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Conceptual Integrated Science

Chapter 15: The Basic Unit of Life—The Cell

  • 15.1 Characteristics of Life
  • 15.A Macromolecules Needed for Life
  • 15.2 Cell Types: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic
  • 15.B The Microscope
  • 15.3 Tour of a Eukaryotic Cell
  • 15.4 The Cell Membrane
  • 15.5 Transport In and Out of Cells
  • 15.6 Cell Communication
  • 15.7 How Cells Reproduce
  • 15.8 How Cells Use Energy
  • 15.C ATP and Chemical Reactions in Cells
  • 15.9 Photosynthesis
  • 15.10 Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
  • 15.11 Glycolysis (Honors)
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    The eukaryotic cell includes a cell nucleus, which holds the cell's genetic information. (Duration: 1:14)

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    • Chapter 1: About Science
      • 1.1 A Brief History of Advances in Science
      • 1.2 Mathematics and Conceptual Integrated Science
      • 1.3 The Scientific Method--a Classic Tool
      • 1.4 The Scientific Hypothesis
      • 1.5 The Scientific Experiment
      • 1.6 Facts, Laws, and Theories
      • 1.7 Science Has Limitations
      • 1.8 Science, Art, and Religion
      • 1.9 Technology: The Practical Use of Science
      • 1.10 The Natural Sciences: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Earth Science, and Astronomy
      • 1.11 Integrated Science
      • 1.A An Investigation of Sea Butterfiles
      • 1.12 Working With Numbers
    • Chapter 2: Describing Motion
      • 2.1 Aristotle on Motion
      • 2.2 Galileo's Concept of Inertia
      • 2.3 Mass--A Measure of Inertia
      • 2.4 Forces
      • 2.5 The Equilibrium Rule
      • 2.6 Support Force
      • 2.7 Equilibrium of Moving Things
      • 2.8 The Force of Friction
      • 2.A Friction Is Universal
      • 2.9 Speed and Velocity
      • 2.10 Acceleration
      • 2.B Hang Time
    • Chapter 3: Newton's Laws of Motion
      • 3.1 Newton's First Law of Motion
      • 3.2 Newton's Second Law of Motion
      • 3.A Gliding
      • 3.3 Forces and Interactions
      • 3.4 Newton's Third Law of Motion
      • 3.B Animal Locomotion
      • 3.5 Vectors
      • 3.6 Summary of Newton's Laws
    • Chapter 4: Momentum and Energy
      • 4.1 Momentum
      • 4.2 Impulse
      • 4.3 Impulse-Momentum Relationship
      • 4.A The Impulse-Momentum Relationship in Sports
      • 4.4 Conservation of Momentum
      • 4.5 Energy
      • 4.6 Power
      • 4.7 Potential Energy
      • 4.8 Kinetic Energy
      • 4.9 The Work-Energy Theorem
      • 4.10 Conservation of Energy
      • 4.B Glucose: Energy for Life
      • 4.11 Machines
    • Chapter 5: Gravity
      • 5.1 The Legend of the Falling Apple
      • 5.2 The Fact of the Falling Moon
      • 5.3 Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
      • 5.A Your Biological Gravity Detector
      • 5.4 Gravity and Distance: The Inverse-Square Law
      • 5.5 The Universal Gravitational Constant
      • 5.6 Weight and Weightlessness
      • 5.B Center of Gravity of People
      • 5.7 Gravity Can Be a Centripetal Force
      • 5.8 Projectile Motion
      • 5.9 Projectile Altitude and Range
      • 5.10 The Effect of Air Drag on Projectiles
      • 5.11 Fast-Moving Projectiles-Satellites
      • 5.12 Elliptical Orbits
      • 5.C Escape Speed
    • Chapter 6: Heat
      • 6.1 The Kinetic Molecular Theory of Matter
      • 6.2 Temperature
      • 6.3 Absolute Zero
      • 6.4 What Is Heat?
