Cambridge Lower Secondary Complete Biology: Student Book (Second Edition)
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Description
Contents
Reviews
Language
English
ISBN
9781382018401
Contents
Introduction
Thinking and working scientifically
1 Asking questions
2 Planning and carrying out investigations
3 Collecting and recording data
4 Drawing graphs
5 Analysis
6 Evaluation
Stage 7
1 Classifying life
1.1 1.1 What is life?
1.2 Investigating living organisms: yeast
1.3 Classification and species
1.4 Classifying invertebrate animals
1.5 Simple keys
1.6 Classifying vertebrates
1.7 Classifying plants
1.8 Making your own identification keys
1.9 Are viruses living?
1.10 Moving classification forwards
1.11 Review
2 Cells
2.1 The building blocks of life
2.2 The cell story
2.3 Animal and plant cells
2.4 Using a microscope
2.5 Specialised animal cells
2.6 Specialised plant cells
2.7 Modelling cells
2.8 Tissues and organs in animals
2.9 Tissues and organs in plants
2.10 Review
3 Microorganisms
3.1 Microorganisms
3.2 Microorganisms are our friends
3.3 Microorganisms and disease
3.4 Using science to prevent disease
3.5 The decomposers
3.6 Investigating rotting rates
3.7 Food chains, food webs and decomposers
3.8 Review
4 Water and life
4.1 The physical environment
4.2 The water cycle
4.3 Global warming and the water cycle
4.4 Review
Stage 7 review
Stage 8
5 Respiration and the respiratory system
5.1 Diffusion in biology
5.2 Aerobic respiration in animals and plants
5.3 Anaerobic respiration
5.4 Investigating respiration
5.5 The lungs and gas exchange
5.6 Breathing
5.7 The effect of exercise on the breathing rate
5.8 The structure of the alveoli
5.9 Asthma
5.10 Transport in the blood
5.11 Coping with extremes
5.12 Review
6 Lifestyle and health
6.1 The food we eat
6.2 Carbohydrates, fats and energy
6.3 Measuring the energy in food – managing variables
6.4 A balanced diet
6.5 Diet, growth and development
6.6 Starvation, obesity and health
6.7 Smoking and health
6.8 Building the evidence
6.9 The human skeleton
6.10 Muscles and movement
6.11 Health and inequality
6.12 Review
7 The health of the environment
7.1 Ecosystems of the earth
7.2 Habitats within an ecosystem
7.3 The interdependence of organisms
7.4 Pesticides and bioaccumulation
7.5 Invasive species
7.6 Invasive species and ecosystems
7.7 Sampling your ecosystems
7.8 Review
8 Our changing climate
8.1 What is weather?
8.2 Climate and climate change
8.3 Climate changes past and present
8.4 Gathering evidence of climate change
8.5 Review
Stage 8 review
Stage 9
9 Plant biology
9.1 What do we know about plants?
9.2 Photosynthesis
9.3 Evidence for photosynthesis: testing for starch
9.4 Evidence of photosynthesis: oxygen bubbles
9.5 The need for minerals
9.6 The use of fertilisers
9.7 Water and mineral transport in plants
9.8 Xylem, phloem and plant pests
9.9 Review
10 Excretion and the kidney
10.1 What is excretion?
10.2 The human excretory system
10.3 Who made the best model?
10.4 When kidneys go wrong
10.5 Kidneys work everywhere!
10.6 Review
11 Human genetics and development
11.1 Reproduction: a characteristic of life
11.2 Fertilisation: new life begins
11.3 Boy or girl? Sex inheritance in humans
11.4 Variation between individuals
11.5 The development of a fetus
11.6 Health of the mother, health of the child
11.7 Understanding science, saving lives
11.8 Smoking and pregnancy: the evidence
11.9 Review
12 The carbon cycle and climate change
12.1 The carbon cycle
12.2 People and the carbon cycle
12.3 Historical impacts of climate change
12.4 Predicting the future
12.5 Evaluating evidence for climate change
12.6 Review
13 Electricity
13.1 Variation in animals and plants
13.2 Natural selection in action
13.3 Environmental change and natural selection
13.4 Extinction!
13.5 Investigating the peppered moth: past and present
13.6 What can we do?
13.7 Review
Stage 9 Review
Reference
1 Choosing apparatus
2 Working accurately and safely
Glossary
Index
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