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Contents
CHAPTER 1 The World of Life Science
SECTION 1 Asking About Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 2 Scientific Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SECTION 3 Scientific Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 4 Tools, Measurement, and Safety . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CHAPTER 2 It’s Alive!! Or Is It?

SECTION 1 Characteristics of Living Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 2 The Necessities of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
CHAPTER 3 Cells: The Basic Units of Life

SECTION 1 The Diversity of Cells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 2 Eukaryotic Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 3 The Organization of Living Things . . . . . . . . . . 47
CHAPTER 4 The Cell in Action

SECTION 1 Exchange with the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 2 Cell Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 3 The Cell Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
CHAPTER 5 Heredity
SECTION 1 Mendel and His Peas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 2 Traits and Inheritance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 3 Meiosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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CHAPTER 6 Genes and DNA
SECTION 1 What Does DNA Look Like? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
SECTION 2 How DNA Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
CHAPTER 7 The Evolution of Living Things

SECTION 1 Change over Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
SECTION 2 How Does Evolution Happen? . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
SECTION 3 Natural Selection in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
CHAPTER 8 The History of Life on Earth

SECTION 1 Evidence of the Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
SECTION 2 Eras of the Geologic Time Scale . . . . . . . . . . 117
SECTION 3 Humans and Other Primates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
CHAPTER 9 Classification
SECTION 1 Sorting It All Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
SECTION 2 Domains and Kingdoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
CHAPTER 10 Bacteria and Viruses

SECTION 1 Bacteria and Archaea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
SECTION 2 Bacteria’s Role in the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
SECTION 3 Viruses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
CHAPTER 11 Protists and Fungi

SECTION 1 Protists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
SECTION 2 Kinds of Protists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
SECTION 3 Fungi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

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CHAPTER 12 Introduction to Plants
SECTION 1 What Is a Plant? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
SECTION 2 Seedless Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
SECTION 3 Seed Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
SECTION 4 Structures of Seed Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
CHAPTER 13 Plant Processes

SECTION 1 Photosynthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
SECTION 2 Reproduction of Flowering Plants . . . . . . . . . . 201
SECTION 3 Plant Responses to the Environment . . . . . . . 205
CHAPTER 14 Animals and Behavior

SECTION 1 What Is an Animal? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
SECTION 2 Animal Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
SECTION 3 Social Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
CHAPTER 15 Invertebrates
SECTION 1 Simple Invertebrates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
SECTION 2 Mollusks and Annelid Worms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
SECTION 3 Arthropods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
SECTION 4 Echinoderms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
CHAPTER 16 Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles

SECTION 1 Fishes: The First Vertebrates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
SECTION 2 Amphibians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
SECTION 3 Reptiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

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CHAPTER 17 Birds and Mammals
SECTION 1 Characteristics of Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
SECTION 2 Kinds of Birds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
SECTION 3 Characteristics of Mammals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
SECTION 4 Placental Mammals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
SECTION 5 Monotremes and Marsupials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
CHAPTER 18 Interactions of Living Things

SECTION 1 Everything Is Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
SECTION 2 Living Things Need Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
SECTION 3 Types of Interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
CHAPTER 19 Cycles in Nature

SECTION 1 The Cycles of Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
SECTION 2 Ecological Succession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
CHAPTER 20 The Earth’s Ecosystems

SECTION 1 Land Biomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
SECTION 2 Marine Ecosystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
SECTION 3 Freshwater Ecosystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
CHAPTER 21 Environmental Problems and Solutions

SECTION 1 Environmental Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
SECTION 2 Environmental Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

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CHAPTER 22 Body Organization and Structure
SECTION 1 Body Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
SECTION 2 The Skeletal System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
SECTION 3 The Muscular System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
SECTION 4 The Integumentary System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
CHAPTER 23 Circulation and Respiration

SECTION 1 The Cardiovascular System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
SECTION 2 Blood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
SECTION 3 The Lymphatic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
SECTION 4 The Respiratory System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
CHAPTER 24 The Digestive and Urinary Systems

SECTION 1 The Digestive System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
SECTION 2 The Urinary System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
CHAPTER 25 Communication and Control

SECTION 1 The Nervous System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
SECTION 2 Responding to the Environment . . . . . . . . . . 401
SECTION 3 The Endocrine System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
CHAPTER 26 Reproduction and Development

SECTION 1 Animal Reproduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
SECTION 2 Human Reproduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
SECTION 3 Growth and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

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CHAPTER 27 Body Defenses and Diseases
SECTION 1 Disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
SECTION 2 Your Body’s Defenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
CHAPTER 28 Staying Healthy

SECTION 1 Good Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
SECTION 2 Risks of Alcohol and Other Drugs . . . . . . . . . 443
SECTION 3 Healthy Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

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SECTION
1 Asking About Life

BEFORE YOU READ
After you read this section, you should be able to answer
these questions:
• What is life science?
• Why is life science important for everyday life?
What Is Life Science?

