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Conceptual Integrated Science

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
Moving Water Up a Tree

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Table of Videos

  • 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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