| Unit |
Content |
Unit 1 -- What is Biology?
 | Chapter 1 -- Biology: The Science of Life |
| Chapter 2 -- Scientific Methods in Biology |
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| What is Biology? |
| What is Life? |
| Problem-Solving Methods in Biology |
| The Nature of Biology |
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Unit 2 -- Ecology
| Chapter 3 -- Principles of Ecology |
| Chapter 4 -- Community Distribution |
| Chapter 5 -- Population Biology |
| Chapter 6 -- Wise Use of Our Resources |
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| Organisms and Their Environments |
| How Organisms Interact |
| Homeostasis in Communities |
| Biomes |
| Population Dynamics |
| Human Population Growth |
| Effects of Human Activities on Our Resources |
| Maintaining the Natural Balance |
|
Unit 3 -- The Life of a Cell
| Chapter 7 -- The Chemistry of Life |
| Chapter 8 -- A View of the Cell |
| Chapter 9 -- Homeostasis and the Plasma Membrane |
| Chapter 10 -- Energy in a Cell |
| Chapter 11 -- Cell Reproduction |
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| Life Substances |
| The Discovery of Cells |
| Eukaryotic Cell Structure |
| The Plasma Membrane |
| Cellular Transport |
| ATP: Energy in a Molecule |
| Photosynthesis: Trapping Energy |
| Cell Growth and Reproduction |
| Control of the Cell Cycle |
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Unit 4 -- Genetics
| Chapter 12 -- Mendel and Meiosis |
| Chapter 13 -- Genes and Chromosomes |
| Chapter 14 -- Patterns of Heredity |
| Chapter 15 -- Human Heredity |
| Chapter 16 -- DNA Technology |
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| Mendel's Laws of Heredity |
| Meiosis |
| DNA: The Molecule of Heredity |
| From DNA to Protein |
| Genetic Changes |
| When Heredity Follows Different Rules |
| Applied Genetics |
| Simple Mendelian Inheritance of Human Traits |
| Complex Inheritance of Human Traits |
| Recombinant DNA Technology |
| The Human Genome |
|
Unit 5 -- Change Through Time
| Chapter 17 -- The Record of Life |
| Chapter 18 -- The Theory of Evolution |
| Chapter 19 -- Primate Evolution |
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| The Record of Life |
| The Origin of Life |
| Natural Selection and the Evidence for Evolution |
| Mechanisms of Evolution |
| Primate Adaptation and Evolution |
| Human Ancestry |
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Unit 6 -- The Diversity of Life
| Chapter 20 -- Organizing Life |
| Chapter 21 -- Viruses and Bacteria |
| Chapter 22 -- Protists |
| Chapter 23 -- Fungi |
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| Classification |
| The Six Kingdoms |
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Unit 7 -- Plants
| Chapter 24 -- What is a Plant? |
| Chapter 25 -- Ferns and Gymnosperms |
| Chapter 26 -- Flowering Plants |
| Chapter 27 -- Reproduction in Flowering Plants |
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| Gymnosperms |
| Angiosperms |
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Unit 8 -- Invertebrates
| Chapter 28 -- What Is an Animal? |
| Chapter 29 -- Sponges, Cnidarians, Flatworms, and Roundworms |
| Chapter 30 -- Mollusks and Segmented Worms |
| Chapter 31 -- Arthropods |
| Chapter 32 -- Echinoderms and Invertebrate Chordates |
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| Typical Animal Characteristics |
| Body Plans and Adaptations |
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Unit 9 -- Vertebrates
| Chapter 33 -- Fishes and Amphibians |
| Chapter 34 -- Reptiles and Birds |
| Chapter 35 -- Mammals |
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| Fishes |
| Amphibians |
| Reptiles |
| Birds |
| Mammal Characteristics |
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