Imagine that it is summer. You are lying on the grass STUDY TIP
in a park watching dogs play and bees visiting flowers. Predict As you read this
An ant carries away a crumb from your lunch. Suddenly, section, write a list of 10
questions that a life scientist
questions pop into your head: How do ants find food? might ask.
Why don’t bees visit every flower? Why do dogs play?
By asking these question, you are thinking like a life
scientist.
Life science is the study of living things. Asking
questions about the world around you is the first step in
any scientific investigation. READING CHECK
Why do 1. Identify What is the
leaves change
color in the fall?
first step in a scientific
How
are a frog and a investigation?
How lizard different?
do birds
know where to
go when they
migrate?
Part of science is asking questions

about the world around you.
What Questions Do Life Scientists Ask?

Take a look around your home or neighborhood. Just
about anywhere you go, you will find some kind of living
thing. The world around us is full of an amazing diversity
of life. Single-celled algae, giant redwood trees, and
40-ton whales are all living things. For any living thing,
you can ask: How does it get its food? Where does it live?
How does it behave? Life scientists ask questions like
these to learn about the world.
Interactive Textbook 1 The World of Life Science
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SECTION 1 Asking About Life continued
What Do Life Scientists Do?

Critical Thinking Life scientists can study many different topics. Many
2. Predict Aside from of these topics can affect your life. As you study life
studying the environment, science, you will begin to see how important life science
how can life scientists affect
your life? Give two ways.
is in your life. Answering questions can help life scientists
learn how to fight disease, produce food, and protect the
environment.
FIGHTING DISEASE
Scientists have been successful at getting rid of some
diseases. For example, polio is a disease that affects the
brain and nerves. Polio can make it hard for a person to
breathe or walk. Polio used to be very common, but today
it is a very rare disease. This is because life scientists
studied polio and learned how to keep it from spreading.
Today, scientists are looking for ways to stop the spread
of the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency
syndrome (AIDS). By studying how this virus affects the
body and causes AIDS, scientists hope to find a cure.
Abdul Lakhani is a life

scientist who studies the
AIDS virus. He is trying to
find a cure for the disease.
PRODUCING FOOD
How can we produce enough food to feed everyone?
How can we make sure that foods are safe to eat?
To answer these questions, some scientists design
experiments to learn what makes plants grow larger or
faster. Other scientists look for ways to preserve foods
READING CHECK better so that they will last longer.
3. Identify Give one
question about producing PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
food that life scientists are
trying to answer.
Many environmental problems are caused by people
misusing natural resources. Life scientists try to
understand how we affect the world around us. We can
use this information to find solutions to environmental
problems.
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SECTION 1 Asking About Life continued
Who Is a Life Scientist?

A life scientist is anyone who studies organisms, or
living things. The women and men who are life scientists
can live and work anywhere in the world. Some life
scientists work on farms. Others study organisms in
forests or in oceans. Some even work in space! READING CHECK
Life scientists can study many different features of 4. Define What is a life
organisms. They may study how organisms behave and scientist?
how organisms affect their environments. Some life
scientists study how organisms change with time and
how they pass on their features to their young. Some
life scientists even study organisms that lived millions of
years ago.
Irene Duhart Long studies

how space travel affects
the human body.
Geerat Vermeij studies

how the shells of certain
animals have changed TAKE A LOOK
with time. 5. Infer What questions
are these scientists probably
trying to answer?
Irene Duhart Long:
Geerat Vermeij:
Irene Pepperberg:
Irene Pepperberg studies
whether parrots can learn
human language.

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Section 1 Review
SECTION VOCABULARY
life science the study of living things
1. Explain How do scientists gather information about the world?
2. Describe What is a life scientist?
3. List Give four places that a life scientist can work.
4. Identify A life scientist has just discovered an organism that no one has ever seen
before. Give four questions that the scientist may ask about the organism.
5. Explain Why is polio a very rare disease today?
6. Describe How can life scientists help people protect the environment?

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SECTION
2 Scientific Methods
BEFORE YOU READ
these questions:
• What are scientific methods?
• What is a hypothesis?
• How do scientists test a hypothesis?
What Are Scientific Methods?

A group of students in Minnesota went on a field trip STUDY TIP
to a wildlife refuge. They noticed that some of the frogs Outline As you read this
they saw looked strange. For example, some of the frogs section, make a chart
showing the different steps
had too many legs or eyes. The frogs were deformed. in scientific methods. In
The students wondered what made the frogs deformed. the chart, describe how the
They decided to carry out an investigation to learn what students in Minnesota used
happened to the frogs. each step to investigate the
deformed frogs.
By making observations and asking questions about
them, the students were using scientific methods.
Scientific methods are a series of steps that scientists
use to answer questions and to solve problems. The
figure below shows the steps in scientific methods. READING CHECK
1. Define What are scientific
methods?
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As you can see, the order of steps in scientific

methods can vary. Scientists may use all of the steps or
just some of the steps during a certain investigation. They
may even repeat some of the steps. The order depends on
what works best to answer a certain question.
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SECTION 2 Scientific Methods continued
Why Is It Important to Ask a Question?

