Table of Contents
Introduction.Part I: Plant Basics.
Chapter 1: Exploring Botany.
Chapter 2: Peering at Plant Cells.
Chapter 3: Identifying Plant Tissues.
Chapter 4: Vegetative Structures: Stems, Roots, and Leaves.
Chapter 5: Reproductive Structures: Spores, Seeds, Cones, Flowers, and Fruits.
Part II: The Living Plant: Plant Physiology.
Chapter 6: Metabolism: How Living Things Get Energy and Matter.
Chapter 7: Photosynthesis: Making Sugar from Scratch.
Chapter 8: Cellular Respiration: Making Your Cake and Eating It, Too.
Chapter 9: Moving Materials Through Plants.
Chapter 10: Regulating Plant Growth and Development.
Part III: Making More Plants: Plant Reproduction and Genetics.
Chapter 11: Greening the Earth: Plant Reproduction.
Chapter 12: Passing Plant Characteristics to the Next Generation.
Part IV: The Wide, Wonderful World of Plants: Plant Biodiversity.
Chapter 13: Changing with the Times: Evolution and Adaptation.
Chapter 14: The Tree of Life: Showing the Relationships Between Living Things.
Chapter 15: Examining the Forest Floor: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants.
Chapter 16: Their Seeds Are Naked: Gymnosperms.
Chapter 17: Say It with Flowers: Angiosperms.
Part V: Plants and People.
Chapter 18: Making Connections with Plant Ecology.
Chapter 19: Altering Plants by Using Biotechnology.
Chapter 20: Thriving on Plants in Everyday Life.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 21: Ten Weirdest Plants.
Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Improving Your Grade in Botany.
Index.
