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Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology, Global Edition

Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology, Global Edition

Gerald Audesirk | Teresa Audesirk | Bruce E. Byers

(2016)

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Abstract

For non-majors/mixed biology courses.

 

An Inquiry Approach that engages students in critical thinking through the use of relatable case studies and more.

With a proven and effective tradition of engaging readers with real-world applications, high-interest case studies, and inquiry-based pedagogy, Biology: Life on Earth fosters a lifetime of discovery and scientific understanding.  Maintaining the conversational, question-and-answer presentation style that has made the text a best-seller, the Eleventh Edition continues to incorporate true and relevant Case Studies throughout each chapter, along with new, more extensive guidance for developing critical thinking skills and scientific literacy.  

 

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Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Cover Cover
Brief Contents Inside Front Cover
Title Page 1
Copyright Page 2
About the Authors 3
Contents 4
Preface 20
1. An Introduction to Life on Earth 39
Case Study: The Boundaries of Life 39
1.1. What is Life? 40
Organisms Acquire and Use Materials and Energy 40
Organisms Actively Maintain Organized Complexity 40
Organisms Sense and Respond to Stimuli 41
Organisms Grow 41
Organisms Reproduce 41
Organisms, Collectively, Have the Capacity to Evolve 42
Case Study Continued: The Boundaries of Life 42
1.2. What is Evolution? 42
Three Natural Processes Underlie Evolution 43
Case Study Continued: The Boundaries of Life 44
1.3. How do Scientists Study Life? 44
Life May be Studied at Different Levels 45
Biologists Classify Organisms Based on Their Evolutionary Relationships 46
1.4. What is Science? 47
Science Is Based on General Underlying Principles 47
The Scientific Method Is an Important Tool of Scientific Inquiry 47
Biologists Test Hypotheses Using Controlled Experiments 48
Scientific Theories Have Been Thoroughly Tested 48
Science Is a Human Endeavor 49
How do we know that? Controlled Experiments Provide Reliable Data 50
Case Study Revisited: The Boundaries of Life 52
Unit 1: The Life of the Cell 55
2. Atoms, Molecules, and Life 56
Case Study: Unstable Atoms Unleashed 56
2.1. What Are Atoms? 57
2.2. How do Atoms Interact to Form Molecules? 60
2.3. Why is Water so Important to Life? 64
3. Biological Molecules 70
Case Study: Puzzling Proteins 70
3.1. Why is Carbon so Important in Biological ­Molecules? 71
3.2. How are Large Biological Molecules Synthesized? 72
3.3. What are Carbohydrates? 74
3.4. What are Proteins? 78
3.5. What are Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids? 82
3.6. What are Lipids? 83
4. Cell Structure and Function 90
Case Study: New Parts for Human Bodies 90
4.1. What is the Cell Theory? 91
4.2. What are the Basic Attributes of Cells? 91
4.3. What are the Major Features of Prokaryotic Cells? 95
4.4. What are the Major Features of Eukaryotic Cells? 97
5. Cell Membrane Structure and Function 113
Case Study: Vicious Venoms 113
5.1. How is the Structure of the Cell Membrane Related to its Function? 114
5.2. How do Substances Move Across Membranes? 118
5.3. How do Specialized Junctions Allow Cells to Connect and Communicate? 127
6. Energy Flow in the Life of a Cell 131
Case Study: Energy Unleashed 131
6.1. What is Energy? 132
6.2. How is Energy Transformed During Chemical Reactions? 135