Asking a question helps scientists focus their research
on the most important things they want to learn. In many
cases, an observation leads to a question. For example,
the students in Minnesota observed that some of the
frogs were deformed. Then they asked the question, “Why
are some of the frogs deformed?” Answering questions
READING CHECK often involves making more observations.
3. Explain Why do scientists
ask questions? How Do Scientists Make Observations?
The students in Minnesota made careful observations
to help them answer their question. The students caught
many frogs. Then they counted how many normal
and deformed frogs they caught. They photographed,
measured, and described each frog. They also tested the
water the frogs were living in. The students were careful
to record their observations accurately.
Like the students, scientists make many different
Critical Thinking kinds of observations. They may measure length,
4. Explain Why is it volume, time, or speed. They may describe the color or
important for observations shape of an organism. They may also describe how an
to be accurate?
organism behaves. When scientists make and record
their observations, they are careful to be accurate.
Observations are useful only if they are accurate.
TAKE A LOOK
5. Identify Give three kinds
of observations that can be
made with the tools in the
picture.
Scientists use many different tools, such as microscopes, rulers, and

thermometers, to make observations.

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What Is a Hypothesis?
After asking questions and making observations,
scientists may form a hypothesis. A hypothesis (plural,
hypotheses) is a possible answer to a question. A good
hypothesis is based on observations and can be tested.
When scientists form a hypothesis, they base it on all of
the observations and information that they have. READING CHECK
A single question can lead to more than one hypothesis. 6. Define What is a
The students in Minnesota learned about different things hypothesis?
that can cause frogs to be deformed. They used this
information to form three hypotheses to answer their
question. These hypotheses are shown in the figure below.
Hypothesis 1:
The deformities were caused by one or more
chemical pollutants in the water.
Say It
Hypothesis 2: Discuss In a group, talk
about some other possible
The deformities were caused by attacks
hypotheses that the students
from parasites or other frogs.
could have come up with.
Hypothesis 3:
The deformities were caused by an increase
in exposure to ultraviolet light from the sun.
TAKE A LOOK
7. Describe What are
More than one hypothesis
can be made for a single two things that all of
question. the hypotheses have in
common?

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PREDICTIONS
Critical Thinking Before a scientist can test a hypothesis, the scientist
8. Make Connections What must make predictions. A prediction is a statement that
is the connection between explains how something can cause an effect. A prediction
hypotheses and tests in an
investigation?
can be used to set up a test of a hypothesis. Predictions
are usually stated in an if-then format, as shown in the
figure below. More than one prediction may be made for
a hypothesis.
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TAKE A LOOK Prediction: If an increase
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9. Explain What kind of exposure to ultraviolet light
is
tests could the students do causing the deformities, then
frog
to test the prediction for eggs exposed to more ultra
violet
Hypothesis 2? light in a laboratory will be
more
likely to develop into deform
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frogs than frog eggs that
are
exposed to less UV light will
.
More than one prediction may be made for a single hypothesis.
Scientists can perform experiments to test their

predictions. In many cases, the results from the
experiments match a prediction. In other cases, the
results may not match any of the predictions. When this
happens, the scientist must make a new hypothesis and
perform more tests.

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How Do Scientists Test a Hypothesis?

Scientists perform experiments to show whether a
certain factor caused an observation. A factor is anything
in an experiment that can change the experiment’s results.
Some examples of factors are temperature, the type of
organism being studied, and the weather in an area. READING CHECK
To study the effect of each factor, scientists perform 10. Define What is a factor?
controlled experiments. A controlled experiment tests
only one factor at a time. These experiments have a
control group and one or more experimental groups.
The factors for the control group and the experimental
groups are the same, except for the one factor being
tested. This factor is called the variable. The variable is
different in each experimental group. Any difference in the
results between the control and experimental groups is
probably caused by the variable. READING CHECK
11. Compare How
DESIGNING AN EXPERIMENT are control groups and
Experiments must be carefully planned. Every factor experimental groups
should be considered when designing an experiment. It different?
is also important for scientists to use ethical guidelines
when they design and carry out experiments. These
guidelines help to make sure that the scientists do
not cause unnecessary harm to the organisms in the
experiment.
The table below shows an experiment to test whether
UV light can cause frogs to be deformed. This experiment
has one control group and two experimental groups. All
the factors between these groups are the same except the
amount of UV light exposure. The control group receives
no UV light. The number of days that the frog eggs are
exposed to UV light is different between the experimental
groups. Therefore, exposure to UV light is the variable.
Control Factors Variable TAKE A LOOK
Kind of frog Number Temperature UV light 12. Apply Concepts Which
Group Tank of eggs of water (ºC) exposure (days) group (1, 2, or 3) is the
#1 A leopard frog 50 25 0 control group? Explain your
answer.
B leopard frog 50 25 0
#2 C leopard frog 50 25 15
D leopard frog 50 25 15
#3 E leopard frog 50 25 24
F leopard frog 50 25 24

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COLLECTING DATA
Scientists often try to test many individuals. For
example, in the UV light experiment, a total of 300 frogs
were tested. By testing many individuals, scientists can
account for the effects of normal differences between
individuals in each group. They can be more certain that
differences between the control and experimental groups
READING CHECK are caused by the variable.
13. Explain Why do Scientists will often repeat an experiment to
scientists try to use determine if it produces the same results every time. If an
many individuals in their experiment produces the same results again and again,
experiments?
scientists can be more certain that the results are true.
The figure below shows the setup of the UV light
experiment. It also shows the results of the experiment.
Control Group Experimental Groups
Group #1 Group #2 Group #3

No UV light exposure UV light exposure for 15 days UV light exposure for 24 days
Result: 0 deformed frogs Result: 0 deformed frogs Result: 48 deformed frogs
How Do Scientists Analyze Results?

