Known for its thorough coverage of diversity, animal physiology, ecology, and environmental issues, this comprehensive book engages students in asking and answering questions during the course.
Biology: Life on Earth helps instructors and students manage a wealth of scientific information in a manner that is both meaningful and long-lasting for students. The authors encourage students to learn according to their own style, and to relate this information to their own lives. In each chapter, the Eighth Edition of this trusted biology resource features significant content revisions as well as new figures and photographs.
Brief Contents
1 An Introduction to Life on Earth 1
Unit One
The Life of a Cell
2 Atoms, Molecules, and Life
3 Biological Molecules
4 Cell Structure and Function
5 Cell Membrane Structure and Function
6 Energy Flow in the Life of a Cell
7 Capturing Solar Energy: Photosynthesis
8 Harvesting Energy: Glycolysis and Cellular Respiration
Unit Two
Inheritance
9 DNA: The Molecule of Heredity
10 Gene Expression and Regulation
11 The Continuity of Life: Cellular Reproduction
12 Patterns of Inheritance
13 Biotechnology
Unit Three
Evolution
14 Principles of Evolution
15 How Organisms Evolve
16 The Origin of Species
17 The History of Life
18 Systematics: Seeking Order Amidst Diversity
19 The Diversity of Prokaryotes and Viruses
20 The Diversity of Protists
21 The Diversity of Plants
22 The Diversity of Fungi
23 Animal Diversity I: Invertebrates
24 Animal Diversity II: Vertebrates
Unit Four
Behavior and Ecology
25 Animal Behavior
26 Population Growth and Regulation
27 Community Interactions
28 How Do Ecosystems Work?
29 Earth’s Diverse Ecosystems
30 Conserving Life on Earth
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