Biology

• Auteur : Hannah Kingston
• • Editeur : Letts Educational 2001
  • Collection : GSCE success. Biology
  • ISBN/ISSN : 1-84085-596-7
  • Format : 96 p.
  • Langues : Anglais
• • Nature du document : documentaire
  • Note générale : Index.
    
  • Résumé :

    A visual revision guide covering the main topics : human as organisms (the digestiv system, circulation, blood, the breathing système respiration, the nervous system, the eye) ; maintenance of life (cells, diffusion, osmosis and active transport, plant and leaf, plant senses, plant transport and good health, photosynthesis, the skin, the kidneys, causes of disease, drugs, solvents, alcohol and tobacco, hormones and diabetes) ; inheritance and selection (thne menstrual cycle, genetics, inherited diseases, mitosis, meiosis and fertilisation, genes, chromosomes and mutations, selective breeding) ; environment (The carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle, food chain and webs, pyramid of numbers and biomass, evolution, adaptation and competition, human influnce on the environment, acid rain, pollution and the grenhouse effect, biotechnology).
    

• • Descripteurs : appareil respiratoire / biologie cellulaire / biotechnologie / circulation sanguine / coeur / diabète / écosystème / effet de serre / génie génétique / hérédité / maladie héréditaire / oeil / photosynthèse / pluie acide / pollution / sang / système nerveux