Biology Workbook for Dummies
, by Kratz, Rene Fester
- ISBN: 9781118158401 | 1118158407
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 5/8/2012
Biology Workbook For Dummies provides exercises to help students better understand introductory biology course concepts such as physiology, ecology, evolution, genetics and cell biology. Whether as a companion to Biology For Dummies or on its own, Biology Workbook For Dummies is an excellent practice supplement for students enrolled in introductory biology courses.
Rene Faster Kratz, PhD, is a biology instructor at Everett Community College in Everett, Washington.
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| About This Book | p. 1 |
| Conventions Used in This Book | p. 2 |
| Foolish Assumptions | p. 2 |
| How This Book Is Organized | p. 3 |
| Getting the Basics | p. 3 |
| Creating the Future with Cell Division and Genetics | p. 3 |
| Making Connections with Ecology and Evolution | p. 4 |
| Getting to Know the Human Body | p. 4 |
| Going Green with Plant Biology | p. 4 |
| The Part of Tens | p. 4 |
| Icons Used in This Book | p. 5 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 5 |
| Getting the Basics | p. 7 |
| Figuring Out the Scientific Method | p. 9 |
| Developing Hypotheses | p. 9 |
| Practicing the Scientific Method | p. 10 |
| Designing Experiments | p. 12 |
| Making an Experiment Count | p. 16 |
| Building Theories | p. 17 |
| Answers to Questions on the Scientific Method | p. 19 |
| Solving Problems in the Chemistry of Life | p. 21 |
| Mapping Atoms | p. 21 |
| Elemental Thinking | p. 23 |
| Figuring Out Molecules | p. 25 |
| Recognizing Macromolecules | p. 28 |
| Staying sweet with carbohydrates | p. 29 |
| Getting things done with proteins | p. 31 |
| Making plans with nucleic acids | p. 33 |
| Storing energy and building boundaries with lipids | p. 36 |
| Answers to Questions on the Chemistry of Life | p. 40 |
| Identifying Cell Parts and Understanding Their Functions | p. 43 |
| Introducing Cells | p. 43 |
| Holding it all together: The plasma membrane | p. 45 |
| Getting in and out of cells | p. 46 |
| Creating proteins: Ribosomes | p. 48 |
| Taking a Tour of Animal Cells | p. 48 |
| Checking Out Plant Cells | p. 50 |
| Peeking at Prokaryotes | p. 52 |
| Answers to Questions on Cells | p. 53 |
| Tracking the Flow of Energy and Matter | p. 55 |
| Figuring Out the Role of Food | p. 55 |
| Make it or break it | p. 56 |
| Feeling energized about energy | p. 57 |
| Getting a reaction | p. 58 |
| Transferring energy with ATP | p. 60 |
| Moving your metabolism with enzymes | p. 61 |
| Reduce, reuse, recycle | p. 63 |
| Photosynthesis: Cooking Up Carbohydrates | p. 64 |
| Light reactions of photosynthesis: Transforming energy from the ultimate energy source | p. 66 |
| Light-independent reactions of photosynthesis: Putting matter and energy together | p. 67 |
| Cellular Respiration: Extracting Energy from Food | p. 69 |
| Glycolysis and the Krebs cycle: Breaking down glucose to carbon dioxide | p. 70 |
| Oxidative Phosphorylation: Transferring energy to ATP | p. 72 |
| Answers to Questions on Tracking the Flow of Energy and Matter | p. 75 |
| Creating the Future With Celt Division and Genetics | p. 79 |
| Divide and Conquer: Recognizing the Phases of Cell Division | p. 81 |
| Talking 'bout the Generations | p. 81 |
| Duplicating and Dividing Your DNA | p. 82 |
| Riding the Cell Cycle | p. 86 |
| Marching Through Mitosis | p. 87 |
| Getting Ready for Sexual Reproduction | p. 91 |
| Making Gametes by Meiosis | p. 93 |
| Contrasting Mitosis and Meiosis | p. 96 |
| Answers to Questions on Cell Division | p. 98 |
| Predicting Future Generations with Mendelian Genetics | p. 101 |
| Getting Acquainted with the Lingo of Genetics | p. 101 |
| Discovering the Laws of Inheritance | p. 103 |
| Figuring Out Genetic Puzzles | p. 106 |
| Climbing the Branches of Your Family Tree | p. 107 |
| Answers to Questions on Genetics | p. 111 |
| Taking Genetics to the DNA Level | p. 113 |
| Going with the Flow of Genetic Information | p. 113 |
| Making a Copy of the Genetic Code: Transcription | p. 114 |
| Locating genes within a chromosome | p. 116 |
| Doing transcription one step at a time | p. 116 |
| Putting on the finishing touches: RNA processing | p. 117 |
| Decoding the Message in mRNA: Translation | p. 118 |
| Deciphering mRNA codes with tRNA | p. 120 |
| Doing translation one step at a time | p. 121 |
| Measuring the Impact of Mutations | p. 125 |
| Answers to Questions on the Genetic Code | p. 128 |
| Going Straight to the Source with DNA Technology | p. 131 |
| Discovering the Power of DNA Technology | p. 131 |
| Cutting DNA with Restriction Enzymes | p. 132 |
| Separating Molecules with Gel Electrophoresis | p. 135 |
| Copying DNA with PCR | p. 137 |
| Reading a Gene with DNA Sequencing | p. 138 |
| Answers to Questions on DNA Technology | p. 141 |
