial Uses of Fungi
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION A Pioneering Partnership
17 The Evolution of Animals
CHAPTER THREAD
- Human Evolution
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Evolving Adaptability
- The Origins of Animal Diversity
- What Is an Animal?
- Early Animals and the Cambrian Explosion
- Animal Phylogeny
- Major Invertebrate Phyla
- Sponges
- Cnidarians
- Molluscs
- Flatworms
- Annelids
- Roundworms
- Arthropods
- Echinoderms
- Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity
- Characteristics of Chordates
- Fishes
- Amphibians
- Reptiles
- Mammals
- The Human Ancestry
- The Evolution of Primates
- The Emergence of Humankind
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Can Lice Tell Us About Ancient Humans?
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Are We Still Evolving?
- UNIT 4 ECOLOGY
18 An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
CHAPTER THREAD
- Climate Change
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Penguins, Polar Bears, and People in Peril
- An Overview of Ecology
- Ecology and Environmentalism
- A Hierarchy of Interactions
- Living in Earth’s Diverse Environments
- Abiotic Factors of the Biosphere
- The Evolutionary Adaptations of Organisms
- Adjusting to Environmental Variability
- Biomes
- Freshwater Biomes
- Marine Biomes
- How Climate Affects Terrestrial Biome Distribution
- Terrestrial Biomes
- The Water Cycle
- Human Impact on Biomes
- Climate Change
- The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
- The Accumulation of Greenhouse Gases
- Effects of Climate Change on Ecosystems
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE How Does Climate Change Affect Species Distribution?
- Looking to Our Future
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Climate Change as an Agent of Natural Selection
19 Population Ecology
CHAPTER THREAD
- Biological Invasions
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Invasion of the Lionfish
- An Overview of Population Ecology
- Population Density
- Population Age Structure
- Life Tables and Survivorship Curves
- Life History Traits as Adaptations
- Population Growth Models
- The Exponential Population Growth Model: The Ideal of an Unlimited Environment
- The Logistic Population Growth Model: The Reality of a Limited
Environment - Regulation of Population Growth
- Applications of Population Ecology
- Conservation of Endangered Species
- Sustainable Resource Management
- Invasive Species
- Biological Control of Pests
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can Fences Stop Cane Toads?
- Integrated Pest Management
- Human Population Growth
- The History of Human Population Growth
- Age Structures
- Our Ecological Footprint
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Humans as an Invasive Species
20 Communities and Ecosystems
CHAPTER THREAD
- Importance of Biodiversity
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Why Biodiversity Matters
- Biodiversity
- Genetic Diversity
- Species Diversity
- Ecosystem Diversity
- Causes of Declining Biodiversity
- Community Ecology
- Interspecific Interactions
- Trophic Structure
- Species Diversity in Communities
- Disturbances and Succession in Communities
- Ecological Succession
- Ecosystem Ecology
- Energy Flow in Ecosystems
- Chemical Cycling in Ecosystems
- Conservation and Restoration Biology
- Biodiversity “Hot Spots”
- Conservation at the Ecosystem Level
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Does Biodiversity Protect Human Health?
- Restoring Ecosystems
- The Goal of Sustainable Development
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Saving the Hot Spots
- UNIT 5 ANIMAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
21 Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function
CHAPTER THREAD
- Controlling Body Temperature
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY An Avoidable Tragedy
- The Structural Organization of Animals
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Tissues
- Organs and Organ Systems
- Exchanges with the External Environment
- Regulating the Internal Environment
- Homeostasis
- Negative and Positive Feedback
- Thermoregulation
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE How Does a Python Warm Her Eggs?
- Osmoregulation
- Homeostasis in the Urinary System
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Adaptations for Thermoregulation
22 Nutrition and Digestion
CHAPTER THREAD
- Controlling Your Weight
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY The “Secret” to Shedding Pounds
- An Overview of Animal Nutrition
- Animal Diets
- The Four Stages of Food Processing
- Digestive Compartments
- A Tour of the Human Digestive System
- System Map
- The Mouth
- The Pharynx
- The Esophagus
- The Stomach
- The Small Intestine
- The Human Microbiome
- The Large Intestine
- Human Nutritional Requirements
- Food as Fuel
- Food as Building Material
- Decoding Food Labels
- Nutritional Disorders
- Malnutrition
- Eating Disorders
- Obesity
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can a Gene Make You Fat?
