Text+Nelson+Biology+11

Here are the recommended reading and questions from //Nelson Biology//. toc =Intro=
 * p20-22 "Characteristics of living things"

Microscopy

 * p23-27 "A window on the invisible world"
 * p30-31 "Cell structures seen with the light microscope"
 * p32 "Electron microscope"
 * p33 "Scanning electron microscope"
 * p57 #5

=Taxonomy=
 * p196-199

=Evolution=

DNA

 * p47 "Nucleic Acids"
 * p608 "Importance of DNA"
 * p613 "Structure of DNA"
 * p57 #8

Meiosis

 * p122-124 (& diagram p125)

Evolution

 * Adaptation & Change: p60-83
 * p83 #8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17
 * Evolution: p90-99
 * p99 #1-3, 6, 7 (be careful about wording: organisms don't "make" adaptations)
 * p102-104 "Determining the rate of evolution"
 * p140-141 "Importance of Medelian genetics," "Early beliefs"
 * p174 "Importance of Variation"
 * p181-181 "Evolutionary change"
 * p182 #1, 2, 7, 8
 * P187-190 "Speciation"
 * p190 #15
 * p192 #1, 5, 7

=Microbiology=

Viruses

 * p199-209
 * p205 #7-10, 14
 * Case Study Questions p206-209
 * p213: Applying the Concepts #3-11, Critical-thinking #2, 3

Monera

 * p214-223
 * p219 #4-7
 * p220 Case Study
 * p223 #8-10, 13, 16
 * p236 #1, 2, 9, 10
 * p237 #3

=Botany=

Green Algae

 * p245-250 "Kingdom Plantae"
 * p251 #9-14
 * p255: Applying the Concepts #2, 4; Critical-thinking #3

Mosses

 * p256-259 (be sure to understand diagrams p258 & 259)
 * p263 # 1. 5, 7

Ferns

 * p261-263
 * p263 #2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9

Gymnosperms

 * p264-267
 * p274 #10, 12, 13, 14

Angiosperms

 * p267-274
 * p274 #15-19
 * p278 #1, 3-7
 * p279 Critical-thinking #2, 5

Additional
These readings are deeper than required for this course
 * p281 "Seed growth & development"
 * p283 "Root System"
 * p287 "The Leaf" & "Leaf adaptations"
 * **p290 "Transport in plants"**
 * p295 "Tropism"

=Zoology=

Intro

 * p300-304
 * p309 #1, 2

Porifera

 * p304-306
 * p309 #3, 8a
 * Applying the Concepts #2, 5

Cnidaria

 * p306-309
 * p309 #4, 5, 6, 7, 8b
 * p320 Applying the Concepts #1
 * p320 Critical-thinking #5
 * p321 #1 - A good review exercise

Platyhelminthes

 * p311-312
 * p315 "Ecological role of parasitic worms" & "Life cycle of a tapeworm"
 * p317
 * p316 #9, 10, 11, 13
 * p320 Critical-thinking #4

Nematoda

 * p314
 * p315 "Ecological role of parasitic worms"
 * p316 "Ascaris life cycle"
 * p317
 * p316 #12
 * p320 Critical-thinking #2

Annelida

 * p322-325
 * p334 #1-4
 * p344 Applying the Concepts #1, 6
 * Case Study p328

Vertebrata

 * Chapter 14 p346-370
 * p360 #2-9
 * p368 #10-12, 14, 16
 * p373 Applying the concepts #1-3, 5-9
 * p373 Critical-thinking #1, 2, Enrichment #1

=Ecology= Energy Flow
 * p400-406
 * p406 #1-4, 7
 * p408-409
 * p412-413
 * p418 #11-13
 * p420 Applying the Concepts #1, 9
 * p421 Critical-Thinking #4

Population Size
 * p508-509 “Population growth patterns”
 * p511 “Growth curves for open populations”
 * p514 “Limiting factors in populations”
 * p515 #10, 12, 19
 * p519-523 “Intraspecies and interspecies competition”
 * p523 #22-26

Succession
 * p525-530 “Succession in communities”
 * p528 all
 * Case Study p529-530
 * p533 Applying the Concepts #5; Critical-Thinking #2

Extra:
 * Photosynthesis & ATP: p422-424 (Stop before “Regulating energy input for ATP Production”)
 * Lake & Pond Succession: p455-456