      • 6.5 The Laws of Thermodynamics
      • 6.A Entropy: The Universal Tendency Toward Disorder
      • 6.6 Specific Heat Capacity
      • 6.B The Specific Heat Capacity of Water Affects Global Temperature
      • 6.7 Thermal Expansion
      • 6.10 Heat Transfer: Radiation
      • 6.8 Heat Transfer: Conduction
      • 6.9 Heat Transfer: Convection
    • Chapter 7: Electricity and Magnetism
      • 7.1 Electric Force and Charge
      • 7.2 Coulomb's Law
      • 7.3 Electric Field
      • 7.4 Electric Potential
      • 7.5 Conductors and Insulators
      • 7.6 Voltage Sources
      • 7.7 Electric Current
      • 7.8 Electrical Resistance
      • 7.9 Ohm's Law
      • 7.10 Electric Circuits
      • 7.A Electric Shock
      • 7.11 Electric Power
      • 7.12 The Magnetic Force
      • 7.13 Magnetic Fields
      • 7.14 Magnetic Forces on Moving Charges
      • 7.B Earth's Magnetic Field and the Ability of Organisms to Sense It
      • 7.15 Electromagnetic Induction
    • Chapter 8: Waves—Sound and Light
      • 8.1 Vibrations and Waves
      • 8.2 Wave Motion
      • 8.3 Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
      • 8.4 The Nature of Sound
      • 8.A Sensing Pitch
      • 8.5 Resonance
      • 8.6 The Nature of Light
      • 8.7 Reflection
      • 8.8 Transparent and Opaque Materials
      • 8.9 Color
      • 8.B Mixing Colored Lights
      • 8.10 Refraction
      • 8.11 Diffraction
      • 8.12 Interference
      • 8.13 The Doppler Effect
      • 8.C The Doppler Shift and the Expanding Universe
      • 8.14 The Wave-Particle Duality
    • Chapter 9: Atoms and the Periodic Table
      • 9.A Atoms Are Ancient and Empty
      • 9.1 The Elements
      • 9.2 Protons and Neutrons
      • 9.3 The Periodic Table
      • 9.B Physical and Conceptual Models
      • 9.4 Identifying Atoms Using the Spectroscope
      • 9.5 The Quantum Hypothesis
      • 9.6 Electron Waves
      • 9.7 The Noble Gas Shell Model
    • Chapter 10: The Atomic Nucleus
      • 10.1 Radioactivity
      • 10.A Radiation Dosage
      • 10.2 The Strong Nuclear Force
      • 10.3 Half-Life and Transmutation
      • 10.B Radiometric Dating
      • 10.4 Nuclear Fission
      • 10.5 Mass-Energy Equivalence
      • 10.C Nuclear Fusion
    • Chapter 11: Investigating Matter
      • 11.1 Chemistry: The Central Science
      • 11.2 The Submicroscopic View of Matter
      • 11.3 Phase Changes
      • 11.4 Physical and Chemical Properties
      • 11.5 Determining Physical and Chemical Changes
      • 11.6 Elements to Compounds
      • 11.7 Naming Compounds
      • 11.A The Advent of Nanotechnology
    • Chapter 12: Chemical Bonds and Mixtures
      • 12.1 Electron-Dot Structures
      • 12.2 The Ionic Bond
      • 12.A Metals from Earth
      • 12.3 The Covalent Bond
      • 12.4 Polar Covalent Bonds
      • 12.5 Molecular Polarity
      • 12.6 Molecular Attractions
      • 12.B Mixtures
      • 12.7 Describing Solutions
      • 12.8 Solubility
    • Chapter 13: Chemical Reactions
      • 13.1 Chemical Equations
      • 13.2 Energy and Chemical Reactions
      • 13.3 Reaction Rates
      • 13.A Catalysts (Earth Science, Biology)
      • 13.4 Acids Donate Protons; Bases Accept Them
      • 13.5 Acidic, Basic, and Neutral Solutions
      • 13.B Acid Rain and Basic Oceans
      • 13.6 Losing and Gaining Electrons
      • 13.C Batteries and Fuel Cells (Physics)
      • 13.7 Corrosion and Combustion
    • Chapter 14: Organic Compounds
      • 14.1 Hydrocarbons
      • 14.2 Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
      • 14.3 Functional Groups
      • 14.4 Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers
      • 14.5 Amines and Alkaloids
      • 14.6 Carbonyl Compounds
      • 14.A Drug Action
      • 14.7 Polymers
    • Chapter 15: The Basic Unit of Life—The Cell
      • 15.1 Characteristics of Life
      • 15.A Macromolecules Needed for Life
      • 15.2 Cell Types: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic
      • 15.B The Microscope
      • 15.3 Tour of a Eukaryotic Cell
      • 15.4 The Cell Membrane
      • 15.5 Transport In and Out of Cells
      • 15.6 Cell Communication
      • 15.7 How Cells Reproduce
      • 15.8 How Cells Use Energy
      • 15.C ATP and Chemical Reactions in Cells
      • 15.9 Photosynthesis
      • 15.10 Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
      • 15.11 Glycolysis (Honors)
    • Chapter 16: Genetics
      • 16.1 What Is a Gene?
