| Author: |
O. F. G. Kilgour & P D Riley
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| Release at: | 199 |
| Pages: | 410 |
| Edition: |
3rd Edition
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| File Size: | 26 MB |
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| Language: | English |
Description of Mastering Biology by Kilgour & Riley 3rd Edition
This is Mastering Biology 3rd edition written by O. F. G. Kilgour & P D Riley is a great book for biology study available in (PDF) download. This Mastering Biology book is about living things and the genetic material they contain. Life is concerned with the process of duplication of genetic material; death discontinues the process. In this book the biological principles of life support, life continuation and organism interrelationships are considered as they relate to the vital component of living things genetic material.
The Mastering Biology 3rd edition book covers the needs of all GCSE Biology examination syllabuses in the UK and meets the requirements of first-year college courses worldwide. The practical work of scientific investigation required for the GCSE Science One syllabus receives specific coverage in chapter one, together with instructions for practical work relevant to the topic under consideration in all chapters. Terminology, classification of organisms, units, and symbols used throughout the Mastering Biology book conform to the recommendations of the Institute of Biology 1989.
Content of Mastering Biology by Kilgour & Riley 3rd Edition
1 Introducing biology & the scientific investigation process
1.1 The scientific investigation process
1.2 Obtaining evidence using biological instruments
1.3 Data recording skills
1.4 Extracting information
1.5 Looking at the evidence
THEME I Body Form and Structure
2 The body form and structure of living things
2.1 The features and diversity of cells
2.2 Diversity of tissues and organs
2.3 The features and diversity of body forms
THEME II Life Support Processes
3 Green plants: the food producers
3.1 Photosynthesis
3.2 Experiments to investigate photosynthesis
3.3 Using the products of photosynthesis
3.4 External factors and their effects on photosynthesis
3.5 The leaf and photosynthesis
3.6 The chemical composition of a plant
4 Nutrition and food consumers
4.1 Introducing nutrients
4.2 Food tests
4.3 A balanced diet
4.4 The stages in food processing
4.5 How humans process food
4.6 Digestion in other mammals
4.7 Feeding relationships
4.8 Decomposers
4.9 Food preservation
4.10 Food additives
5 How living things transport materials
5.1 Cell transport
5.2 Transport of materials through flowering land plants
5.3 Transpiration in flowering plants
5.4 Translocation
5.5 Transport in mammals
5.6 Human blood
5. 7 Blood vessels
5.8 The adult human heart
5.9 The human circulatory system
5.10 Immunity
6 Respiration
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Energy release in living cells
6.3 Respiration without oxygen
6.4 Respiration with oxygen
6.5 Metabolism
6.6 External respiration
6. 7 External respiration in mammals
6.8 External respiration in bony fish
6.9 External respiration in insects
6.10 External respiration in small organisms
6.11 External respiration in green plants
7 Homeostasis - the steady-state
7.1 Principles of homeostasis
7.2 The mammalian liver as a homeostatic organ
7.3 Blood sugar regulation
7.4 Excretion
7. 5 Osmoregulation
7.6 The human kidney as a homeostatic organ
7. 7 the human skin as a homeostatic organ
7.8 Temperature regulation
7. 9 the embryonic environment
THEME III Life Protection Processes
8 Irritability
8.1 The principles of irritability
8.2 Irritability in flowering plants
8.3 Sensitivity in mammals
8.4 Mammalian sense organs
8.5 Nervous coordination in mammals
8.6 Chemical or hormonal coordination
8. 7 Irritability in plants and animals compared
9 Support and movement
9.1 Hydrostatic and exoskeletons
9.2 Endoskeletons
9.3 Functions of the mammalian skeleton
9.4 Movement in protectants and animals
9.5 Support in mammals
9.6 Locomotion in water - fish
9.7 Locomotion on land
9.8 Locomotion in air - birds, and insects
9.9 Support and movement in plants
THEME IV Life Continuation Processes
10 Reproduction
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Asexual reproduction
10.3 Vegetative reproduction
10.4 Sexual reproduction
10.5 Sexual reproduction in flowering plants
10.6 Sexual reproduction in simple animals
10.7 Sexual reproduction in chordate animals
10.8 Sexual reproduction in mammals
10.9 The human reproductive system
10.10 Parental care
11 Growth and development
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Growth of an organism
11.3 The cell nucleus
11.4 The cell division growth process
11.5 The growth process in seeds
11.6 The growth process of metamorphosis in animals
11.7 Growth regions
11.8 Measurement of growth
11.9 Body growth factors
12 Genetics
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Phenotype
12.3 Genetic material- the chromosomes
12.4 Genetic material- the genes
12.5 Meiosis
12.6 Nuclear division and the life cycle
12.7 Principles of inheritance
12.8 Inheritance of human blood groups
12.9 The sex chromosomes in humans
12.10 Human species variation
13 Evolution
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Chemical evolution
13.3 Evidence of organic evolution