Math Focus When scientists finish an experiment, they must
14. Make a Graph Use the analyze the results. The information they collect during
information in the table to fill the analysis helps them explain their observations.
in the bar graph below.
To organize their data, scientists often make tables
Study of the Effect of and graphs. Scientists study the organized data to learn
UV Light on Frogs
how the variable affected the experiment. The data from
100
Number of deformed frogs
the UV light experiment is shown in the table below. This

table shows that frogs that were exposed to 24 days of
UV light developed deformities.
50
Number of days of UV exposure Number of deformed frogs
0 0
15 0
0 15 24
24 48
Number of days of UV exposure

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What Are Conclusions?

After analyzing results from experiments, scientists
must decide if the results support the hypotheses.
This is called drawing conclusions. Finding out that a
hypothesis is not true can be as valuable as finding out
that a hypothesis is true.
Sometimes, the results do not support the hypothesis.
When this happens, scientists may repeat the Critical Thinking
investigation to check for mistakes. Scientists may repeat 15. Infer How can finding
experiments hundreds of times. Another option is to ask out that a hypothesis is not
true be useful for a scientist?
another question and make a new hypothesis.
The UV light experiment showed that UV light can
cause frogs to be deformed. However, this does not mean
that UV light definitely caused the frog deformities in
Minnesota. Many other factors may affect the frogs. Some
of these factors may be things that scientists have not
even thought of yet.
Questions as complicated as the deformed frogs are
rarely solved with a single experiment. The search for a
solution may continue for many years. Finding an answer
doesn’t always end an investigation. In many cases,
the answer begins another investigation. In this way,
scientists continue to build knowledge.
Why Do Scientists Share Their Results?

After finishing a study, scientists share their results
with others. They write reports and give presentations.
They can also put their results on the Internet.
Sharing information allows others the chance to
repeat the experiments for themselves. Data from new
experiments can either support the original hypothesis,
or show that it needs to be changed.
TAKE A LOOK
Communicating the 16. Describe Why is it
results of experiments
is an important step in important for scientists to
scientific methods. share their results?

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Section 2 Review
SECTION VOCABULARY
controlled experiment an experiment that scientific methods a series of steps followed to
tests only one factor at a time by using solve problems
a comparison of a control group with an variable a factor that changes in an experiment
experimental group in order to test a hypothesis
hypothesis a testable idea or explanation that
leads to scientific investigation
1. Describe In a controlled experiment, how are the control and experimental

groups the same? How are they different?
2. Infer Why might a scientist need to repeat a step in scientific methods?
3. Identify What are two ways that scientists can share the results of their
experiments?
4. Define What is a prediction?
5. Explain Why might a scientist repeat an experiment?
6. Describe What can scientists do if the results of an experiment do not support a

hypothesis?

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SECTION
3 Scientific Models
BEFORE YOU READ
these questions:
• How do scientists use models?
• What are scientific theories and laws?
What Are Models?

You need a microscope to see inside most cells. How STUDY TIP
can you learn about the parts of a cell if you don’t have Learn New Words As you
a microscope? One way is to use a model. Scientists use read, underline words you
don’t know. When you
models to learn about things that they cannot see or figure out what they mean,
touch. write the words and their
A model is something scientists use to represent an definitions in your notebook.
object or event to make it easier to study. Scientists
study models to learn how things work or are made in
the natural world. However, you cannot learn everything
by studying a model, because models are not exactly
like the objects they represent. Some types of scientific
models are physical models, mathematical models, and
conceptual models.
READING CHECK
1. Explain Why can’t you
PHYSICAL MODELS learn everything about an
A toy rocket and a plastic skeleton are examples of object or event by studying a
physical models. Physical models are models that you model?
can see or touch. Many physical models look like the
things they represent. The figure shows students using
a model of a human body to learn how the body works.
However, because the model is not alive, the students
cannot learn exactly how the body functions.
TAKE A LOOK
2. Compare Give one
way that the model is like
a person and one way the
model is not like a person.

