Biology is designed for multi-semester biology courses for science majors. It is …
Biology is designed for multi-semester biology courses for science majors. It is grounded on an evolutionary basis and includes exciting features that highlight careers in the biological sciences and everyday applications of the concepts at hand. To meet the needs of today’s instructors and students, some content has been strategically condensed while maintaining the overall scope and coverage of traditional texts for this course. Instructors can customize the book, adapting it to the approach that works best in their classroom. Biology also includes an innovative art program that incorporates critical thinking and clicker questions to help students understand—and apply—key concepts.
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe how …
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe how red and blue light affect plant growth and metabolic activitiesDiscuss gravitropismUnderstand how hormones affect plant growth and developmentDescribe thigmotropism, thigmonastism, and thigmogenesisExplain how plants defend themselves from predators and respond to wounds
Statewide dual credit (SDC) classes are college-level courses taught at the high-school …
Statewide dual credit (SDC) classes are college-level courses taught at the high-school level by trained high-school teachers. All SDC courses culminate in a challenge exam which is used to assess mastery of the postsecondary-level learning objectives. Students who meet or exceed the exam ‘cut score’ receive college credit that can be applied to any Tennessee public postsecondary institution. The SDC Introduction to Plant Science course includes the following content.introduction to basic plant forms, functions, reproduction and propagation, soils and mediums, plant nutrition, and plant injuries and controldemonstration of proper Integrated Pest Management practices and PPE usageidentification of plant classifications and uses with attention to nursery production and controlled environment production,discussion on the impact of plants and horticulture on people
Daisies (Bellis perennis) facing the sun after opening in the morning, and …
Daisies (Bellis perennis) facing the sun after opening in the morning, and they follow the sun through the dayböhringer friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons Georgia Tech Organismal Biologyhttps://organismalbio.biosci.gatech.edu/ Did you have an idea for improving this content? We’d love your input.
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