Life on Earth: International Edition
Autor Teresa Audesirk, Gerald Audesirk, Bruce E. Byersen Limba Engleză Mixed media product – 4 dec 2008
Life on Earth, Fifth Edition, introduces students to biology through real-world applications and expanded human-interest case studies that run throughout each chapter. From the authors of the highly successful Biology: Life on Earth, Eighth Edition, Life on Earth, Fifth Edition, provides the most extensive environmental and ecology coverage of any text on the market, with an Earth Watch feature box that appears throughout the text, and, new to this edition, a chapter covering conservation biology—Chapter 31: Conserving Life on Earth.
The Fifth Edition’s supplements package has been expanded to include:
- NEW! BioFlix animations that cover the most difficult biology topics with 3-D, movie-quality animations.
- A dynamic companion website with greatly expanded quizzes with grade book functionality, an e-book, interactive tutorials and animations, flashcards, and more.
- An Instructor Resource CD/DVD-ROM that provides everything an instructor needs for lecture presentations in one convenient location.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780131364295
ISBN-10: 0131364294
Pagini: 736
Dimensiuni: 216 x 276 mm
Greutate: 1.67 kg
Ediția:5Nouă
Editura: Pearson Education
Colecția Pearson Education
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States
ISBN-10: 0131364294
Pagini: 736
Dimensiuni: 216 x 276 mm
Greutate: 1.67 kg
Ediția:5Nouă
Editura: Pearson Education
Colecția Pearson Education
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States
Cuprins
1. An Introduction to Life on Earth
UNIT ONE
The Life of a Cell
2. Atoms, Molecules, and Life
3. Cell Membrane Structure and Function
4. Cell Structure and Function
5. Energy Flow in the Life of a Cell
6. Capturing Solar Energy: Photosynthesis
7. Harvesting Energy: Glycolysis and Cellular Respiration
UNIT TWO
Inheritance
8. The Continuity of Life: How Cells Reproduce
9. Patterns of Inheritance
10. DNA: The Molecule of Heredity
11. Gene Expression and Regulation
12. Biotechnology
UNIT THREE
Evolution
13. Principles of Evolution
14. How Populations Evolve
15. The History of Life on Earth
16. The Diversity of Life
UNIT FOUR
Plant Anatomy and Physiology
17. Plant Form and Function
18. The Plant Life Cycle
UNIT FIVE
Animal Anatomy and Physiology
19. Homeostasis and the Organization of the Animal Body
20. Circulation and Respiration
21. Nutrition, Digestion, and Excretion
22. Defenses against Disease: The Immune Response
23. Chemical Control of the Animal Body: The Endocrine System
24. The Nervous System and the Senses
25. Animal Reproduction and Development
26. Animal Behavior
UNIT SIX
Ecology
27. Population Growth
28. Community Interactions
29. How Do Ecosystems Work?
30. Earth’s Diverse Ecosystems
31. Conserving Life's Biodiversity
UNIT ONE
The Life of a Cell
2. Atoms, Molecules, and Life
3. Cell Membrane Structure and Function
4. Cell Structure and Function
5. Energy Flow in the Life of a Cell
6. Capturing Solar Energy: Photosynthesis
7. Harvesting Energy: Glycolysis and Cellular Respiration
UNIT TWO
Inheritance
8. The Continuity of Life: How Cells Reproduce
9. Patterns of Inheritance
10. DNA: The Molecule of Heredity
11. Gene Expression and Regulation
12. Biotechnology
UNIT THREE
Evolution
13. Principles of Evolution
14. How Populations Evolve
15. The History of Life on Earth
16. The Diversity of Life
UNIT FOUR
Plant Anatomy and Physiology
17. Plant Form and Function
18. The Plant Life Cycle
UNIT FIVE
Animal Anatomy and Physiology
19. Homeostasis and the Organization of the Animal Body
20. Circulation and Respiration
21. Nutrition, Digestion, and Excretion
22. Defenses against Disease: The Immune Response
23. Chemical Control of the Animal Body: The Endocrine System
24. The Nervous System and the Senses
25. Animal Reproduction and Development
26. Animal Behavior
UNIT SIX
Ecology
27. Population Growth
28. Community Interactions
29. How Do Ecosystems Work?
30. Earth’s Diverse Ecosystems
31. Conserving Life's Biodiversity
Notă biografică
Terry and Gerry Audesirk grew up in New Jersey, where they met as undergraduates. After marrying in 1970, they moved to California, where Terry earned her doctorate in marine ecology at the University of Southern California, and Gerry earned his doctorate in neurobiology at the California Institute of Technology. As postdoctoral fellows at the University of Washington’s marine laboratories, they worked together on the neural bases of behavior, using a marine mollusk as a model system. The Audesirks are now professors emeriti of biology at the University of Colorado Denver, where they taught introductory biology and neurobiology, and researched mechanisms of heavy metal toxicity from 1982 until their retirement in 2006. Terry and Gerry share a deep appreciation of nature and of the outdoors. After retirement, they moved to Northern Colorado, where they enjoy hiking, horseback riding, and snowshoeing. Long-time members of many conservation organizations, they are looking forward in retirement to volunteer work with the Nature Conservatory and the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