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MATHEMATICAL MODELS
A mathematical model is made up of mathematical
equations and data. Some mathematical models are
simple. For example, a Punnett square is a model of how
the traits of parents can be combined in their offspring.
Using this model, scientists can predict how often certain
traits will appear in the offspring of certain parents.
Parents Punnett Square Offspring
R r
Rr Rr Probability
rr Probability
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r Rr rr 25% 25%
Round Round Wrinkled
3. Calculate What rr Probability Probability

percentage of the offspring in r Rr rr Rr 25% rr 25%
Wrinkled
the figure are round? Round Wrinkled
Scientists use Punnett squares to predict the features of living things.
Some mathematical models are more complicated than

the Punnett square. Scientists may use computers to help
them interpret more complicated models. Computers
work faster and make fewer mistakes than people do.
CONCEPTUAL MODELS
A conceptual model is a description of how something
works or is put together. Some conceptual models
represent ideas. Others connect things that we know
to things that we are unfamiliar with. For example,
scientists use conceptual models to classify the ways
that animals behave. Scientists can use these models to
predict how an animal will act in a certain situation.
WHY SCIENTISTS USE MODELS

Scientists use models to study things that are too
difficult or dangerous to study in real life. Scientists use
models to study very small things, such as atoms, or
very large things, such as the Earth. Some scientists use
models to predict things that haven’t happened yet, or
READING CHECK to study events that happened long ago. For example,
4. Explain Why do scientists scientists use computers to produce models of dinosaurs.
use models? These models can show how dinosaurs may have looked
and moved.

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How Does Scientific Knowledge Grow?

Science is always changing. Two scientists can study Critical Thinking
the same data and make different conclusions. When new 5. Infer Why can two
scientists study the same
technology is developed, scientists often review old data data, but come to different
and come to new conclusions. By observing patterns in conclusions about it?
the world, scientists can create scientific theories and
laws.
A scientific theory is a scientific explanation that
connects and explains many observations. Scientific
theories are based on observations. They explain all of
the observations about a topic that scientists have at a
certain time. Theories are conceptual models that help
organize scientific thinking. They are used to explain and
predict situations.
A scientific law is a statement or equation that can
predict what will happen in certain situations. Unlike
theories, scientific laws do not explain why something
happens. They only predict what will happen. Many
people think that scientific theories become scientific
laws, but this is not true. Actually, many scientific laws
provide evidence to support scientific theories.
Name What it is
an explanation that connects and explains
evidence and observations TAKE A LOOK
6. Identify Fill in the blank
a statement or equation that predicts what boxes in the figure with
will happen in a certain situation the terms scientific law and
scientific theory.
How Do Scientific Ideas Change?

Scientists are always discovering new information.
This new information may show that a theory is
incorrect. When this happens, the theory must be
changed so that it explains the new information.
Sometimes, scientists have to develop a totally new
theory to explain the new and old information.
Sometimes, more than one new theory is given to
explain the new information. How do scientists know Say It
that a new theory is accurate? They use scientific Investigate Use the Internet
methods to test the new theory. They also examine all the or the library to learn about
evidence to see if it supports the new theory. Scientists a scientific idea that interests
you. Study how the idea has
accept a new theory when many tests and pieces of changed with time. Share
evidence support it. your findings with your class.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
law a descriptive statement or equation theory a system of ideas that explains many
that reliably predicts events under certain related observations and is supported by
conditions a large body of evidence acquired through
model a pattern, plan, representation, or scientific investigation
description designed to show the structure or
workings of an object, system, or concept
1. Identify How are scientific theories related to observations and evidence?
2. Explain Why do scientists use models?
3. Explain How do scientists know that a new theory is accurate?
4. Describe What effect can new observations have on a scientific theory?
5. Identify Give three types of models and an example of each type.
6. Compare How is a scientific theory different from a scientific law?

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SECTION
4 Tools, Measurement, and Safety

BEFORE YOU READ
these questions:
• How do tools help scientists?
• How do scientists measure length, area, mass,
volume, and temperature?
What Tools Do Scientists Use?

Scientists can use technology to find information and to STUDY TIP
solve problems. Technology is the application of science Compare As you read
for practical purposes. New technology can allow scientists this section, make a table
comparing how scientists
to get information that was not available before. measure length, area, mass,
volume, and temperature. In-
CALCULATORS AND COMPUTERS clude the tools and units that
scientists use for each type of
Scientists analyze, or examine, data using many different
measurement.
tools. Computers and calculators can help scientists do
calculations quickly. Computers are also very important tools
for collecting, storing, and studying data.
COMPOUND LIGHT MICROSCOPES

Scientists use microscopes to see things that are
very small. One kind of microscope is a compound light
microscope. A compound light microscope is a tool
that magnifies small objects. It has three main parts: a
stage, a tube with two or more lenses, and a light. Items
are placed on the stage. Light passes through them. The
lenses help to magnify the image.
Ocular lens
Objective
lens
Stage Compound Light Microscope Light passes TAKE A LOOK

through a specimen and produces a flat image. 1. Identify What are the
Light
three main parts of a com-
pound light microscope?