6.3. How is Energy Transported Within Cells? 136
6.4. How do Enzymes Promote Biochemical Reactions? 137
6.5. How are Enzymes Regulated? 139
7. C apturing Solar Energy: Photosynthesis 146
Case Study: Did the Dinosaurs Die from Lack of Sunlight? 146
7.1. What is Photosynthesis? 147
7.2. The Light Reactions: How is Light Energy Converted to Chemical Energy? 149
7.3. The Calvin Cycle: How is Chemical Energy Stored in Sugar Molecules? 153
8. Harvesting Energy: Glycolysis and Cellular Respiration 161
Case Study: Raising a King 161
8.1. How do Cells Obtain Energy? 162
8.2. How does Glycolysis Begin Breaking Down Glucose? 163
8.3. How does Cellular Respiration Extract Energy from Glucose? 165
8.4. How does Fermentation Allow Glycolysis to Continue When Oxygen is Lacking? 170
Unit 2: Inheritance 177
9. Cellular Reproduction 178
Case Study: Body, Heal Thyself 178
9.1. What are the Functions of Cell Division? 179
9.2. What Occurs During the Prokaryotic Cell Cycle? 182
9.3. How is the DNA in Eukaryotic Chromosomes Organized? 183
9.4. What Occurs During the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle? 184
9.5. How does Mitotic Cell Division Produce Genetically Identical Daughter Cells? 185
9.6. How is the Cell Cycle Controlled? 188
10. Meiosis: The Basis of Sexual Reproduction 194
Case Study: The Rainbow Connection 194
10.1. How does Sexual Reproduction Produce Genetic Variability? 195
10.2. How does Meiotic Cell Division Produce Genetically Variable, Haploid Cells? 197
10.3. How do Meiosis and Union of Gametes Produce Genetically Variable Offspring? 203
10.4. When do Mitotic and Meiotic Cell Division Occur in the Life Cycles of Eukaryotes? 205
10.5. How do Errors in Meiosis Cause Human Genetic Disorders? 207
11. Patterns of Inheritance 212
Case Study: Sudden Death on the Court 212
11.1. What is the Physical Basis of Inheritance? 213
11.2. How were the Principles of Inheritance Discovered? 214
11.3. How are Single Traits Inherited? 215
11.4. How are Multiple Traits Inherited? 218
11.5. Do the Mendelian Rules of Inheritance Apply to all Traits? 220
11.6. How are Genes Located on the Same Chromosome Inherited? 224
11.7. How are Sex and Sex-Linked Traits Inherited? 225
11.8. How are Human Genetic Disorders Inherited? 227
12. DNA: The Molecule of Heredity 236
Case Study: Muscles, Mutations, and Myostatin 236
12.1. How did Scientists Discover that Genes are Made of DNA? 237
12.2. What is the Structure of DNA? 238
12.3. How does DNA Encode Genetic Information? 243
12.4. How does DNA Replication Ensure Genetic Constancy During Cell Division? 244
12.5. What are Mutations, and how do they Occur? 245
13. Gene Expression and Regulation 253
Case Study: Cystic Fibrosis 253
13.1. How is the Information in DNA Used in a Cell? 254
13.2. How is the Information in a Gene Transcribed into RNA? 257
13.3. How is the Base Sequence of mRNA Translated into Protein? 260
13.4. How do Mutations Affect Protein Structure and Function? 263
13.5. How is Gene Expression Regulated? 264
14. Biotechnology 274
Case Study: Guilty or Innocent? 274
14.1. What is Biotechnology? 275
14.2. What Natural Processes Recombine DNA between Organisms and between Species? 275
14.3. How is Biotechnology Used in Forensic Science? 277
14.4. How is Biotechnology Used to Make Genetically Modified Organisms? 283
14.5. How are Transgenic Organisms Used? 284
14.6. How is Biotechnology Used to Learn About the Genomes of Humans and Other Organisms? 287
14.7. How is Biotechnology Used for Medical Diagnosis and Treatment? 288
14.8. What are the Major Ethical Issues of Modern Biotechnology? 292
