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Unit One: Diversity of Life
Chapter 1 The Nature of Science and the Characteristics of Life
Chapter 2 Understanding and Organizing the Diversity of Life
Chapter 3 Major Groups of Living Organisms
Chapter 4 Biodiversity
Unit Two: Cells: The Basic Units of Life
Chapter 5 Chemical Building Blocks
Chapter 6 Cell Structure and Compartments
Chapter 7 Energy and Enzymes
Chapter 8 Photosynthesis and Respiration
Chapter 9 How Cells Communicate
Chapter 10 Cell Division
Chapter 11 Cancer: Cell Division Out of Control
Unit Three: Genetics
Chapter 12 Patterns of Inheritance
Chapter 13 Chromosomes and Human Genetics
Chapter 14 DNA
Chapter 15 From Gene to Protein
Chapter 16 Control of Gene Expression
Chapter 17 DNA Technology
Chapter 18 Harnessing the Human Genome
Unit Four: Evolution
Chapter 19 How Evolution Works
Chapter 20 Evolution of Populations
Chapter 21 Adaptation and Speciation
Chapter 22 The Evolutionary History of Life
Chapter 23 Human Evolution
Unit Five: Form and Function
Chapter 24 An Overview of the Form and Function of Life
Chapter 25 Size and Complexity
Chapter 26 Support and Shape
Chapter 27 Movement
Chapter 28 Nutrition
Chapter 29 Gas Exchange
Chapter 30 Internal Transport
Chapter 31 Maintaining the Internal Environment
Chapter 32 Defense
Chapter 33 Hormones
Chapter 34 Nervous and Sensory Systems
Chapter 35 Behavior
Chapter 36 Reproduction
Chapter 37 Development
Chapter 38 From Birth to Death
Unit Six: Interactions with the Environment
Chapter 39 The Biosphere
Chapter 40 Why Organisms Live Where They Do
Chapter 41 Growth of Populations
Chapter 42 Interactions Between Organisms
Chapter 43 Communities of Organisms
Chapter 44 Ecosystems
Chapter 45 Global Change