Biology: Life on Earth, 8/E
Gerald Audesirk, University of Colorado, Denver
Teresa Audesirk, University of Colorado, Denver
Bruce E. Byers, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

ISBN-10: 0132380617
ISBN-13: 9780132380614

Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Copyright: 2008
Format: Cloth; 720 pp
Published: 12/28/2006

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Known for its thorough coverage of diversity, animal physiology, ecology, and environmental issues, this comprehensive book engages students in asking and answering questions during the course.   

 

Biology: Life on Earth helps instructors and students manage a wealth of scientific information in a manner that is both meaningful and long-lasting for students. The authors encourage students to learn according to their own style, and to relate this information to their own lives. In each chapter, the Eighth Edition of this trusted biology resource features significant content revisions as well as new figures and photographs.

Clear, consistent organization: Learning aids throughout help students navigate and manage the information.

  • Chapter organizing system–Contains a consistent numbering format (from At A Glance, through major subheadings, and in Summary of Key Concepts) to lead students through each chapter from beginning to end.
  • Chapter-opening "At a Glance" sections–Brings together the chapter's major subheadings in an outline for instructors and students.
  • Major sections introduced as questions–Encourages students to find answers within the section, while minor subheadings are presented as summary statements that reflect content.
  • Summary of Key Concepts–Pulls together important concepts using the major subheadings as an organizing feature.

 

Engages and motivates students: Information is presented in a way that excites students to become scientifically literate.

  • Case Studies and Case Studies Revisited  –Provides an innovative framework for students to learn and make connections between biological concepts and processes and how the material relates to everyday events.
  • Links to Life–This feature ends each chapter on a relevant note with short, informally written segments on subjects familiar to students. Example: "Health Food" (Chapter 2).
  • Earth Watch/Health Watch/Scientific Inquiry Essays – Introduces students to the exploration of key environmental and health related issues. Scientific Inquiry Essays emphasize how we know what we know.

 

 

Illustration program  – Manages visual information with clarity, consistency, and maximum reader interest for students.

  • Art program has been thoroughly revised both for scientific accuracy and also pedagogical effectiveness.
  • Vibrant colors are used to better distinguish individual parts of a figure, to help engage the readers' interest, and to focus attention on the most important aspects of the illustration.
  • Multi-part figuresprovide easier navigation through the figure from one part to the next.
  • Captions are more concise and many now have questions included. "Talking boxes" provide clearer explanation of content.

• Later treatment of physiology units – Moved further back in the text, to facilitate the two new versions of the Eighth Edition: with physiology and without.

 

• Entirely new chapter on conservation biology (Ch. 30) – Covers the important topics of biodiversity, causes of extinction, sustainability, and more.

 

• Approximately 40% new photos.

 

• New bioethics icons to call out essays that relate to this timely topic.

 

• Answers to figure caption questions – Now included at the end of the book.

 

• A fresh, new layout.

 

• Increased coverage of evolution in chapter 1.

 

• Reorganization of some chapters – Reverses the order of chapters 4 and 5–cell structure & function now comes before cell membranes.Chapter 19 has been split into two separate chapters (19 & 20). Enables the authors to spend more time on bacteria and archaea in Ch. 19 and more time on protists in Ch. 20.

Brief Contents

1      An Introduction to Life on Earth  1

Unit One

The Life of a Cell  

2      Atoms, Molecules, and Life  

3      Biological Molecules  

4      Cell Structure and Function  

5      Cell Membrane Structure and Function

6      Energy Flow in the Life of a Cell  

7      Capturing Solar Energy: Photosynthesis  

8      Harvesting Energy: Glycolysis and Cellular Respiration  

Unit Two

Inheritance  

9      DNA: The Molecule of Heredity  

10    Gene Expression and Regulation  

11    The Continuity of Life: Cellular Reproduction  

12    Patterns of Inheritance  

13    Biotechnology  

Unit Three

Evolution  

14    Principles of Evolution  

15    How Organisms Evolve  

16    The Origin of Species  

17    The History of Life  

18    Systematics: Seeking Order Amidst Diversity  

19    The Diversity of Prokaryotes and Viruses

20    The Diversity of Protists

21    The Diversity of Plants  

22    The Diversity of Fungi  

23    Animal Diversity I: Invertebrates  

24    Animal Diversity II: Vertebrates  

Unit Four

Behavior and Ecology  

25    Animal Behavior  

26    Population Growth and Regulation  

27    Community Interactions  

28    How Do Ecosystems Work? 

29    Earth’s Diverse Ecosystems

30    Conserving Life on Earth 

 

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