Test Bank for Biology Now with Physiology, 2nd Edition, by Anne Houtman, Megan Scudellari, Cindy Malone

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393631796
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393631791
• Author: Anne Houtman, Megan Scudellari

Brief chapters are written like science news articles, combining compelling science with intriguing stories. The Second Edition features NEW stories on exciting topics such as CRISPR and the human microbiome, and expanded coverage of the course’s most important content areas. Biology Now is written by an author team made up of a science writer and two experienced teachers. Expanded pedagogy in the book and online encourages students to think critically and engage with biology in the world around them.

Table contents:

Unit 1: Science 

Chapter 1  The Nature of Science: Caves of Death

Chapter 2  Evaluating Scientific Claims: Sex, Cancer, and a Vaccine (NEW STORY)

 

Unit 2: Cells 

Chapter 3  Chemistry of Life: Breaking Good (NEW STORY)

Chapter 4  Life Is Cellular: Engineering Life

Chapter 5  How Cells Work: Rock Eaters

Chapter 6  Cell Division: Toxic Plastic

 

Unit 3: Genetics 

Chapter 7  Patterns of Inheritance: Dog Days of Science

Chapter 8  Chromosomes and Human Genetics: Curing the Incurable (NEW STORY)

Chapter 9  What Genes Are: Pigs to the Rescue

Chapter 10  How Genes Work: Tobacco’s New Leaf

 

Unit 4: Evolution

Chapter 11  Evidence for Evolution: Whale Hunting

Chapter 12  Mechanisms of Evolution: Battling Resistance

Chapter 13  Adaptation and Speciation: Penguins on Thin Ice (NEW STORY)

 

Unit 5: Biodiversity 

Chapter 14  The History of Life: The First Bird

Chapter 15  Bacteria and Archaea: Navel Gazing

Chapter 16  Plants, Fungi, and Protists: The Dirt on Black-Market Plants

Chapter 17  Animals and Human Evolution: Neanderthal Sex

 

Unit 6: Ecology 

Chapter 18  Introduction to Ecology: Climate Meltdown (NEW STORY)

Chapter 19  Growth of Populations: Zika-Busting Mosquitos

Chapter 20  Communities of Organisms: Of Wolves and Trees

Chapter 21  Ecosystems: Here and Gone

 

Unit 7: Physiology 

Chapter 22  Homeostasis, Reproduction, and Development: Baby Bust

Chapter 23  Muscular, Skeletal, and Digestive Systems: Made to Move (NEW STORY)

Chapter 24  Circulatory, Respiratory, Urinary, and Nervous Systems: Body (Re)Building

Chapter 25  Endocrine and Immune Systems: Testing the Iceman

Chapter 26  Plant Physiology: Amber Waves of Grain

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