      • 16.2 Chromosomes: Packages of Genetic Information
      • 16.A The Structure of DNA
      • 16.3 DNA Replication
      • 16.4 How Proteins Are Built
      • 16.5 Genetic Mutations
      • 16.B How Radioactivity Causes Genetic Mutations
      • 16.6 Meiosis and Genetic Diversity
      • 16.7 Mendelian Genetics
      • 16.8 More Wrinkles: Beyond Mendelian Genetics
      • 16.9 The Human Genome
      • 16.10 Cancer: Genes Gone Awry
      • 16.C Environmental Causes of Cancer
      • 16.11 Transgenic Organisms and Cloning
      • 16.12 DNA Technology-What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
    • Chapter 17: The Evolution of Life
      • 17.1 The Origin of Life
      • 17.2 Early Life on Earth
      • 17.3 Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species
      • 17.4 How Natural Selection Works
      • 17.5 Adaptation
      • 17.6 Evolution and Genetics
      • 17.7 How Species Form
      • 17.8 Evidence of Evolution
      • 17.9 The Evolution of Humans
      • 17.A Did Life on Earth Originate on Mars?
      • 17.B Staying Warm and Keeping Cool
      • 17.C Fossils: Earth's Tangible Evidence of Evolution
    • Chapter 18: Diversity of Life on Earth
      • 18.1 Classifying Life
      • 18.2 The Three Domains of Life
      • 18.3 Bacteria
      • 18.4 Archaea
      • 18.5 Protists
      • 18.6 Plants
      • 18.A Moving Water Up a Tree
      • 18.7 Fungi
      • 18.8 Animals
      • 18.B Coral Bleaching and Ocean Acidification
      • 18.C How Birds Fly
      • 18.9 Viruses and Prions
    • Chapter 19: Control and Development
      • 19.1 Organization of the Human Body
      • 19.2 Homeostasis
      • 19.3 The Brain
      • 19.4 The Nervous System
      • 19.5 How Neurons Work
      • 19.A How Fast Can Action Potentials Travel?
      • 19.B Endorphins
      • 19.6 The Senses
      • 19.7 Hormones
      • 19.8 Reproduction and Development
      • 19.9 The Skeleton and Muscles
    • Chapter 20: Care and Maintenance
      • 20.1 Integration of Body Systems
      • 20.2 The Circulatory System
      • 20.A Hemoglobin
      • 20.3 Respiration
      • 20.4 Digestion
      • 20.5 Nutrition, Exercise, and Health
      • 20.B Low-Carb Versus Low-Cal Diets
      • 20.6 Excretion and Water Balance
      • 20.7 Keeping the Body Safe: Defense Systems
    • Chapter 21: Ecology
      • 21.1 Organisms and Their Environment
      • 21.2 Population Ecology
      • 21.3 Human Population Growth
      • 21.4 Species Interactions
      • 21.5 Kinds of Ecosystem
      • 21.A Materials Cycling in Ecosystems
      • 21.6 Energy Flow in Ecosystems
      • 21.B Energy Leaks When Organisms Eat
      • 21.7 Change in an Ecosystem
      • 21.8 Biogeology
    • Chapter 22: Plate Tectonics
      • 22.1 Earth Science Is an Integrated Science
      • 22.2 Earth's Compositional Layers
      • 22.A Earth Developed Layers When It Was Young, Hot, and Molten
      • 22.3 Earth's Structural Layers
      • 22.B Using Seismology to Explore Earth's Interior
      • 22.4 Continental Drift-An Idea Before Its Time
      • 22.5 Seafloor Spreading
      • 22.C Magnetic Stripes Are Evidence of Seafloor Spreading
      • 22.6 The Theory of Plate Tectonics
      • 22.D What Forces Drive the Plates?