Unit 3: Evolution and Diversity of Life 299
15. Principles of Evolution 300
Case Study: What Good Are Wisdom Teeth and Ostrich Wings? 300
15.1. How did Evolutionary Thought Develop? 301
15.2. How does Natural Selection Work? 305
15.3. How do we Know that Evolution has Occurred? 308
15.4. What is the Evidence that Populations Evolve by­ Natura 313
16. How Populations Evolve 319
Case Study: Evolution of a Menace 319
16.1. How are Populations, Genes, and Evolution Related? 320
16.2. What Causes Evolution? 322
16.3. How does Natural Selection Work? 329
17. The Origin of Species 337
Case Study: Discovering Diversity 337
17.1. What is a Species? 338
17.2. How is Reproductive Isolation between Species ­Maintained? 340
17.3. How do New Species Form? 343
17.4. What Causes Extinction? 348
18. The History of Life 352
Case Study: Ancient DNA Has Stories to Tell 352
18.1. How Did Life Begin? 353
18.2. What were the Earliest Organisms Like? 356
18.3. What were the Earliest Multicellular Organisms Like? 361
18.4. How did Life Invade the Land? 362
18.5. What Role has Extinction Played in the History of Life? 366
18.6. How did Humans Evolve? 368
19. Systematics: Seeking Order Amid Diversity 378
Case Study: Origin of a Killer 378
19.1. How are Organisms Named and Classified? 379
19.2. What are the Domains of Life? 384
19.3. Why do Classifications Change? 384
19.4. How Many Species Exist? 386
20. The Diversity of Prokaryotes and Viruses 390
Case Study: Unwelcome Dinner Guests 390
20.1. Which Organisms are Members of the Domains ­Archaea and Bacteria? 391
20.2. How do Prokaryotes Survive and Reproduce? 392
20.3. How do Prokaryotes Affect Humans and Other ­Organisms? 397
20.4. What Are Viruses, Viroids, and Prions? 399
21. The Diversity of Protists 406
Case Study: Green Monster 406
21.1. What are Protists? 407
21.2. What are the Major Groups of Protists? 408
22. The Diversity of Plants 421
Case Study: Queen of the Parasites 421
22.1. What are the Key Features of Plants? 422
22.2. How have Plants Evolved? 423
22.3. What are the Major Groups of Plants? 425
22.4. How do Plants Affect Other Organisms? 435
23. The Diversity of Fungi 440
Case Study: Humongous Fungus 440
23.1. What are the Key Features of Fungi? 441
23.2. What are the Major Groups of Fungi? 443
23.3. How do Fungi Interact with Other Species? 450
23.4. How do Fungi Affect Humans? 453
24. Animal Diversity I: Invertebrates 458
Case Study: Physicians’ Assistants 458
24.1. What are the Key Features of Animals? 459
24.2. Which Anatomical Features Mark Branch Points on the Animal Evolutionary Tree? 459
24.3. What are the Major Animal Phyla? 463
25. Animal Diversity II: Vertebrates 486
Case Study: Fish Story 486
25.1. What are the Key Features of Chordates? 487
25.2. Which Animals are Chordates? 488
25.3. What are the Major Groups of Vertebrates? 491
Unit 4: Behavior and Ecology 503
26. Animal Behavior 504
Case Study: Sex and Symmetry 504
26.1. How does Behavior Arise? 505
26.2. How do Animals Compete for Resources? 510
26.3. How do Animals Behave when they Mate? 512
26.4. How do Animals Communicate? 514
26.5. What do Animals Communicate About? 516
26.6. Why do Animals Play? 520
26.7. What Kinds of Societies do Animals Form? 521
26.8. Can Biology Explain Human Behavior? 523
27. Population Growth and Regulation 528
Case Study: The Return of the Elephant Seals 528
27.1. What is a Population and how does Population Size Change? 529
27.2. How is Population Growth Regulated? 531
27.3. How do Life History Strategies Differ Among Species? 538
27.4. How are Organisms Distributed in Populations? 540
