Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology, Global Edition

Name: Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology, Global Edition
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Author: Gerald Audesirk; Teresa Audesirk; Bruce E. Byers
ISBN: 9781292768847

Höfundar: Gerald Audesirk; Teresa Audesirk; Bruce E. Byers (Útgáfa: 12)

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Biology: Life on Earth fosters lifelong discovery and scientific understanding, for biology majors and non-majors alike.

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Útgefandi: Pearson International Content

ISBN: 9781292768847

Print ISBN: 9781292541174

Format: ePub

Útgáfa: 12

Höfundar: Gerald Audesirk; Teresa Audesirk; Bruce E. Byers

Tungumál: English

Útgefið: 2026-08-17

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Cover
Cover
Front Matter
Title Page
Copyright Page
About the Authors
Table of Contents
Case Studies
Essays
Have You Ever Wondered…
Preface
Acknowledgments
Visual Walkthrough
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Life on Earth
Introduction: An Introduction to Life on Earth
1.1 What Is Life?
1.2 What Is Evolution?
1.3 How Do Scientists Study Life?
1.4 What Is Science?
Chapter Review: An Introduction to Life on Earth
Unit 1: The Life of the Cell
Unit 1: The Life of the Cell
Chapter 2: Atoms, Molecules, and Life
Introduction: Atoms, Molecules, and Life
2.1 What Are Atoms?
2.2 How Do Atoms Interact to Form Molecules?
2.3 Why Is Water So Important to Life?
Chapter Review: Atoms, Molecules, and Life
Chapter 3: Biological Molecules
Introduction: Biological Molecules
3.1 Why Is Carbon So Important in Biological Molecules?
3.2 How Are Large Biological Molecules Synthesized?
3.3 What Are Carbohydrates?
3.4 What Are Proteins?
3.5 What Are Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids?
3.6 What Are Lipids?
Chapter Review: Biological Molecules
Chapter 4: Cell Structure and Function
Introduction: Cell Structure and Function
4.1 What Is the Cell Theory?
4.2 How Do Scientists Visualize Cells?
4.3 What Are the Basic Attributes of Cells?
4.4 What Are the Major Features of Prokaryotic Cells?
4.5 What Are the Major Features of Eukaryotic Cells?
Chapter Review: Cell Structure and Function
Chapter 5: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
Introduction: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
5.1 How Is the Structure of the Cell Membrane Related to Its Function?
5.2 Which Physical Processes Move Molecules in Fluids?
5.3 How Do Substances Move Across Membranes?
Chapter Review: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
Chapter 6: Energy Flow in the Life of a Cell
Introduction: Energy Flow in the Life of a Cell
6.1 What Is Energy?
6.2 How Is Energy Transformed During Chemical Reactions?
6.3 How Is Energy Transported Within Cells?
6.4 How Do Enzymes Promote Biochemical Reactions?
6.5 How Are Enzymes Regulated?
Chapter Review: Energy Flow in the Life of a Cell
Chapter 7: Capturing Solar Energy: Photosynthesis
Introduction: Capturing Solar Energy: Photosynthesis
7.1 What Is Photosynthesis?
7.2 The Light Reactions: How Is Light Energy Converted to Chemical Energy?
7.3 The Calvin Cycle: How Is Chemical Energy Stored in Sugar Molecules?
Chapter Review: Capturing Solar Energy: Photosynthesis
Chapter 8: Harvesting Energy: Glycolysis and Cellular Respiration
Introduction: Harvesting Energy: Glycolysis and Cellular Respiration
8.1 How Do Cells Obtain Energy?
8.2 How Does Glycolysis Begin Breaking Down Glucose?
8.3 How Does Cellular Respiration Extract Energy From Glucose?
8.4 How Does Fermentation Allow Glycolysis to Continue When Oxygen Is Lacking?