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ELECTRON MICROSCOPES
Critical Thinking Electron microscopes use tiny particles called electrons
2. Identify A scientist wants to produce magnified images. Electron microscopes make
to look at a living cell. Should clearer and more detailed images than light microscopes do.
the scientist use a com- However, unlike light microscopes, electron microscopes
pound light microscope or an
electron microscope? Explain cannot be used to study things that are alive.
your answer. Scanning Electron
Transmission Electron Microscope Electrons
Microscope Electrons bounce off the surface
pass through the speci- of the specimen and pro-
men and produce a flat duce a three-dimensional
image. (3-D) image.
How Do Scientists Measure Objects?

Scientists make many measurements as they collect
data. It is important for scientists to be able to share their
data with other scientists. Therefore, scientists use units
of measurement that are known to all other scientists.
One system of measurement that most scientists use is
called the International System of Units.
THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS

Critical Thinking The International System of Units, or SI, is a system of
3. Predict Consequences measurement that scientists use when they collect data. This
What could happen if all system of measurement has two benefits. First, scientists
scientists used different around the world can easily share and compare their data
systems of measurement to
record their data?
because all measurements are made in the same units. In
addition, SI units are based on the number 10. This makes it
easy to change from one unit to another.
It is important to learn the SI units that are used for
different types of measurements. You will use SI units
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LENGTH
Length is a measure of how long an object is. The SI
unit for length is the meter (m). Centimeters (cm) and
millimeters (mm) are used to measure small distances.
There are 100 cm in 1 m. There are 1,000 mm in 1 m.
Micrometers ( μm) are used to measure things that are
very small, such as cells. There are 1 million μm in 1 m.
Rulers and metersticks are used to measure length.
TAKE A LOOK
Length SI Unit: meter (m) 1 km 1,000 m 4. Identify What is the SI
tools: ruler or kilometer (km) 1 cm 0.01 m unit for length?
meterstick centimeter (cm) 1 mm 0.001 m
millimeter (mm) 1 μm 0.000001 m
AREA
Area is a measure of how much surface an object has.
For most objects, area is calculated by multiplying two
lengths together. For example, you can find the area of
a rectangle by multiplying its length by its width. Area
is measured in square units, like square meters (m2) or
square centimeters (cm2). There are 10,000 cm2 in 1 m2. READING CHECK
There is no tool that is used to measure area directly. 5. Explain How can you find
However, you can use a ruler to measure length and the area of a rectangle?
width. Multiply these measurements to find area.
Area square meter (m2) 1 cm2 0.0001 m2
tool: ruler (to square centimeter (cm2)
measure lengths)
VOLUME
Volume is the amount of space an object takes up. You
can find the volume of a box-shaped object by multiply-
ing its length, width, and height together. You can find
the volume of objects with many sides by measuring how
much liquid they can push out of a container, as shown in
the figure on the next page. You can measure the volume
of a liquid using a beaker or a graduated cylinder. READING CHECK
Volume is often measured in cubic units. For example, 6. Define What is volume?
very large objects can be measured in cubic meters (m3).
Smaller objects can be measured in cubic centimeters
(cm3). There are 1 million cm3 in 1 m3. The volume of
a liquid is sometimes given in units of liters (L) or mil-
liliters (mL). One mL has the same volume as one cm3.
There are 1,000 mL in 1 L. There are 1,000 L in one m3.
Volume cubic meter (m3) 1 cm3 = 0.000001 m3
tools: graduated cubic centimeter (cm3) 1 L = 0.001 m3
cylinder, beaker liter (L) 1 mL = 1 cm3
milliliter (mL)
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volume of liquid 70 mL
You can find the volume of this rock by measuring how much liquid it
pushes out of the way. The graduated cylinder has 70 mL of liquid in it
before the rock is added.
volume of liquid rock 80 mL
TAKE A LOOK
7. Explain How do you know
that the rock in the figure has
a volume of 10 mL?
volume of rock 80 mL 70 mL 10 mL
The rock made the volume of material in the cylinder go up to 80 mL.

The rock pushed 10 mL of liquid out of the way. The volume of the
rock is 10 mL. Because 1 mL = 1 cm3, the volume of the rock can also
be written as 10 cm3.
MASS
Mass is a measurement of the amount of matter in
an object. The SI unit for mass is the kilogram (kg). The
masses of large objects, such as people, are measured
using kg. The masses of smaller objects, such as an apple,
are measured in grams (g) or milligrams (mg). There are
1,000 g in 1 kg. There are 1 million mg in 1 kg. Balances
Math Focus are used to measure mass.

8. Convert How many mg
Mass SI Unit: kilogram (kg) 1 g 0.001 kg
are there in 1 g? tool: balance gram (g) 1 mg 0.000001 kg
milligram (mg)