27.5. How is the Human Population Changing? 541
28. Community Interactions 550
Case Study: The Fox’s Tale 550
28.1. Why are Community Interactions Important? 551
28.2. How does the Ecological Niche Influence ­Competition? 551
28.3. How do Consumer–Prey Interactions Shape ­Evolutionary Adaptations? 555
28.4. How do Mutualisms Benefit Different Species? 562
28.5. How do Keystone Species Influence Community ­Structure? 562
28.6. How do Species Interactions Change Community ­Structure Over Time? 563
29. Energy Flow and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems 571
Case Study: Dying Fish Feed an Ecosystem 571
29.1. How do Nutrients and Energy Move Through ­Ecosystems? 572
29.2. How does Energy Flow Through Ecosystems? 572
29.3. How do Nutrients Cycle within and Among ­Ecosystems? 577
29.4. What Happens when Humans Disrupt Nutrient ­Cycles? 582
30. Earth’s Diverse Ecosystems 592
Case Study: Food of the Gods 592
30.1. What Determines the Distribution of Life on Earth? 593
30.2. What Factors Influence Earth’s Climate? 593
30.3. What are the Principal Terrestrial Biomes? 600
30.4. What are the Principal Aquatic Biomes? 609
31. Conserving Earth’s Biodiversity 621
Case Study: The Wolves of Yellowstone 621
31.1. What is Conservation Biology? 622
31.2. Why is Biodiversity Important? 622
31.3. Is Earth’s Biodiversity Diminishing? 625
31.4. What are the Major Threats to Biodiversity? 626
31.5. Why is Habitat Protection Necessary to Preserve ­Biodiversity? 631
31.6. Why is Sustainability Essential for a Healthy ­Future? 631
Unit 5: Animal Anatomy and Physiology 641
32. Homeostasis and the Organization of the Animal Body 642
Case Study: Overheated 642
32.1. Homeostasis: Why and how do Animals Regulate their Internal Environment? 643
32.2. How is the Animal Body Organized? 646
33. Circulation 657
Case Study: Living from Heart to Heart 657
33.1. What are the Major Features and Functions of ­Circulatory Systems? 658
33.2. How does the Vertebrate Heart Work? 659
33.3. What is Blood? 664
33.4. What are the Types and Functions of Blood ­Vessels? 668
33.5. How does the ­Lymphatic System Work with the ­Circulatory ­System? 673
34. Respiration 678
Case Study: Straining to Breathe—with High Stakes 678
34.1. Why Exchange Gases and what are the Requirements for Gas Exchange? 679
34.2. How do Respiratory Adaptations Minimize Diffusion Distances? 679
34.3. How is Air Conducted Through the Human Respiratory System? 685
34.4. How does Gas Exchange Occur in the Human ­Respiratory System? 689
35. Nutrition and Digestion 694
Case Study: Dying to Be Thin 694
35.1. What Nutrients do Animals Need? 695
35.2. How does Digestion Occur? 700
35.3. How do Humans Digest Food? 704
36. The Urinary System 715
Case Study: Paying it Forward 715
36.1. What are the Major Functions of Urinary ­Systems? 716
36.2. What are Some Examples of Invertebrate Urinary ­Systems? 717
36.3. What are the Structures of the Mammalian Urinary ­System? 718
36.4. How is Urine Formed? 720
36.5. How do Vertebrate Urinary Systems Help Maintain Homeostasis? 721
37. Defenses Against Disease 731
Case Study: Flesh-Eating Bacteria 731
37.1. How does the Body Defend itself Against ­Disease? 732
37.2. How do Nonspecific Defenses Function? 733
37.3. What are the Key Components of the Adaptive Immune System? 736
37.4. How does the Adaptive Immune System Recognize Invaders? 737
37.5. How does the Adaptive Immune System Attack ­Invaders? 740
37.6. How does the Adaptive Immune System Remember its Past Victories? 742
37.7. How does Medical Care Assist the Immune ­Response? 744
37.8. What Happens when the Immune System ­Malfunctions? 747