Bruce E. Byers, a midwesterner transplanted to the hills of western Massachusetts, is a professor in the biology department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has been a member of the faculty at UMass (where he also completed his doctoral degree) since 1993. Bruce teaches introductory biology courses for both nonmajors and majors; he also teaches courses in ornithology and animal behavior. A lifelong fascination with birds ultimately led Bruce to scientific exploration of avian biology. His current research focuses on the behavioral ecology of birds, especially on the function and evolution of the vocal signals that birds use to communicate. The pursuit of vocalizations often takes Bruce outdoors, where he can be found before dawn, tape recorder in hand, awaiting the first songs of a new day.
Bruce E. Byers, a midwesterner transplanted to the hills of western Massachusetts, is a professor in the biology department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has been a member of the faculty at UMass (where he also completed his doctoral degree) since 1993. Bruce teaches introductory biology courses for both nonmajors and majors; he also teaches courses in ornithology and animal behavior. A lifelong fascination with birds ultimately led Bruce to scientific exploration of avian biology. His current research focuses on the behavioral ecology of birds, especially on the function and evolution of the vocal signals that birds use to communicate. The pursuit of vocalizations often takes Bruce outdoors, where he can be found before dawn, tape recorder in hand, awaiting the first songs of a new day.
Caracteristici
Real-world applications designed to engage the student
- A Case Study approach engages students with human-interest case studies that run throughout each chapter. Each chapter begins and ends with a Case Study relevant to the chapter topic, and, new to this edition, includes two or three Case Study Continued sections that apply the case study to a specific chapter topic.
- Current issues covered in each of the text’s feature boxes help students become informed citizens
- Health Watch boxes focus on human health-related topics that will interest today's students and help apply the concepts to real-world examples.
- Earth Watch boxes focus on environment-related issues that students will recognize from current news stories.
- Scientific Inquiry boxes illuminate how we know what we know, stepping the student through the scientific process.
- Questions accompanying key figures ask the student to think critically and apply what they know about the topic to a different situation.
- Consider This questions appear in each chapter’s Case Study Revisited section, and provide thought-provoking questions for the student to consider, drawing from the information provided in the case study.
- Applying the Concepts questions at the end of each chapter challenge the student to think beyond the material provided in the chapter and apply their knowledge to new situations.
- Is This Science questions appear in each “Applying the Concept” section and require that the student use what they know of the scientific process–in conjunction with what they’ve learned from the chapter topics—to determine the scientific validity of the question posed.
Caracteristici noi
- A new conservation biology chapter, Chapter 31: Conserving Earth's Biodiversity, describes human impacts on the environment—including diminishing biodiversity and coverage of ecosystem services—and sustainability and conservation efforts that are being made to lessen the impacts.
- Human interest Case Study coverage is expanded with the inclusion of Case Study Continued sections throughout each chapter, applying the case study to specific chapter topics. The Case Study Revisited section at the end of the chapter allows students to further reflect on what they've learned in the chapter, and ends with a Consider This section that encourages deeper thinking.
- Now Available with Current Issues in Biology—Give your students the best of both worlds—accessible, dynamic, relevant articles from Scientific American magazine that present key issues in biology, paired with the authority, reliability, and clarity of Benjamin Cummings’ non-majors biology texts. Articles include questions to help students check their comprehension and PowerPoint slides for instructors to allow easy integration into your classroom lectures. New, Volume 5 now available at no additional charge when packaged with a new text.
- BioFlix animations and tutorials, available on the Instructor Resource CD/DVD-ROM and the student website, correlate to sections within chapters and illustrate important information.These student tools cover the most difficult biology topics with 3-D, movie-quality animations, labeled slide shows, carefully constructed student tutorials, study sheets, and quizzes that support all types of learners. Topics include Tour of An Animal Cell, Tour of A Plant Cell, Membrane Transport, Cellular Respiration, Photosynthesis, Mitosis, Meiosis, DNA Replication.
- The Instructor Resource CenterCD-ROM/DVD gives instructors access to all of the lecture resources in one convenient location, and includes BioFlix and BLAST animations, Discovery videos, an image bank containing all of the text’s photos and illustrations, PowerPoint® lecture outlines, and the text’s accompanying Test Item File and Instructor's Guide.