Chapter Review: Harvesting Energy: Glycolysis and Cellular Respiration
Unit 2: Inheritance
Unit 2: Inheritance
Chapter 9: Cellular Reproduction
Introduction: Cellular Reproduction
9.1 What Are the Functions of Cell Division?
9.2 What Happens During the Prokaryotic Cell Cycle?
9.3 How Is the DNA in Eukaryotic Chromosomes Organized?
9.4 What Happens During the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle?
9.5 How Does Mitotic Cell Division Produce Genetically Identical Daughter Cells?
9.6 How Is the Cell Cycle Controlled?
Chapter Review: Cellular Reproduction
Chapter 10: Meiosis: The Basis of Sexual Reproduction
Introduction: Meiosis: the Basis of Sexual Reproduction
10.1 How Does Sexual Reproduction Produce Genetic Variability?
10.2 How Does Meiotic Cell Division Produce Genetically Variable, Haploid Cells?
10.3 How Do Meiosis and Union of Gametes Produce Genetically Variable Offspring?
10.4 How Do Errors in Meiosis Cause Inherited Disorders?
Chapter Review: Meiosis: The Basis of Sexual Reproduction
Chapter 11: Patterns of Inheritance
Introduction: Patterns of Inheritance
11.1 What Is the Physical Basis of Inheritance?
11.2 How Were the Principles of Inheritance Discovered?
11.3 How Are Single Traits Inherited?
11.4 How Are Multiple Traits Inherited?
11.5 Do the Mendelian Rules of Inheritance Apply to All Traits?
11.6 How Are Genes Located on the Same Chromosome Inherited?
11.7 How Are Sex and Sex-Linked Traits Inherited?
11.8 How Are Human Genetic Disorders Inherited?
Chapter Review: Patterns of Inheritance
Chapter 12: DNA: The Molecule of Heredity
Introduction: DNA: The Molecule of Heredity
12.1 What Is the Structure of DNA?
12.2 How Does DNA Encode Genetic Information?
12.3 How Does DNA Replication Ensure Genetic Constancy During Cell Division?
12.4 What Are Mutations, and How Do They Occur?
Chapter Review: DNA: The Molecule of Heredity
Chapter 13: Gene Expression and Regulation
Introduction: Gene Expression and Regulation
13.1 How Is the Information in DNA Used in a Cell?
13.2 How Is the Information in a Gene Transcribed into RNA?
13.3 How Is the Nucleotide Sequence of mRNA Translated into Protein?
13.4 How Do Mutations Affect Protein Structure and Function?
13.5 How Is Gene Expression Regulated?
Chapter Review: Gene Expression and Regulation
Chapter 14: Biotechnology
Introduction: Biotechnology
14.1 What Is Biotechnology?
14.2 What Natural Processes Recombine DNA Between Species?
14.3 What Are Some Key Methods for Manipulating DNA?
14.4 How Is Biotechnology Used in Forensic Science?
14.5 How Are Transgenic Organisms Made?
14.6 How Are Genetically Modified Organisms Used?
14.7 How Is Biotechnology Used in Medicine?
14.8 What Are the Major Ethical Issues of Modern Biotechnology?
Chapter Review: Biotechnology
Unit 3: Evolution and Diversity of Life
Unit 3: Evolution and Diversity of Life
Chapter 15: Principles of Evolution
Introduction: Principles of Evolution
15.1 How Did Evolutionary Thought Develop?
15.2 How Does Natural Selection Work?
15.3 How Do We Know That Evolution Has Occurred?
15.4 What Is the Evidence That Populations Evolve by Natural Selection?
Chapter Review: Principles of Evolution
Chapter 16: How Populations Evolve
Introduction: How Populations Evolve
16.1 How Are Populations, Genes, and Evolution Related?
16.2 What Causes Evolution?
16.3 How Does Natural Selection Work?
Chapter Review: How Populations Evolve
Chapter 17: The Origin of Species
Introduction: The Origin of Species
17.1 What Is a Species?
17.2 How Is Reproductive Isolation Between Species Maintained?
17.3 How Do New Species Form?
17.4 What Causes Extinction?
Chapter Review: The Origin of Species
Chapter 18: The History of Life
Introduction: The History of Life