| Making Connections With Ecology and Evolution | p. 143 |
| Organizing the Living World | p. 145 |
| Examining Relationships | p. 145 |
| Classifying Life | p. 147 |
| Figuring Out Relationships from Phylogenetic Trees | p. 149 |
| Answers to Questions on Classification and Phylogeny | p. 152 |
| Connecting Organisms in Ecosystems | p. 153 |
| Ecosystems: Bringing It All Together | p. 153 |
| Describing Populations | p. 155 |
| Tracking Changes in Populations | p. 157 |
| Getting Along with Other Species | p. 160 |
| Discovering the Job Descriptions of Organisms | p. 161 |
| Following the Flow of Energy through Ecosystems | p. 162 |
| Recycling Matter within Ecosystems | p. 164 |
| Answers to Questions on Ecosystems | p. 166 |
| Evaluating the Effects of Evolution | p. 169 |
| Defining Evolution | p. 169 |
| Predicting the Outcome of Natural Selection | p. 171 |
| Supporting the Theory of Evolution | p. 172 |
| Answers to Questions on Evolution | p. 175 |
| Getting to Know the Human Body | p. 177 |
| Building Bodies with the Skeletal and Muscular Systems | p. 179 |
| Moving Around with Friction and Gravity | p. 179 |
| Getting Support from Skeletons and Bones | p. 180 |
| This Joint Is Jumpin' | p. 184 |
| Flexing Your Knowledge of Muscles | p. 185 |
| Answers to Questions on the Skeletal and Muscular Systems | p. 187 |
| Giving Your Body What it Needs: The Respiratory and Circulatory Systems | p. 189 |
| Catching Your Breath: Animal Respiration | p. 189 |
| Taking a Breath with the Human Respiratory System | p. 191 |
| In with the Good, Out with the Bad: Animal Circulatory Systems | p. 192 |
| Navigating the Human Heart and Circulatory System | p. 193 |
| Entering the cardiac cycle | p. 195 |
| Oxygenating the blood: Pulmonary circulation | p. 196 |
| Spreading oxygenated blood around: Systemic circulation | p. 197 |
| Answers to Questions on the Respiratory and Circulatory Systems | p. 199 |
| Processing Food with the Digestive and Excretory Systems | p. 201 |
| Got Food? Understanding What Happens When Animals Eat | p. 201 |
| Moving Along the Human Digestive System | p. 203 |
| Filtering Fluids through the Urinary System | p. 206 |
| Exploring the Inner Workings of the Human Kidney | p. 207 |
| Answers to Questions on the Digestive and Excretory Systems | p. 209 |
| Fighting Enemies with the Immune System | p. 211 |
| Microbial Encounters of the Best and Worst Kinds | p. 211 |
| Investigating Your Built-in Defenses | p. 214 |
| Fighting Back with Adaptive Immunity | p. 216 |
| Answers to Questions on the Immune System | p. 219 |
| Sending Messages with the Nervous and Endocrine Systems | p. 221 |
| Mapping out Nervous Systems | p. 221 |
| Getting on Your Nerves | p. 223 |
| Getting in on the Action Potential | p. 225 |
| Regulating the Body with Glands and Hormones | p. 228 |
| Answers to Questions on the Nervous and Endocrine Systems | p. 230 |
| Making Babies with the Reproductive System | p. 231 |
| Identifying the Parts of the Male Reproductive System | p. 231 |
| Identifying the Parts of the Female Reproductive System | p. 233 |
| Following the Female Ovarian and Menstrual Cycles | p. 235 |
| Fertilization through Birth: Developing New Humans | p. 237 |
| Answers to Questions on the Human Reproductive System | p. 241 |
| Going Green With Plant Biology | p. 243 |
| Studying Plant Structures | p. 245 |
| Peering at the Parts and Types of Plants | p. 245 |
| Taking-a Look at Plant Tissues | p. 250 |
| Growing Like a Weed: Plant Reproduction | p. 254 |
| Answers to Questions on Plant Structures | p. 259 |
| Pondering Problems in Plant Physiology | p. 261 |
| Taking Minerals from the Soil | p. 261 |
| Pulling Water Through Plants | p. 263 |
| Sending Sugars from Sources to Sinks | p. 264 |
| Seeding Signals with Plant Hormones | p. 267 |
| Answers to Questions on Plant Physiology | p. 269 |
| The Part of Tens | p. 271 |
| Ten Tips for Getting an A in Biology | p. 273 |
| Put in Your Time | p. 273 |
| Make Vocabulary Flashcards | p. 273 |
| Pace Yourself | p. 274 |
| Study Actively, Not Passively | p. 274 |
| Phone a Friend | p. 275 |
| Test Yourself Before Your Instructor Tests You | p. 275 |
| Maximize the Easy Points | p. 275 |
| Ask for Help Upfront | p. 276 |
| Use Your Resources | p. 276 |
| Don't Leave It in the Classroom | p. 276 |
| Ten (Plus One) Great Biology Websites | p. 277 |
| Dummies.com | p. 277 |
| The Biology Project at the University of Arizona | p. 278 |
| Genetic Science Learning Center | p. 278 |
| DNA from the Beginning | p. 278 |
| Life: The Science of Biology | p. 278 |
| The Biology Corner | p. 278 |
| Cells Alive! | p. 279 |
| The Virtual Cell | p. 279 |
| The Virtual Plant Cell | p. 279 |
| Quia.com | p. 279 |
| HHMI Biolnteractive Holiday Lectures | p. 279 |
| Index | p. 281 |
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