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Fat and Sugar Cravings
23 Circulation and Respiration
CHAPTER THREAD
- Athletic Endurance
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Avoiding “The Wall”
- Unifying Concepts of Animal Circulation
- The Human Cardiovascular System
- The Path of Blood
- How the Heart Works
- Blood Vessels
- Blood
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Live High, Train Low?
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Unifying Concepts of Animal Respiration
- The Human Respiratory System
- The Path of Air
- The Brain’s Control over Breathing
- The Role of Hemoglobin in Gas Transport
- The Toll of Smoking on the Lungs
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Evolving Endurance
24 The Body’s Defenses
Chapter Thread
- Vaccines
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Herd Immunity
- An Overview of the Immune System
- Innate Immunity
- External Innate Defenses
- Internal Innate Defenses
- The Lymphatic System
- Circulatory Function
- Immune Function
- Adaptive Immunity
- Step 1: Recognizing the Invaders
- Step 2: Cloning the Responders
- Step 3: Responding to Invaders
- Step 4: Remembering Invaders
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE How Do We Know Vaccines Work?
- Immune Disorders
- Allergies
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Immunodeficiency Diseases
- AIDS
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Viral Evolution versus the Flu Vaccine
25 Hormones
CHAPTER THREAD
- Steroid Abuse
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Baseball’s Ongoing Steroid Problem
- Hormones: An Overview
- The Human Endocrine System
- The Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland
- The Thyroid and Metabolism
- The Pancreas and Blood Glucose
- The Adrenal Glands and Stress
- The Gonads and Sex Hormones
- Mimicking Sex Hormones
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Do ’Roids Cause Rage?
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Steroids and Male Aggression
26 Reproduction and Development
CHAPTER THREAD
- High-Tech Babies
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY New Ways of Making Babies
- Unifying Concepts of Animal Reproduction
- Asexual Reproduction
- Sexual Reproduction
- Human Reproduction
- Male Reproductive Anatomy
- Female Reproductive Anatomy
- Gametogenesis
- The Female Reproductive Cycle
- Reproductive Health
- Contraception
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Human Development
- Fertilization by Sperm
- Basic Concepts of Embryonic Development
- Pregnancy and Early Development
- The Stages of Pregnancy
- Childbirth
- Reproductive Technologies
- Infertility
- In Vitro Fertilization
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Are Babies Conceived through In Vitro Fertilization as
- Healthy as Babies Conceived Naturally?
- The Ethics of IVF
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION The “Grandmother Hypothesis”
27 Nervous, Sensory, and Locomotor Systems
CHAPTER THREAD
- Neurotoxins
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Medicinal Poisons
- An Overview of Animal Nervous Systems
- Neurons
- Organization of Nervous Systems
- Sending a Signal through a Neuron
- Passing a Signal from a Neuron to a Receiving Cell
- The Human Nervous System: A Closer Look
- The Central Nervous System
- The Peripheral Nervous System
- The Human Brain
- The Senses
- Sensory Input
- Vision
- Hearing
- Locomotor Systems
- The Skeletal System
- The Muscular System
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can Botulism Toxin Prevent Headaches?
- Stimulus and Response: Putting It All Together
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION A Neurotoxin Arms Race
- UNIT 6 PLANT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
- 28 The Life of a Flowering Plant
- CHAPTER THREAD
- Agriculture
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY The Buzz on Coffee Plants
- The Structure and Function of a Flowering Plant
- Monocots and Eudicots
- Roots, Stems, and Leaves
- Plant Tissues and Tissue Systems
- Plant Cells
- Plant Growth
- Primary Growth: Lengthening
- Secondary Growth: Thickening
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE What Happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
- The Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant
- The Flower
- Overview of the Flowering Plant Life Cycle
- Pollination and Fertilization
- Seed Formation
- Fruit Formation
- Seed Germination
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION The Problem of the Disappearing Bees
- 29 The Working Plant
- CHAPTER THREAD
- The Interdependence of Organisms
- BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY Planting Hope in the Wake of Disaster
- How Plants Acquire and Transport Nutrients
- Plant Nutrition
- From the Soil into the Roots
- The Role of Bacteria in Nitrogen Nutrition
- The Transport of Water
- The Transport of Sugars
- THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE Can the Pressure Flow Mechanism Be Directly Measured?
- Economic Uses of Plant Transport Products
- Plant Hormones
- Auxins
- Cytokinins
- Ethylene
- Gibberellins
- Abscisic Acid
- Response to Stimuli
- Tropisms
- Photoperiodism
- EVOLUTION CONNECTION Plants, Bugs, and People
Appendices
- A Metric Conversion Table
- B The Periodic Table
- C Credits
- D Selected Answers
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