      • 22.7 Plate Boundaries
      • 22.E Life In the Trenches
    • Chapter 23: Rocks and Minerals
      • 23.1 What Is a Mineral?
      • 23.2 Mineral Properties
      • 23.3 Types of Minerals
      • 23.A The Silicate Tetrahedron
      • 23.4 How Do Minerals Form?
      • 23.5 What Is Rock?
      • 23.6 Igneous Rock
      • 23.7 Sedimentary Rock
      • 23.B Coal
      • 23.8 Metamorphic Rock
      • 23.9 The Rock Cycle
      • 23.C Earth's History Is Written In Its Rocks
    • Chapter 24: Land and Water
      • 24.1 A Survey of the Earth
      • 24.2 Folds and Faults
      • 24.3 Mountains
      • 24.4 Plains and Plateaus
      • 24.5 Earth's Waters
      • 24.6 The Ocean
      • 24.A The Composition of Ocean Water
      • 24.7 Fresh Water
      • 24.8 Glaciers
      • 24.B Water Pollution
    • Chapter 25: Surface Processes
      • 25.1 Processes That Sculpt the Earth: Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
      • 25.A Weathering
      • 25.B Soil
      • 25.2 The Impact of Running Water
      • 25.3 Glaciers-Earth's Bulldozers
      • 25.4 The Effects of Gravity Alone-Mass Movement
      • 25.5 Groundwater Erodes Rock Making Caves and Caverns
      • 25.6 Wave Effects
      • 25.7 Wind-Agent of Change
    • Chapter 26: Weather
      • 26.1 The Atmosphere
      • 26.A Atmospheric Pressure
      • 26.2 The Structure of the Atmosphere
      • 26.B Heating the Atmosphere: Solar Radiation
      • 26.3 Temperature Depends on Latitude
      • 26.4 Earth's Tilted Axis: The Seaaons
      • 26.5 Flow of the Atmosphere: Wind
      • 26.C Wind Chill
      • 26.6 Local and Global Wind Patterns
      • 26.D The Coriolis Effect
      • 26.7 Ocean Currents Distribute Heat
      • 26.8 Water In the Atmosphere
      • 26.9 Changing Weather-Air Masses, Fronts, and Cyclones
    • Chapter 27: Environmental Geology
      • 27.1 Earthquakes
      • 27.2 Tsunami
      • 27.3 Volcanoes
      • 27.4 Hurricanes
      • 27.A Climate Change
      • 27.B Feedback Loops
    • Chapter 28: The Solar System
      • 28.1 The Solar System and Its Formation
      • 28.2 The Sun
      • 28.3 The Inner Planets
      • 28.4 The Outer Planets
      • 28.A What Makes a Planet Suitable For Life?
      • 28.5 Earth's Moon
      • 28.6 Failed Planet Formation
    • Chapter 29: The Universe
      • 29.1 Observing the Night Sky
      • 29.2 The Brightness and Color of Stars
      • 29.3 The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
      • 29.4 The Life Cycles of Stars
      • 29.5 Black Holes
      • 29.6 Galaxies
      • 29.A The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
      • 29.7 Looking Back In Time
      • 29.8 Dark Matter and Dark Energy

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