37.9. How does the Immune System Combat Cancer? 749
38. Chemical Control of the Animal Body: The Endocrine System 753
Case Study: Insulin Resistance 753
38.1. How do Animal Cells Communicate? 754
38.2. How do Endocrine Hormones Produce their ­Effects? 756
38.3. What are the Structures and Functions of the ­Mammalian Endocrine System? 758
39. The Nervous System 771
Case Study: How Do I Love Thee? 771
39.1. What are the Structures and Functions of Nerve Cells? 772
39.2. How do Neurons Produce and Transmit ­Information? 773
39.3. How does the Nervous System Process Information and Control Behavior? 778
39.4. How are Nervous Systems Organized? 780
39.5. What are the Structures and Functions of the Human Nervous System? 781
40. The Senses 796
Case Study: Bionic Ears 796
40.1. How do Animals Sense their Environment? 797
40.2. How is Temperature Sensed? 799
40.3. How are Mechanical Stimuli Detected? 799
40.4. How is Sound Detected? 800
40.5. How are Gravity and Movement Detected? 802
40.6. How is Light Perceived? 804
40.7. How are Chemicals Sensed? 807
40.8. How is Pain Perceived? 809
41. Action and Support: The Muscles and Skeleton 812
Case Study: Legs of Gold 812
41.1. How do Muscles Contract? 813
41.2. How do Cardiac and Smooth Muscles Differ from ­Skeletal Muscle? 818
41.3. How do Muscles and Skeletons Work Together to ­Provide Movement? 820
42. Animal Reproduction 830
Case Study: To Breed a Rhino 830
42.1. How do Animals Reproduce? 831
42.2. What are the Structures and Functions of Human ­Reproductive Systems? 834
42.3. How can People Prevent Pregnancy? 843
43. Animal Development 851
Case Study: Rerunning the Program of Development 851
43.1. What are the Principles of Animal ­Development? 852
43.2. How do Direct and Indirect Development ­Differ? 852
43.3. How does Animal Development Proceed? 853
43.4. How is Development Controlled? 856
43.5. How do Humans Develop? 858
43.6. Is Aging the Final Stage of Human ­Development? 865
Unit 6: Plant Anatomy and Physiology 871
44. Plant Anatomy and Nutrient ­Transport 872
Case Study: Autumn in Vermont 872
44.1. How are Plant Bodies Organized? 873
44.2. How do Plants Grow? 874
44.3. What are the Differentiated Tissues and Cell Types of Plants? 876
44.4. What are the Structures and Functions of Leaves? 879
44.5. What are the Structures and Functions of Stems? 881
44.6. What are the Structures and Functions of Roots? 884
44.7. How do Plants Acquire Nutrients? 887
44.8. How do Plants Move Water and Minerals from Roots to Leaves? 891
44.9. How do Plants Transport Sugars? 895
45. Plant Reproduction and ­Development 901
Case Study: Some Like It Hot—and Stinky! 901
45.1. How do Plants Reproduce? 902
45.2 What are the Functions and Structures of Flowers? 904
45.3. How do Fruits and Seeds Develop? 908
45.4. How do Seeds Germinate and Grow? 910
45.5. How do Plants and their Pollinators Interact? 911
45.6. How do Fruits Help to Disperse Seeds? 915
46. Plant Responses to the ­Environment 921
Case Study: Predatory Plants 921
46.1. What are Some Major Plant Hormones? 922
46.2. How do Hormones Regulate Plant Life Cycles? 923
46.3. How do Plants Communicate, Defend Themselves, and Capture Prey? 932
Appendix I: Biological Vocabulary: Common Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes 937
Appendix II: Periodic Table of the Elements 940
Appendix III: Metric System Conversions 941
Appendix IV: Classification of Major Groups of Eukaryotic Organisms 942
Glossary 943
Answers to Think Critically, Evaluate This, Multiple Choice, and Fill-in-the-Blank Questions 972
Credits 990
Index 994