Section 3 Methods of Science

Unit 1 Ecology

Chapter 2 Principles of Ecology

Section 1 Organisms and Their Relationships

Section 2 Flow of Energy in an Ecosystem

Section 3 Cycling of Matter

Chapter 3 Communities, Biomes, and Ecosystems

Section 1 Community Ecology

Section 2 Terrestrial Biomes

Section 3 Aquatic Ecosystems

Chapter 4 Population Ecology

Section 1 Population Dynamics

Section 2 Human Population

Chapter 5 Biodiversity and Conservation

Section 1 Biodiversity

Section 2 Threats to Biodiversity

Section 3 Conserving Biodiversity

Unit 2 The Cell

Chapter 6 Chemistry in Biology

Section 1 Atoms, Elements, and Compounds

Section 2 Chemical Reactions

Section 3 Water and Solutions

Section 4 The Building Blocks of Life

Chapter 7 Cellular Structure and Function

Section 1 Cell Discovery and Theory

Section 2 The Plasma Membrane

Section 3 Structures and Organelles

Section 4 Cellular Transport

Chapter 8 Cellular Energy

Section 1 How Organisms Obtain Energy

Section 2 Photosynthesis

Section 3 Cellular Respiration

Chapter 9 Cellular Reproduction

Section 1 Cellular Growth

Section 2 Mitosis and Cytokinesis

Section 3 Cell Cycle Regulation

Unit 3 Genetics

Chapter 10 Sexual Reproduction and Genetics

Section 1 Meiosis

Section 2 Mendelian Genetics

Section 3 Gene Linkage and Polyploidy

Chapter 11 Complex Inheritance and Human Heredity

Section 1 Basic Patterns of Human Inheritance

Section 2 Complex Patterns of Inheritance

Section 3 Chromosomes and Human Heredity

Chapter 12 Molecular Genetics

Section 1 DNA: The Genetic Material

Section 2 Replication of DNA

Section 3 DNA, RNA, and Protein

Section 4 Gene Regulation and Mutation

Chapter 13 Genetics and Biotechnology

Section 1 Applied Genetics

Section 2 DNA Technology

Section 3 The Human Genome

Unit 4 History of Biological Diversity

Chapter 14 The History of Life

Section 1 Fossil Evidence of Change

Section 2 The Origin of Life

Chapter 15 Evolution

Section 1 Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection

Section 2 Evidence of Evolution

Section 3 Shaping Evolutionary Theory

Chapter 16 Primate Evolution

Section 1 Primates

Section 2 Hominoids

Section 3 Human Ancestry

Chapter 17 Organizing Life’s Diversity

Section 1 The History of Classification

Section 2 Modern Classification

Section 3 Domains and Kingdoms

Unit 5 Bacteria, Viruses, Protists, and Fungi

Chapter 18 Bacteria and Viruses

Section 1 Bacteria

Section 2 Viruses and Prions

Chapter 19 Protists

Section 1 Introduction to Protists

Section 2 Protozoans—Animal-like Protists

Section 3 Algae—Plantlike Protists

Section 4 Funguslike Protists

Chapter 20 Fungi

Section 1 Introduction to Fungi

Section 2 Diversity of Fungi

Section 3 Ecology of Fungi

Unit 6 Plants

Chapter 21 Introduction to Plants

Section 1 Plant Evolution and Adaptations

Section 2 Nonvascular Plants

Section 3 Seedless Vascular Plants

Section 4 Vascular Seed Plants

Chapter 22 Plant Structure and Function

Section 1 Plant Cells and Tissues

Section 2 Roots, Stems, and Leaves

Section 3 Plant Hormones and Responses

Chapter 23 Reproduction in Plants

Section 1 Introduction to Plant Reproduction

Section 2 Flowers

Section 3 Flowering Plants

Unit 7 Invertebrates

Chapter 24 Introduction to Animals

Section 1 Animal Characteristics

Section 2 Animal Body Plans

Section 3 Sponges and Cnidarians

Chapter 25 Worms and Mollusks

Section 1 Flatworms

Section 2 Roundworms and Rotifers

Section 3 Mollusks

Section 4 Segmented Worms

Chapter 26 Arthropods

Section 1 Arthropod Characteristics

Section 2 Arthropod Diversity

Section 3 Insects and Their Relatives

Chapter 27 Echinoderms and Invertebrate Chordates

Section 1 Echinoderm Characteristics

Section 2 Invertebrate Chordates

Unit 8 Vertebrates

Chapter 28 Fishes and Amphibians

Section 1 Fishes

Section 2 Diversity of Today’s Fishes

Section 3 Amphibians

Chapter 29 Reptiles and Birds

Section 1 Reptiles

Section 2 Birds

Chapter 30 Mammals

Section 1 Mammalian Characteristics

Section 2 Diversity of Mammals

Chapter 31 Animal Behavior

Section 1 Basic Behaviors

Section 2 Ecological Behaviors

Unit 9 The Human Body

Chapter 32 Integumentary, Skeletal, and Muscular Systems

Section 1 The Integumentary System

Section 2 The Skeletal System

Section 3 The Muscular System

Chapter 33 Nervous System

Section 1 Structure of the Nervous System

Section 2 Organization of the Nervous System

Section 3 The Senses

Section 4 Effects of Drugs

Chapter 34 Circulatory, Respiratory, and Excretory Systems

Section 1 The Circulatory System

Section 2 The Respiratory System

Section 3 The Excretory System

Chapter 35 Digestive and Endocrine Systems

Section 1 The Digestive System

Section 2 Nutrition

Section 3 The Endocrine System

Chapter 36 Human Reproduction and Development

Section 1 Reproductive Systems

Section 2 Human Development Before Birth

Section 3 Birth, Growth, and Aging

Chapter 37 Immune System

Section 1 Infectious Diseases

Section 2 The Immune System

Section 3 Noninfectious Disorders

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