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Introduction 1Part I: Getting the Basics 7Chapter 1: Figuring Out the Scientific Method 9Chapter 2: Solving Problems in the Chemistry of Life 21Chapter 3: Identifying Cell Parts and Understanding TheirFunctions 43Chapter 4: Tracking the Flow of Energy and Matter 55Part II: Creating the Future with Cell Division and Genetics79Chapter 5: Divide and Conquer: Recognizing the Phases of CellDivision 81Chapter 6: Predicting Future Generations with MendelianGenetics 101Chapter 7: Taking Genetics to the DNA Level 113Chapter 8: Going Straight to the Source with DNATechnology 131Part III: Making Connections with Ecology and Evolution143Chapter 9: Organizing the Living World 145Chapter 10: Connecting Organisms in Ecosystems 153hapter 11: Evaluating the Effects of Evolution 169Part IV: Getting to Know the Human Body 177Chapter 12: Building Bodies with the Skeletal and MuscularSystems 179Chapter 13: Giving Your Body What It Needs: The Respiratory andCirculatory Systems 189Chapter 14: Processing Food with the Digestive and ExcretorySystems 201Chapter 15: Fighting Enemies with the Immune System 211Chapter 16: Sending Messages with the Nervous and EndocrineSystems 221Chapter 17: Making Babies with the Reproductive System 231Part V: Going Green with Plant Biology 243Chapter 18: Studying Plant Structures 245Chapter 19: Pondering Problems in Plant Physiology 261Part VI: The Part of Tens 271Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Getting an A in Biology 273Chapter 21: Ten (Plus One) Great Biology Websites 277Index 281