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TEMPERATURE
Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold an
object is. The SI unit for temperature is the Kelvin (K).
However, most people are more familiar with other units
of temperature. For example, most people in the United
States measure temperatures using degrees Fahrenheit
(°F). Scientists often measure temperatures using
degrees Celsius (°C). Thermometers are used to measure
temperature. READING CHECK
9. Define What is
Temperature SI Unit: kelvin (K) 0°C 273 K
temperature?
tool: thermometer degrees Celsius (°C) 100°C 373 K
It is easy to change measurements in °C to K. To

change a temperature measurement from °C to K, you
simply add 273 to the measurement. For example,
200 °C 200 273 473 K. It is more complicated to
change measurements in K or °C into °F. That is why
scientists do not measure temperatures in °F. READING CHECK
10. Explain Why do scientists
How Can You Stay Safe in Science Class? measure temperature in K or
Science can be exciting, but it can also be dangerous. ºC instead of ºF?
In order to stay safe while you are doing a science activ-
ity, you should always follow your teacher’s directions.
Read and follow the lab directions carefully, and do not
take “shortcuts.” Pay attention to safety symbols, such
as the ones in the figure below. If you do not understand
something that you see in a science activity, ask your
teacher for help.
Safety Symbols
TAKE A LOOK
11. Investigate Look around
Eye Clothing Hand Heating Electrical your classroom for safety
protection protection safety safety safety symbols like the ones in the
figure. Give two examples of
places where safety symbols
are found in your classroom.
Chemical Animal Sharp Plant

safety safety object safety

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Section 4 Review
SECTION VOCABULARY
area a measure of the size of a surface or a technology the application of science for practical
region purposes; the use of tools, machines, materials,
compound light microscope an instrument that and processes to meet human needs
magnifies small objects so that they can be temperature a measure of how hot (or cold)
seen easily by using two or more lenses something is; specifically, a measure of the
electron microscope a microscope that focuses average kinetic energy of the particles in an
a beam of electrons to magnify objects object
mass a measure of the amount of matter in an volume a measure of the size of a body or region
object in three-dimensional space
1. Describe You can find the volume of a box-shaped object by multiplying its
length, width, and height together. How can you measure the volume of an object
if it is not shaped like a box?
2. Identify Fill in the table to show the tool you would use to carry out each
measurement.
Task Tool
Looking at something that is very small
Measuring how tall your friend is
Measuring how much water is in a glass
3. Identify What are two units that scientists use to measure temperature?
4. Explain How can you stay safe while doing a science activity? Give three ways.

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SECTION
1 Characteristics of Living Things

National Science
BEFORE YOU READ Education Standards
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1b, 1c, 1d, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a,
these questions: 3b, 3c
• What are all living things made of?

• What do all living things have in common?
What Are All Living Things Made Of?

If you saw a bright yellow, slimy blob in the grass, would STUDY TIP
you think it was alive? How could you tell? All living things, Organize As you read this
or organisms, share several characteristics. What does a section, make a list of the six
characteristics of living things.
dog have in common with a bacterium? What do you have
in common with a bright yellow slime mold?
All living things are made of one or more cells. A cell is
the smallest unit that can carry out all the activities of life.
Every cell is surrounded by a cell membrane. The cell
membrane separates the cell from the outside environment. STANDARDS CHECK
Some organisms are made of trillions of cells. In these LS 1b All organisms are com-
organisms, different kinds of cells do different jobs. For posed of cells—the fundamental
unit of life. Most organisms are
example, muscle cells are used for movement. Other single cells; other organisms, in-
organisms are made of only one cell. In these organisms, cluding humans, are multicellular.
different parts of the cell have different jobs. 1. Identify What are all
living things made of?
Some organisms, such as the monkeys on the left, are made up of

trillions of cells. The protists on the right are made up of one or a few
cells. They are so small they can only be seen with a microscope.
READING CHECK
How Do Living Things Respond to Change?
2. List Give three examples
All organisms can sense changes in their environments.
of stimuli.
Each organism reacts differently to these changes. A change
that affects how an organism acts is called a stimulus
(plural, stimuli). Stimuli can be chemicals, light, sounds,
hunger, or anything that causes an organism to react.
Interactive Textbook 23 It’s Alive!! Or Is It?
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SECTION 1 Characteristics of Living Things continued
TAKE A LOOK
3. Complete For a Venus’
flytrap, the touch of an insect
The touch of an insect is a stimulus for a Venus’ flytrap. The stimulus
is a . causes the plant to close its leaves quickly.
Even when things outside the body change, an

organism must keep the conditions inside its body the
same. The act of keeping a constant environment inside
an organism is called homeostasis. When an organism
maintains homeostasis, all the chemical reactions inside
Critical Thinking its body can work correctly.
4. Predict What would
happen if your body couldn’t RESPONDING TO EXTERNAL CHANGES
maintain homeostasis?
If it is hot outside, your body starts to sweat to cool
down. If it is cold outside, your body starts to shiver to
warm up. In each situation, your body reacts to the changes
in the environment. It tries to return itself to normal.
Different kinds of organisms react to changes in the
environment in different ways. For example, crocodiles
lie in the sun to get warm. When they get too warm, they
open their mouths wide to release heat.
How Do Organisms Have Offspring?

Every type of organism has offspring. The two ways
organisms can produce offspring are by sexual or asexual
reproduction. Generally, in sexual reproduction, two
parents make offspring. The offspring get traits from both
parents. In asexual reproduction, one parent makes
READING CHECK offspring. The offspring are identical to the parent.
5. Identify How many Most plants and animals make offspring by sexual
parents are generally needed reproduction. However, most single-celled organisms and
to produce offspring by some multicellular organisms make offspring by asexual
sexual reproduction?
reproduction. For example, hydra make offspring by
forming buds that break off and grow into new hydra.