13.4 Theories of evolution
13.5 Genetics and evolution
13.6 Natural selection in action
THEME V Interrelationships
14 Natural ecosystems
14.1 Principles of ecology
14.2 The ecosystem
14.3 Ecological interactions
14.4 Feeding processes in communities
14.5 Energy flow in an ecosystem
14.6 Cycling of RNA materials
14.7 Population growth in ecosystems
14.8 Host-parasite interaction
14.9 Investigating a natural habitat
15 The effects of modern humans on the global ecosystem
15.1 The characteristics of modern humans
15.2 Modern humans and ecosystems
15.3 World human population growth
15.4 Exploitation of the global ecosystem by modern humans
15.5 Recycling
15.6 Organisms working for humans
15.7 Biology and the future
Glossary
General index
Index of generic names
1.1 The scientific investigation process
1.2 Obtaining evidence using biological instruments
1.3 Data recording skills
1.4 Extracting information
1.5 Looking at the evidence
THEME I Body Form and Structure
2 The body form and structure of living things
2.1 The features and diversity of cells
2.2 Diversity of tissues and organs
2.3 The features and diversity of body forms
THEME II Life Support Processes
3 Green plants: the food producers
3.1 Photosynthesis
3.2 Experiments to investigate photosynthesis
3.3 Using the products of photosynthesis
3.4 External factors and their effects on photosynthesis
3.5 The leaf and photosynthesis
3.6 The chemical composition of a plant
4 Nutrition and food consumers
4.1 Introducing nutrients
4.2 Food tests
4.3 A balanced diet
4.4 The stages in food processing
4.5 How humans process food
4.6 Digestion in other mammals
4.7 Feeding relationships
4.8 Decomposers
4.9 Food preservation
4.10 Food additives
5 How living things transport materials
5.1 Cell transport
5.2 Transport of materials through flowering land plants
5.3 Transpiration in flowering plants
5.4 Translocation
5.5 Transport in mammals
5.6 Human blood
5. 7 Blood vessels
5.8 The adult human heart
5.9 The human circulatory system
5.10 Immunity
6 Respiration
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Energy release in living cells
6.3 Respiration without oxygen
6.4 Respiration with oxygen
6.5 Metabolism
6.6 External respiration
6. 7 External respiration in mammals
6.8 External respiration in bony fish
6.9 External respiration in insects
6.10 External respiration in small organisms
6.11 External respiration in green plants
7 Homeostasis - the steady-state
7.1 Principles of homeostasis
7.2 The mammalian liver as a homeostatic organ
7.3 Blood sugar regulation
7.4 Excretion
7. 5 Osmoregulation
7.6 The human kidney as a homeostatic organ
7. 7 the human skin as a homeostatic organ
7.8 Temperature regulation
7. 9 the embryonic environment
THEME III Life Protection Processes
8 Irritability
8.1 The principles of irritability
8.2 Irritability in flowering plants
8.3 Sensitivity in mammals
8.4 Mammalian sense organs
8.5 Nervous coordination in mammals
8.6 Chemical or hormonal coordination
8. 7 Irritability in plants and animals compared
9 Support and movement
9.1 Hydrostatic and exoskeletons
9.2 Endoskeletons
9.3 Functions of the mammalian skeleton
9.4 Movement in protectants and animals
9.5 Support in mammals
9.6 Locomotion in water - fish
9.7 Locomotion on land
9.8 Locomotion in air - birds, and insects
9.9 Support and movement in plants
THEME IV Life Continuation Processes
10 Reproduction
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Asexual reproduction
10.3 Vegetative reproduction
10.4 Sexual reproduction
10.5 Sexual reproduction in flowering plants
10.6 Sexual reproduction in simple animals
10.7 Sexual reproduction in chordate animals
10.8 Sexual reproduction in mammals
10.9 The human reproductive system
10.10 Parental care
11 Growth and development
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Growth of an organism
11.3 The cell nucleus
11.4 The cell division growth process
11.5 The growth process in seeds
11.6 The growth process of metamorphosis in animals
11.7 Growth regions
11.8 Measurement of growth
11.9 Body growth factors
12 Genetics
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Phenotype
12.3 Genetic material- the chromosomes
12.4 Genetic material- the genes
12.5 Meiosis
12.6 Nuclear division and the life cycle
12.7 Principles of inheritance
12.8 Inheritance of human blood groups
12.9 The sex chromosomes in humans
12.10 Human species variation
13 Evolution
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Chemical evolution
13.3 Evidence of organic evolution
13.4 Theories of evolution
13.5 Genetics and evolution
13.6 Natural selection in action
THEME V Interrelationships
14 Natural ecosystems
14.1 Principles of ecology
14.2 The ecosystem
14.3 Ecological interactions
14.4 Feeding processes in communities
14.5 Energy flow in an ecosystem
14.6 Cycling of RNA materials
14.7 Population growth in ecosystems
14.8 Host-parasite interaction
14.9 Investigating a natural habitat
15 The effects of modern humans on the global ecosystem
15.1 The characteristics of modern humans
15.2 Modern humans and ecosystems
15.3 World human population growth
15.4 Exploitation of the global ecosystem by modern humans
15.5 Recycling
15.6 Organisms working for humans
15.7 Biology and the future
Glossary
General index
Index of generic names
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