18.1 How Did Life Begin?
18.2 What Were the Earliest Organisms Like?
18.3 What Were the Earliest Multicellular Organisms Like?
18.4 How Did Life Invade the Land?
18.5 What Role Has Extinction Played in the History of Life?
18.6 How Did Humans Evolve?
Chapter Review: The History of Life
Chapter 19: Systematics: Seeking Order Amid Diversity
Introduction: Systematics: Seeking Order Amid Diversity
19.1 How Are Organisms Named and Classified?
19.2 What Are the Domains of Life?
19.3 Why Do Classifications Change?
19.4 How Many Species Exist?
Chapter Review: Systematics: Seeking Order Amid Diversity
Chapter 20: The Diversity of Prokaryotes and Viruses
Introduction: The Diversity of Prokaryotes and Viruses
20.1 Which Organisms Are Members of the Domains Archaea and Bacteria?
20.2 How Do Prokaryotes Survive and Reproduce?
20.3 How Do Prokaryotes Affect Humans and Other Organisms?
20.4 What Are Viruses, Viroids, and Prions?
Chapter Review: The Diversity of Prokaryotes and Viruses
Chapter 21: The Diversity of Protists
Introduction: The Diversity of Protists
21.1 What Are Protists?
21.2 What Are the Major Groups of Protists?
Chapter Review: The Diversity of Protists
Chapter 22: The Diversity of Plants
Introduction: The Diversity of Plants
22.1 What Are the Key Features of Plants?
22.2 How Have Plants Evolved?
22.3 What Are the Major Groups of Plants?
22.4 How Do Plants Affect Other Organisms?
Chapter Review: The Diversity of Plants
Chapter 23: The Diversity of Fungi
Introduction: The Diversity of Fungi
23.1 What Are the Key Features of Fungi?
23.2 What Are the Major Groups of Fungi?
23.3 How Do Fungi Interact with Other Species?
23.4 How Do Fungi Affect Humans?
Chapter Review: The Diversity of Fungi
Chapter 24: Animal Diversity I: Invertebrates
Introduction: Animal Diversity I: Invertebrates
24.1 What Are the Key Features of Animals?
24.2 Which Anatomical Features Mark Branch Points on the Animal Evolutionary Tree?
24.3 What Are the Major Animal Phyla?
Chapter Review: Animal Diversity I: Invertebrates
Chapter 25: Animal Diversity II: Vertebrates
Introduction: Animal Diversity II: Vertebrates
25.1 What Are the Key Features of Chordates?
25.2 Which Animals Are Chordates?
25.3 What Are the Major Groups of Vertebrates?
Chapter Review: Animal Diversity II: Vertebrates
Unit 4: Behavior and Ecology
Unit 4: Behavior and Ecology
Chapter 26: Animal Behavior
Introduction: Animal Behavior
26.1 How Does Behavior Arise?
26.2 How Do Animals Compete for Resources?
26.3 How Do Animals Behave When They Mate?
26.4 How Do Animals Communicate?
26.5 What Do Animals Communicate About?
26.6 Why Do Animals Play?
26.7 What Kinds of Societies Do Animals Form?
26.8 Can Biology Explain Human Behavior?
Chapter Review: Animal Behavior
Chapter 27: Population Growth and Regulation
Introduction: Population Growth and Regulation
27.1 What Is a Population and How Does Population Size Change?
27.2 How Is Population Growth Regulated?
27.3 How Do Life Histories Differ Among Species?
27.4 How Are Organisms in Populations Distributed?
27.5 How Is the Human Population Changing?
Chapter Review: Population Growth and Regulation
Chapter 28: Community Interactions
Introduction: Community Interactions
28.1 How Do Species in Communities Interact?
28.2 How Does Interspecific Competition Affect Communities?
28.3 How Do Consumer-Prey Interactions Shape Evolutionary Adaptations?
28.4 How Do Mutualisms Benefit Different Species?
28.5 How Do Keystone Species Influence Community Structure?
28.6 How Do Species Interactions Change Community Structure over Time?
Chapter Review: Community Interactions
Chapter 29: Energy Flow and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems
Introduction: Energy Flow and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems
29.1 How Do Nutrients and Energy Move Through Ecosystems?
29.2 How Does Energy Flow Through Ecosystems?
29.3 How Do Nutrients Cycle Within and Among Ecosystems?
29.4 What Happens When Humans Disrupt Nutrient Cycles?
Chapter Review: Energy Flow and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems
Chapter 30: Earth’s Diverse Ecosystems
Introduction: Earth's Diverse Ecosystems
30.1 What Determines the Distribution of Life on Earth?
30.2 Which Factors Influence Earth’s Climate?
30.3 What Are the Principal Terrestrial Biomes?
30.4 What Are the Principal Aquatic Biomes?
Chapter Review: Earth's Diverse Ecosystems
Chapter 31: Conserving Earth’s Biodiversity
Introduction: Conserving Earth's Biodiversity
31.1 What Is Conservation Biology?
31.2 Why Is Biodiversity Important?
31.3 What Are the Major Threats to Biodiversity?
31.4 Why Is Habitat Protection Necessary to Preserve Biodiversity?
31.5 Why Is Sustainability Essential for a Healthy Future?
Chapter Review: Conserving Earth's Biodiversity
Unit 5: Animal Anatomy and Physiology
Unit 5: Animal Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 32: Homeostasis and the Organization of the Animal Body
Introduction: Homeostasis and the Organization of the Animal Body
32.1 Homeostasis: Why and How Do Animals Regulate Their Internal Environment?
32.2 How Is the Animal Body Organized?
Chapter Review: Homeostasis and the Organization of the Animal Body
Chapter 33: Circulation
Introduction: Circulation
33.1 What Are the Major Features and Functions of Circulatory Systems?
33.2 How Does the Vertebrate Heart Work?
33.3 What Is Blood?
33.4 What Are the Types and Functions of Blood Vessels?
33.5 How Does the Lymphatic System Work with the Circulatory System?
Chapter Review: Circulation
Chapter 34: Respiration
Introduction: Respiration
34.1 Why Exchange Gases and What Are the Requirements for Gas Exchange?
34.2 How Do Respiratory Adaptations Minimize Diffusion Distances?
34.3 How Is Air Conducted Through the Human Respiratory System?
34.4 How Does Gas Exchange Occur in the Human Respiratory System?
Chapter Review: Respiration
Chapter 35: Nutrition and Digestion
Introduction: Nutrition and Digestion
35.1 What Nutrients Do Animals Need?
35.2 How Does Digestion Occur?
35.3 How Do Humans Digest Food?
Chapter Review: Nutrition and Digestion
Chapter 36: The Urinary System
Introduction: The Urinary System
36.1 What Are the Major Functions of Urinary Systems?
36.2 What Are Some Examples of Invertebrate Urinary Systems?
36.3 What Are the Structures of the Mammalian Urinary System?
36.4 How Is Urine Formed?
36.5 How Do Vertebrate Urinary Systems Help Maintain Homeostasis?
Chapter Review: The Urinary System
Chapter 37: Defenses Against Disease
Introduction: Defense Against Disease
37.1 How Does the Body Defend Itself Against Disease?
37.2 How Do Nonspecific Defenses Function?
37.3 What Are the Key Components of Specific Internal Defenses?
37.4 How Does the Adaptive Immune System Recognize Invaders?
37.5 How Does the Adaptive Immune System Attack Invaders?
37.6 How Does the Adaptive Immune System Remember Its Past Victories?
37.7 How Does Medical Care Assist the Immune Response?
37.8 What Happens When the Immune System Malfunctions?
37.9 How Does the Immune System Combat Cancer?
Chapter Review: Defenses Against Disease
Chapter 38: Chemical Control of the Animal Body: The Endocrine System
Introduction: Chemical Control of the Animal Body: the Endocrine System
38.1 How Do Animal Cells Communicate?
38.2 How Do Endocrine Hormones Produce Their Effects?
38.3 What Are the Structures and Functions of the Mammalian Endocrine System?
