Complete Biology for Cambridge IGCSE®
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Language
English
ISBN
9780198366713
Front Cover
Title Page
Introduction
Contents
Characteristics and Classification of Living Organisms
1.1 Biology is the study of life and livingorganisms
1.2 The variety of life
1.3 Plants
1.4 Invertebrate animals
1.5 Vertebrate animals: five classes
Questions on characteristics and classification
1.6 Organisms are made up of cells
1.7 The organisation of living organisms
Questions on cells and organisation
Oranisation and mintenance of Organisms
2.1 Movement in and out of cells: diffusion
2.2 Movement in and out of cells: osmosis
Questions on diffusion and osmosis
2.3 All living things are made upof organic molecules
2.4 Testing for biochemicals
2.5 Enzymes control biochemicalreactions in living organisms
2.6 Enzyme experiments and thescientific method
Questions on enzymes and biological molecules
2.7 Photosynthesis and plant nutrition
2.8 The rate of photosynthesis
2.9 Leaf structure and photosynthesis
2.10 The control of photosynthesis
2.11 Photosynthesis and the environment
2.12 Plants and minerals
Questions on photosynthesisand plant nutrition
2.13 Food and the ideal diet:carbohydrates, lipids and proteins
2.14 Food and the ideal diet: vitamins,minerals, water and fibre
2.15 Food is the fuel that drives theprocesses of life
2.16 Balancing energy intake and energy demand: problems causing malnutrition
2.17 Animal nutrition converts food molecules to a usable form
2.18 Ingestion provides food for thegut to work on
2.19 Digestion prepares useful food molecules for absorption
2.20 Absorption and assimilation make food available
Questions on animal nutrition and health
2.21 Uptake of water and mineralsby roots
2.22 Transport systems in plants
2.23 Transpiration: water movement through the plant
2.24 The leaf and water loss
2.25 Transport systems in animals use blood as the transport medium
2.26 The circulatory system
2.27 Capillaries: materials are exchanged between blood and tissues, andtissue fluid is formed
2.28 The heart is the pump for thecir culatory system
2.29 Coronary heart disease
Questions on circulation
2.30 Health and disease
2.31 Pathogens are organisms that cause disease
2.32 Preventing disease: safe food
2.33 Individuals and the community canfight disease together
2.34 Combating infection: blood and defence against disease
2.35 Antibodies and the immune response
2.36 Respiration provides the energyfor life
2.37 Contraction of muscles requires energy supplied by respiration
2.38 The measurement of respiration
2.39 Gas exchange supplies oxygen forrespiration
2.40 Breathing ventilates the lungs
Questions on gas exchange
2.41 Smoking and disease
2.42 How do we know that smoking causes disease?
2.43 Excretion: removal of the waste products of metabolism
2.44 Dialysis and the treatment of kidney failure
2.45 Homeostasis: maintaining a steady state
2.46 Control of body temperature
2.47 Coordination: the nervous system
2.48 Neurones can work together in reflex arcs
2.49 Integration by the central nervous system
2.50 Receptors and senses: the eyeas a sense organ
Questions on receptors and senses
2.51 The endocrine system
2.52 Drugs and disorders of thenervous system
Sensitivity and movement in plants:tropisms
Development Of Oranisms And The Continuity Of Life
3.1 Reproduction is an important characteristic of living organisms
3.2 Reproduction in flowering plants:flowers
3.3 Pollination: the transfer of male sexcells to female flower parts
3.4 Fertilisation and the formation of seed and fruit
3.5 Germination of seeds*
Questions on plant reproduction
3.6 Reproduction in humans
3.7 The menstrual cycle
3.8 Copulation and conception
3.9 Contraception
3.10 Pregnancy: the role of the placenta
3.11 Pregnancy: development andantenatal care
3.12 Birth and the newborn baby
3.13 Sexually transmitted infections
Questions on human reproduction
3.14 Variation and inheritance
3.15 DNA, proteins and the characteristicsof organisms
3.16 How the code is carried
3.17 Cell division
3.18 Inheritance
3.19 Studying patterns of inheritance
3.20 Inherited medical conditions and codominance
3.21 Sex is determined by X and Y chromosomes
Questions on inheritance
3.22 Variation
3.23 Causes of variation
3.24 Variation and natural selection: the evolution of species
3.25 Natural selection
3.26 Artificial selection
Questions on variation
Organisms And Their Environment
4.1 Ecology and ecosystems
4.2 Flow of energy: food chains and food webs
4.3 Feeding relationships: pyramids of numbers, biomass and energy
4.4 Decay is a natural process
4.5 The carbon cycle
4.6 The nitrogen cycle
4.7 Water is recycled too!
Questions on ecosystems, decay and cycles
4.8 Factors affecting population size
4.9 Human population growth
4.10 Bacteria are useful in biotechnology and genetic engineering
4.11 Humans use enzymes from bacteria
4.12 Using fungi to produce antibiotics:drugs to control bacterial disease
4.13 Baking and brewing: the economic importance of yeast
Questions on bacteria
4.14 Genetic engineering
4.15 Food supply: humans and agriculture
4.16 Land use for agriculture
4.17 Damage to ecosystems: malnutrition and famine
4.18 Human impacts on the environment:pollution
4.19 Pollution of water: eutrophication
4.20 Humans may have a positive effect onthe environment: conservation of species
4.21 Managing fish stocks: science and the fishing industry
4.22 Conservation efforts worldwide
4.23 Conservation of resources: recycling water by the treatment of sewage
4.24 Saving fossil fuels: fuel from fermentation
4.25 Recycling: management of solid waste
Questions on human impactson ecosystems
Practical Biology
5.1 Practical assessment
5.2 Laboratory equipment
Answers to embedded questions
Index
Back Cover
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