Pearson eText Student Access Code Card for Biological Science

Pearson eText gives students access to the text whenever and wherever they can access the Internet. The eText pages look exactly like the printed text, and include powerful interactive and customization functions. This does not include the actual bound book.   Supports and motivates students as they learn to think like a biologist.   Building upon Scott Freeman’s unique narrative style that incorporates the Socratic approach and draws you into thinking like a biologist, the Fourth Edition has been carefully refined to motivate and support a broader range of learners as they are introduced to new concepts and encouraged to develop and practice new skills. Each page of the book is designed in the spirit of active learning and instructional reinforcement, equipping novice learners with tools that help them advance in the course—from recognizing essential information in highlighted sections to demonstrating and applying their understanding of concepts in practice exercises that gradually build in difficulty.    

Table of Contents:
1. Biology and the Tree of Life    I. THE MOLECULES OF LIFE 2. Water and Carbon: The Chemical Basis of Life 3. Protein Structure and Function  4. Nucleic Acids and the RNA World  5. An Introduction to Carbohydrates  6. Lipids, Membranes, and the First Cells    II. CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION 7. Inside the Cell  8. Cell-Cell Interactions  9. Cellular Respiration and Fermentation  10. Photosynthesis  11. The Cell Cycle    III. GENE STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION 12. Meiosis  13. Mendel and the Gene  14. DNA and the Gene: Synthesis and Repair 15. How Genes Work  16. Transcription, RNA Processing, and Translation  17. Control of Gene Expression in Bacteria  18. Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes  19. Analyzing and Engineering Genes 20. Genomics    IV. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 21. Principles of Development  22. An Introduction to Animal Development  23. An Introduction to Plant Development   V. EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES AND PATTERNS 24. Evolution by Natural Selection  25. Evolutionary Processes 26. Speciation  27. Phylogenies and the History of Life    VI. THE DIVERSIFICATION OF LIFE 28. Bacteria and Archaea 29. Protists  30. Green Algae and Land Plants 31. Fungi 32. An Introduction to Animals 33. Protostome Animals 34. Deuterostome Animals 35. Viruses   VII. HOW PLANTS WORK 36. Plant Form and Function  37. Water and Sugar Transport in Plants  38. Plant Nutrition  39. Plant Sensory Systems, Signals, and Responses 40. Plant Reproduction    VIII. HOW ANIMALS WORK 41. Animal Form and Function  42. Water and Electrolyte Balance in Animals  43. Animal Nutrition  44. Gas Exchange and Circulation 45. Electrical Signals in Animals  46. Animal Sensory Systems and Movement  47. Chemical Signals in Animals  48. Animal Reproduction  49. The Immune System in Animals    IX. ECOLOGY 50. An Introduction to Ecology  51. Behavioral Ecology  52. Population Ecology  53. Community Ecology  54. Ecosystems  55. Biodiversity and Conservation