Supersimple biology The ultimate bite-size study guide
Book - 2020
"From reproduction to respiration and from enzymes to ecosystems, every topic is fully illustrated to support the information, make the facts clear, and bring biology to life. For key ideas, "How it works" and "Look closer" boxes explain the theory with the help of simple graphics. And for revision, a handy "Key facts" box provides a summary you can check back on later."--Amazon.com.
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New York, NY :
DK Publishing
2020.
- Language
- English
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- Edition
- First American edition
- Item Description
- Includes glossary and index.
Statement of responsibility from colophon. - Physical Description
- 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9781465493248
- Working Scientifically
- How science works
- Taking measurements
- Working with variables
- Scientific models
- Questions in science
- Benefits and risks of science
- Finding the average
- Presenting data
- Scientific progress
- Scientific units
- Working safely
- What is Life?
- Characteristics of life
- Classification of species
- Kingdoms of life
- Body organization
- Organ systems
- Vertebrates
- Invertebrates
- Plants
- Evolutionary trees
- Identification keys
- Cells
- Animal cells
- Plant cells
- Single-celled organisms
- Bacteria
- Microscopes
- Using a microscope
- Stem cells
- Mitosis
- Meiosis
- Binary fission
- Culturing bacteria
- Effect of antibiotics and antiseptics
- Transport and Cells
- Diffusion
- Osmosis
- Investigating osmosis
- Active transport
- Surface area and volume
- Exchange and transport
- Respiration
- Respiration
- Investigating the rate of respiration
- Aerobic respiration
- Anaerobic respiration
- Enzymes
- Enzymes
- Enzymes and temperature
- Enzymes and pH
- Enzymes and substrates
- Enzymes in industry
- Investigating enzymes
- Metabolism
- Nutrition in Plants
- Photosynthesis
- Leaves
- Stomata
- Plants and glucose
- Plant nutrients
- Adapting to extreme environments
- Investigating photosynthesis
- Rate of photosynthesis
- Measuring the rate of photosynthesis
- Inverse square law
- Greenhouse farming
- Nutrition in Humans
- Nutrients
- Vitamins and minerals
- Measuring energy in food
- Balanced eating
- Food tests
- Digestive system
- Digestive enzymes
- Absorption of food
- Transport in Plants
- Transport system
- Transpiration
- Plant roots
- Rate of transpiration
- Measuring transpiration
- Transport in Animals
- Circulatory system
- Bloodvessels
- Structure of blood vessels
- Blood
- The heart
- How the heart works
- Heart rate
- Changing heart rate
- Lymphatic system
- The lungs
- Breathing
- Effects of exercise on breathing
- Nervous System
- Stimulus and response
- Nervous system
- Neurons
- Synapses
- Reflex arc
- Measuring reaction time
- The brain
- Nervous system damage
- The eye
- Seeing
- Nearsightedness
- Farsightedness
- Astigmation
- The ear
- Tempearture control
- Hormones
- The endocrine system
- Homeostasis
- Insulin and glucagon
- Diabetes
- The kidneys
- Puberty in males
- Puberty in females
- The menstrual cycle
- Contraceptives
- Fertility treatment
- Adrenaline
- Thyroxine
- Plant hormones
- Using plant hormones
- Effect of light on seedlings
- Reproduction
- Sexual reproduction
- Asexual reproduction
- Flowers
- Wind pollination
- Fruit
- Seed dispersal
- Seeds
- Factors that affect germination
- Asexual reproduction in plants
- Life cycle of insects
- Life cycle of amphibians
- Life cycle of birds
- Life cycle of mammals
- Male reproductive system
- Female reproductive system
- Human fertilization
- Pregnancy
- Childbirth
- Genetics and Biotechnology
- Genome
- Human Genome Project
- Structure of DNA
- Protein synthesis 1
- Protein synthesis 2
- Mutations
- Genes and alleles
- Genetic crosses
- Codominance
- Mendel's work
- Blood groups
- Inherited disorders
- Genetic testing
- Sex determination
- Sex linkage
- Cloning animals
- Genetic engineering
- Cloning plants
- Industrial fermentation
- Evolution
- Variation
- Continuous and discontinuous variation
- Darwin and Wallace
- Evolution
- Fossils
- Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
- Selective breeding
- Speciation
- Extinction
- Ecology
- Ecology
- Interdependence
- Classifying feeding
- Food webs
- Decomposers
- Abiotic factors
- Biotic factors
- Predator-prey cycles
- Social behavior
- Energy transfers
- Pyramids of biomass
- Drawing pyramids of biomass
- Abundance
- Carrying capacity
- Distribution of oragnisms
- The water cycle
- The carbon cycle
- The nitrogen cycle
- Humans and the Environment
- Human population growth
- Need for resources
- Biodiversity
- Global warming
- Climate change
- Changing ecosystems
- Changing distributions
- Carbon sinks
- Introduced species
- Water pollution
- Land pollution
- Air pollution
- Conservation
- Food security
- Food production and sustainability
- Farming methods
- Biofuels
- Health
- Health and disease
- Effects of lifestyle on disease
- Heart disease
- Heart surgery
- Pathogens
- Transmissible diseases
- Viruses
- Viral diseases
- Bacaterial diseases
- Protectist and fungal diseases
- Body barriers
- Phagocytes
- Lymphocytes
- Long-term immunity
- Vaccination
- Monoclonal antibiodies
- Cancer
- Drugs
- Testing drugs
- Pests and plants
- Plant defenses
- Glossary
- Index