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UNIT 1: The Nature of Life
Chapter 1 The Science of Biology
Week 1
1-1 What is Science?
1-2 How Scientists Work
1-3 Studying Life
1-4 Tools and Procedures
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Chapter 2 The Chemistry of Life
Week 2
2-1 The Nature of Matter
2-2 Properties of Water
2-3 Carbon Compounds
2-4 Chemical Reactions and Enzymes
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Chapter 3 The Biosphere
Week 3
3-1 What is Ecology?
3-2 Energy Flow
3-3 Cycles of Matter
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Chapter 4 Ecosystems and Communities
Week 4
4-1 The Roleof Climate
4-2 What Shapes an Ecosystem?
4-3 Biomes
4-4 Aquatic Ecosystems
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Chapter 5 Populations
Week 5
5-1 How Poplulations Grow
5-2 Limits to Growth
5-3 Human Population Growth
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Chapter 6 Humans in the Biosphere
Week 6
6-1 A Changing Landscape
6-2 Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
6-3 Biodiversity
6-4 Charting a Course for the Future
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Chapter 7 Cell Structure and Function
Week 7
7-1 Life is Cellular
7-2 Eukaryotic Cell Structure
7-3 Cell Boundaries
7-4 The Diversity of Cellular Life
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Chapter 8 Photosynthesis
Week 8
8-1 Energy and Life
8-2 Photosynthesis: An Overview
8-3 The Reaction sof Photosynthesis
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Chapter 9 Cellular Respiration
Week 9
9-1 Chemical Pathways
9-2 The Kerbs cycle and Electron Transport
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Chapter 10 Cell Growth
Week 10
10-1 Cell Growth
10-2 Cell Division
10-3 Regulating the cell Cycle
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Chapter 11 Introduction to Genetics
Week 11
11-1 The Work of Gregor Mendel
11-2 Probability and Punnett Squares
11-3 Exploring Mendelian Genetics
11-4 Meiosis
11-5 Linkage and Gene Maps
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Chapter 12 DNA and RNA
Week 12
12-1 DNA
12-2 Chromosomes and DNA Replication
12-3 Chromosomes and DNA Replication
12-4 RNA and Protein Synthesis
12-5 Gene Regulation
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Chapter 14 The Human Genome
Week 14
14-1 Human Heredity
14-2 Human Chromosomes
14-3 Human Molecular Genetics
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Chapter 15 Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Week 15
15-1 The Puzzle of LIfe's Diversity
15-2 Ideas That Shaped Darwin's Thinking
15-3 Darwin Presents His Case
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Chapter 16 Evolution of Populations
Week 16
16-1 Genes and Variation
16-2 Evolution as Genetic Change
16-3 The Process of Speciation
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Chapter 17 The History of LIfe
Week 17
17-1 THe Fossil Record
17-2 Earth's Early History
17-3 Evolution of Multicellualr Life
17-4 Patterns of Evolution
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Chapter 18 Classification
18-1 Finding Order in Diversity
18-2 Modern Evolutionary Classification
18-3 Kingdoms and Domians
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Chapter 19 Bacteria and Viruses
Week 19
19-1 Bacteria
19-2 Viruses
19-3 Diseases Caused by Bacteria and Viruses
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Chapter 20 Protists
Week 20
20-1 The Kingdom Protista
20-2 Animallike Protists: Protozoans
20-3 Plantlike Protists: Unicellylar Algae
20-4 Plantlike Protists: Red, Brown, and Green Algae
20-5 Funguslike Protists
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Chapter 21 Fungi
Week 21
21-1 The Kingdom of Fungi
21-2 Classification of Fungi
21-3 Ecology of Fungi
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Chapter 22 Plant Diversity
Week 22
21-1 Introduction to Plants
21-2 Bryophytes
21-3 Seedless Vascular Plants
22-4 Seed Plants
22-5 Angiosperms-Flowering Plants
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Chapter 23 Roots, Stems, and Leaves
Week 23
22-1 Introduction to Plants
22-2 Bryophytes
22-3 Seedless Vascular Plants
22-4 Seed Plants
22-5 Angiosperms-Flowering Plants
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Chapter 24 Plant Responses and Adaptations
Week 24
24-1 Reproduction With Cones and Flowers
24-2 Seed Development and Germination
24-3 plant Propagation and Agriculture
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Chapter 25 Plant Responses and Adaptations
Week 25
25-1 Hormones and Plant Growth
25-2 Plant Responses
25-3 Plant Adaptations
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Chapter 26 Sponges and Cnidarians
Week 26
26-1 Introduction to the Animal Kingdom
26-2 Sponges
26-3 Cnidarians
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Chapter 27 Worms and Mollusks
Week 27
27-1 Flatworms
27-2 Roundworms
27-3 Annelids
27-4 Mollusks
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Chapter 28 Arthropods and Echinoderms
Week 28
28-1 Introduction to the Arthropods
28-2 Groups of Arthropods
28-3 Insects
28-4 Echinoderms
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Chapter 29 Comparing Invertebrates
Week 29
29-1 Invertebrate Evolution
29-2 Form and Function in Invertebrates
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Chapter 30 Novertebrate Chordates, Fishes, and Amphibians
Week 30
30-1 The Chordates
30-2 Fishes
30-3 Amphibians
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Chapter 31 Reptiles and Birds
Week 31
31-1 Reptiles
31-2 Birds
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Chapter 32 Mammals
Week 32
32-1 Introduction to the Mammals
32-2 Diversity of Mammals
32-3 Primates and Human Orgins
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Chapter 33 Comparing Chordates
Week 33
33-1 Chordate Evolution
33-2 Controlling Body Tempature
33-3 Form and Function in Chordates
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Chapter 34 Animal Behavior
Week 34
34-1 Elements of Behavior
34-2 Patterns of Behavior
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Chapter 35 Nervous System
Week 35
35-1 Human Body Systems
35-2 The Nervous System
35-3 Divisions of the Nervous System
35-4 The Senses
35-5 Drugs and the Nervous System
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Chapter 36 Skeletal, Muscular, and Integumentary Systems
Week 36
36-1 The Skeletal System
36-2 The Muscular System
36-3 The Respiratory System
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Chapter 37 Circulatory and Respiratory System
Week 37
37-1 The Skeletal System
37-2 The Muscular System
37-3 The Respiratory System
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Chapter 38 Digestive and Excretory Systems
Week 38
38-1 Food and Nutrition
38-2 The Process of Digestion
38-3 The Excretory System
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Chapter 39 Endocrine and Reproductive Systems
Week 39
39-1 The Endocrine
39-2 Human Endocrine
39-3 The Reproductive System
39-4 Fertilization and Development
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Chapter 40 Endocrine and Reproductive Systems
Week 40
40-1 Infectious Disease
40-2 The Immune System
40-3 Immune System Disorders
40-4 The Enviroment and Your Health
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