Download e-book for iPad: BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach, Student Edition by McGraw-Hill Education

By McGraw-Hill Education

ISBN-10: 0078664276

ISBN-13: 9780078664274

A finished, inquiry-based method of biology BSCS Biology: A Molecular procedure (Blue model) demanding situations talented and honor scholars to imagine scientifically, to combine ideas, to investigate info, and to discover advanced concerns. This research-based application, constructed with investment from the nationwide technology starting place, helps an inquiry method of biology. It presents scholars with the historical past info had to ask their very own examine questions and to behavior their very own investigations. Over 60 in-text labs create confident possibilities for college kids to have interaction in inquiry studying.

Show description

Read Online or Download BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach, Student Edition PDF

Best molecular biology books

Download PDF by Guy Rouleau and Claudia Gaspar (Eds.): Ion Channel Diseases

Ion channel disorder in people ends up in impairment of the excitable approaches valuable for the conventional functionality of numerous tissues, equivalent to muscle and mind. It follows that increasingly more human illnesses were linked to malfunctioning ion channels, lots of that have a genetic part.

Membrane protein - Expression, purification and by Barry S. Selinsky PDF

Wisdom of the 3-dimensional constitution of a protein is de facto required for the full figuring out of its functionality. The spatial orientation of amino acids within the lively website of an enzyme demonstrates how substrate specificity is outlined, and assists the medicinal chemist within the layout of s- cific, tight-binding inhibitors.

Viral nanotechnology by Yury Khudyakov, Paul Pumpens PDF

Viral Nanotechnology provides an up to date assessment of the speedily constructing box of viral nanotechnology within the components of immunology, virology, microbiology, chemistry, physics, and mathematical modeling. Its chapters are by way of top researchers and practitioners, making it either a entire and critical source for research and study.

Extra info for BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach, Student Edition

Sample text

Oxygen is a gas needed by most life forms. People with breathing problems are often given concentrated oxygen to breathe (b). Both elements behave very differently from water. 24 UNIT 1 Energy, Matter, and Organization (bl)Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS, (br)Larry Mulvehill/Photo Researchers that indicated every element is made of minute particles. Dalton believed these particles could not be broken into smaller particles, so he named them atoms. Atoms are the smallest unit of an element that still has the chemical properties of that element.

In contrast, the electrons in a molecule of hydrogen gas are shared equally, and the resulting covalent bond is said to be nonpolar. 9). Such a molecule is known as a polar molecule. The polar nature of water is biologically significant. Most cells and tissues UNIT 1 Energy, Matter, and Organization contain large amounts of water—up to 95% in some, with an average of 70–80% water throughout all organisms. Molecules must dissolve in water in order to move easily in and between living cells. Polar molecules, such as sugar, and ions, such as Na+, dissolve in water because of the electric attraction between them and the water molecules.

Check and Challenge 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. How are chemical reactions important in cells? Distinguish among the various types of chemical bonds. Describe the law of conservation of matter. Why is pH important to living organisms? How does the polarity of water assist the movement of molecules? Try Investigation 1A and pH. Organisms Try Investigation 1B of Living Things. 6 Organic Compounds and Life Many chemical compounds besides water are needed for life to exist. The most important are organic compounds, in which carbon atoms are combined with hydrogen and usually oxygen.

Download PDF sample

BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach, Student Edition by McGraw-Hill Education


by Christopher
4.5

Rated 4.25 of 5 – based on 8 votes