Keywords:
Biology--Examinations--Study guides.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (273 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780738684468
Series Statement:
Florida FCAT and End-Of-Course Test Prep Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=4873641
DDC:
574.07600000000002
Language:
English
Note:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About Our Author -- About Our Technical Editor -- About Research & -- Education Association -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- About This Book -- About the Test -- Preparing for Computerized Testing -- What to Do Before the Test -- What to Do During the Test -- Next Generation Sunshine State Standards -- Chapter 1: The Practice of Science -- Your Goals for Chapter 1 -- Note to Students -- Conducting a Scientific Investigation -- Using Microscopes -- Standards of Scientific Information -- Standards of Measurement -- Charts and Graphs to Analyze Data -- End-of-Chapter Quiz -- Answers to the Chapter Quiz -- Chapter 2: Cellular Biology -- Your Goals for Chapter 2 -- Cell Theory -- Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes -- Structures and Functions of Cells -- The Plasma Membrane -- Cellular Transport -- End-of-Chapter Quiz -- Answers to the Chapter Quiz -- Chapter 3: Plants -- Your Goals for Chapter 3 -- Plant Tissues -- Plant Organs -- Physiological Processes of Plants -- The Seed -- Roots -- Stems -- Leaves -- Stomata -- End-of-Chapter Quiz -- Answers to the Chapter Quiz -- Chapter 4: The Human Organism -- Your Goals for Chapter 4 -- Major Parts of the Brain -- The Cardiovascular System -- The Human Immune System -- Diseases of the Immune System -- Environmental Factors That Affect Health -- Pathogenic Agents and Infectious Disease -- End-of-Chapter Quiz -- Answers to the Chapter Quiz -- Chapter 5: Evolution -- Your Goals for Chapter 5 -- The Scientific Theory of Evolution -- Evidence That Supports the Theory of Evolution -- Examples of Hominid Evolution -- Classifying Organisms -- The Three Domains -- Scientific Explanations of the Origin of Life on Earth -- Natural Selection -- Other Mechanisms for Evolutionary Change -- Inheritance Patterns and Mendel's Laws -- End-of-Chapter Quiz.
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Answers to the Chapter Quiz -- Chapter 6: Heredity and Reproduction -- Your Goals for Chapter 6 -- The Process of DNA Replication -- Transcription and Translation -- The Genetic Code -- Mutations -- Biotechnology -- Human Sexual Reproduction -- The Process of Human Development -- Mitosis and Asexual Reproduction -- Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction -- Comparison of Mitosis and Meiosis -- End-of-Chapter Quiz -- Answers to the Chapter Quiz -- Chapter 7: Ecology -- Your Goals for Chapter 7 -- Population and Carrying Capacity -- Changes in Ecosystems -- Aquatic Ecosystems -- Energy Flow in an Ecosystem -- Chemical Cycles -- Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources -- End-of-Chapter Quiz -- Answers to the Chapter Quiz -- Chapter 8: Matter and Energy Transformations -- Your Goals for Chapter 8 -- Basics of Biochemistry -- Biological Macromolecules -- Photosynthesis -- Cellular Respiration -- Comparing Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration -- Properties of Water -- End-of-Chapter Quiz -- Answers to the Chapter Quiz -- Practice Test A -- Answer Sheet -- Answers: Practice Test A -- Practice Test B -- Answer Sheet -- Answers: Practice Test B -- Practice Test Benchmark Assessment -- Back Cover.
