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COMPLETE
LIFE
SCIENCE
RESOURCE
COMPLETE
LIFE
SCIENCE
RESOURCE
volume THREE: O–Z
LEONARD C. BRUNO
JULIE CARNAGIE, EDITOR
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LEONARD C. BRUNO
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Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: v. 1. A-E v. 2. F-N v. 3. O-Z.
ISBN 0-7876-4851-5 (set) ISBN 0-7876-4852-3 (vol. 1) ISBN 0-7876-4854-X (vol. 2)
1. Life sciences Juvenile literature. [1. Life sciences Encyclopedias.] I. Carnagie, Julie. II. Title.
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Table of Contents
Reader’s Guide •
vii
Introduction •
ix
Timeline of Significant Discoveries
in the Life Sciences •
xi
Words to Know •
xvii
Research and Activity Ideas •
xxxiii
Arthropod •
41
Bacteria •
45
Biodiversity •
49
Biological Community •
52
Biology •
54
Biome •
55
Biosphere •
59
Birds •
61
Blood •
66
Blood Types •
68
Botany •
71
Brain •
75
Bryophytes •
78
Buds and Budding •
79
Calorie •
83
Carbohydrates •
84
Carbon Cycle •
87
Carbon Dioxide •
90
Carbon Family •
92
Carbon Monoxide •
95
Carnivore •
97
Cell •
100
Cell Division •
105
Cell Theory •
108
Cell Wall •
111
Centriole •
112
volume ONE: A–E
Abiotic/Biotic Environment •
1
Acid and Base •
2
Acid Rain •
4
Adaptation •
7
Aerobic/Anaerobic •
8
Aging •
11
Agriculture •
13
AIDS •
17
Algae •
21
Amino Acids •
24
Amoeba •
25
Amphibian •
27
Anatomy •
30
Animals •
33
Antibiotic •
35
Antibody and Antigen •
37
Arachnid •
39
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Cetacean •
114
Chaparral •
116
Chloroplast •
118
Chromatin •
120
Chromosome •
121
Cilia •
125
Circulatory System •
126
Class •
131
Classification •
132
Cloning •
136
Cnidarian •
140
Community •
141
Competition •
143
Crustacean •
145
Cytoplasm •
147
Decomposition •
149
Desert •
150
Diffusion •
153
Digestive System •
155
Dinosaur •
161
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) •
164
Dominant and Recessive Traits •
168
Double Helix •
169
Echinoderm •
173
Ecology •
175
Ecosystem •
180
Egg •
182
Embryo •
185
Endangered Species •
187
Endocrine System •
190
Endoplasmic Reticulum •
194
Entomology •
195
Enzyme •
199
Eutrophication •
202
Evolution •
205
Evolution, Evidence of •
208
Evolutionary Theory •
211
Excretory System •
215
Extinction •
218
For Further Information •
xxxix
Index •
xlv
Contents
volume TWO: F–N
Family •
223
Fermentation •
224
Fertilization •
226
Fish •
229
Flower •
231
Food Chains and Webs •
234
Forests •
236
Fossil •
238
Fruit •
240
Fungi •
242
Gaia Hypothesis •
245
Gene •
247
Gene Theory •
249
Gene Therapy •
251
Genetic Code •
253
Genetic Disorders •
255
Genetic Engineering •
257
Genetics •
260
Genus •
263
Geologic Record •
264
Germination •
268
Golgi Body •
269
Grasslands •
270
Greenhouse Effect •
272
Habitat •
277
Hearing •
280
Heart •
283
Herbivore •
286
Herpetology •
288
Hibernation •
289
Homeostasis •
291
Hominid •
294
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
•
298
Hormones •
299
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