Chapter Review: Chemical Control of the Animal Body: The Endocrine System
Chapter 39: The Nervous System
Introduction: The Nervous System
39.1 What Are the Structures and Functions of Nerve Cells?
39.2 How Do Neurons Produce and Transmit Information?
39.3 How Does the Nervous System Process Information and Control Behavior?
39.4 How Are Nervous Systems Organized?
39.5 What Are the Structures and Functions of the Human Nervous System?
Chapter Review: The Nervous System
Chapter 40: The Senses
Introduction: The Senses
40.1 How Do Animals Sense Their Environment?
40.2 How Is Temperature Sensed?
40.3 How Are Mechanical Stimuli Detected?
40.4 How Is Sound Detected?
40.5 How Are Gravity and Movement Detected?
40.6 How Is Light Perceived?
40.7 How Are Chemicals Sensed?
40.8 How Is Pain Perceived?
Chapter Review: The Senses
Chapter 41: Action and Support: The Muscles and Skeleton
Introduction: Action and Support: The Muscles and Skeleton
41.1 How Do Muscles Contract?
41.2 How Do Cardiac and Smooth Muscles Differ from Skeletal Muscle?
41.3 How Do Muscles and Skeletons Work Together to Provide Movement?
Chapter Review: Action and Support: The Muscles and Skeleton
Chapter 42: Animal Reproduction
Introduction: Animal Reproduction
42.1 How Do Animals Reproduce?
42.2 What Are the Structures and Functions of Human Reproductive Systems?
42.3 How Can People Prevent Pregnancy?
Chapter Review: Animal Reproduction
Chapter 43: Animal Development
Introduction: Animal Development
43.1 What Are the Principles of Animal Development?
43.2 How Do Direct and Indirect Development Differ?
43.3 How Does Animal Development Proceed?
43.4 How Is Development Controlled?
43.5 How Do Humans Develop?
43.6 Is Aging the Final Stage of Development?
Chapter Review: Animal Development
Unit 6: Plant Anatomy and Physiology
Unit 6: Plant Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 44: Plant Anatomy and Nutrient Transport
Introduction: Plant Anatomy and Nutrient Transport
44.1 How Are Plant Bodies Organized?
44.2 How Do Plants Grow?
44.3 What Are the Differentiated Tissues and Cell Types of Plants?
44.4 What Are the Structures and Functions of Leaves?
44.5 What Are the Structures and Functions of Stems?
44.6 What Are the Structures and Functions of Roots?
44.7 How Do Plants Acquire Nutrients?
44.8 How Do Plants Move Water and Minerals from Roots to Leaves?
44.9 How Do Plants Transport Sugars?
Chapter Review: Plant Anatomy and Nutrient Transport
Chapter 45: Plant Reproduction and Development
Introduction: Plant Reproduction and Development
45.1 How Do Plants Reproduce?
45.2 What Are the Functions and Structures of Flowers?
45.3 How Do Fruits and Seeds Develop?
45.4 How Do Seeds Germinate and Grow?
45.5 How Do Plants and Their Pollinators Interact?
45.6 How Do Fruits Help to Disperse Seeds?
Chapter Review: Plant Reproduction and Development
Chapter 46: Plant Responses to the Environment
Introduction: Plant Responses to the Environment
46.1 What Are Some Major Plant Hormones?
46.2 How Do Hormones Regulate Plant Life Cycles?
46.3 How Do Plants Communicate, Defend Themselves, and Capture Prey?
Chapter Review: Plant Responses to the Environment
Appendix I: Biological Vocabulary: Common Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Appendix I: Biological Vocabulary: Common Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Appendix II: Periodic Table of the Elements
Appendix II: Periodic Table of the Elements
Appendix III: Metric System Conversions
Appendix III: Metric System Conversions
Appendix IV: Classification of Major Groups of Eukaryotic Organisms
Appendix IV: Classification of Major Groups of Eukaryotic Organisms
Answers to Selected Questions
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Glossary