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TAKE A LOOK
6. Identify How do most
animals reproduce?
Like most animals, bears produce offspring by sexual reproduction.

However, some animals, such as hydra, can reproduce asexually.
Why Do Offspring Look Like Their Parents?

All organisms are made of cells. Inside each cell,
there is information about all of the organism’s traits.
This information is found in DNA (deoxyribonucleic
acid). DNA carries instructions for the organism’s traits.
Offspring look like their parents because they get copies
of parts of their parent’s DNA. Passing traits from parent
to offspring is called heredity. READING CHECK
7. Define What is the
Why Do Organisms Need Energy? function of DNA?
All organisms need energy to live. Most organisms get
their energy from the food they eat. Organisms use this
energy to carry out all the activities that happen inside
their bodies. For example, organisms need energy to
break down food, to move materials in and out of cells,
and to build cells.
An organism uses energy to keep up its metabolism.
An organism’s metabolism is all of the chemical
reactions that take place in its body. Breaking down food
READING CHECK
for energy is one of these chemical reactions.
8. Compare How does
growth differ in single-celled
How Do Organisms Grow? organisms and those made
All organisms grow during some part of their lives. In of many cells?
a single-celled organism, the cell gets bigger and divides.
This makes new organisms. An organism made of many
cells gets bigger by making more cells. As these organ-
isms grow, they get new traits. These traits often change
how the organism looks. For example, as a tadpole grows
into a frog, it develops legs and loses its tail.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
asexual reproduction reproduction that homeostasis the maintenance of a constant
does not involve the union of sex cells and in internal state in a changing environment
which one parent produces offspring that are metabolism the sum of all chemical processes
genetically identical to the parent. that occur in an organism
cell in biology, the smallest unit that can sexual reproduction reproduction in which the
perform all life processes; cells are covered by sex cells from two parents unite to produce
a membrane and contain DNA and cytoplasm offspring that share traits from both parents
heredity the passing of genetic traits from stimulus anything that causes a reaction or
parent to offspring change in an organism or any part of an
organism
1. Summarize Complete the Spider Map to show the six characteristics of living
things. Add lines to give details on each characteristic.
Characteristics of
living things
2. Compare How does sexual reproduction differ from asexual reproduction?
3. Explain How do the buds of an organism such as hydra compare to the parent?
4. Identify Relationships How is a bear’s fur related to homeostasis?

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SECTION
2 The Necessities of Life

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1c, 2c, 3a, 3d, 4b, 4c, 4d
these questions:
• What things do almost all organisms need?
• Why do living things need food?
STUDY TIP
Organize As you read, make
What Do Living Things Need? a table of the basic needs
of most organisms. Fill in
Would it surprise you to learn that you have the same examples of how different
basic needs as a tree, a frog, and a fly? Almost every organism organisms meet those needs.
has the same basic needs: water, air, a place to live, and food.
STANDARDS CHECK
WATER
LS 1c Cells carry out the many
Your body is made mostly of water. The cells that functions needed to sustain life.
make up your body are about 70% to 85% water. Cells They grow and divide, thereby
producing more cells. This
need water to keep their inside environments stable. requires that they take in nutri-
ents, which they use to provide
Most of the chemical reactions that happen in cells need energy for the work that cells do
water. Your body loses water as you breathe, sweat, or and to make the materials that a
cell or organism needs.
get rid of wastes, such as urine. Because of this, you must
replace the water that you lose. Word Help: function
Organisms get water from the fluids they drink and use or purpose
the foods they eat. However, organisms need different 1. Explain Why do cells
amounts of water. You could survive only three days need water?
without water. A kangaroo rat never drinks. It lives in the
desert and gets all the water it needs from its food.
AIR
Oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide are some of the
gases in air. Most organisms use oxygen to help them
break down food for energy. Other organisms, such as
green plants, use carbon dioxide to make food.
TAKE A LOOK
2. Infer Why do you think this
diving spider surrounds itself
with a bubble in the water?

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A PLACE TO LIVE
Just as you do, all living things need a place to live.
Organisms look for an area that has everything they need
to survive. Often, many organisms live in the same area.
They all must use the same resources, such as food and
water. Many times, an organism will try to keep others
out of its area. For example, some birds keep other birds
away by singing.
FOOD
All organisms need food. Food gives organisms
energy and nutrients to live and grow. However, not all
organisms get food in the same way. There are three
READING CHECK ways in which organisms can get food.
3. Explain Why do living Some organisms, such as plants, are producers.
things need food? Producers make their own food using energy from their
environment. For example, plants, and some bacteria and
protists, use the sun’s energy to make food from carbon
dioxide and water. This process is called photosynthesis.
Many organisms are consumers. Consumers eat other
organisms to get food. For example, a frog is a consumer
because it eats insects. All animals are consumers.
Critical Thinking A mushroom is a decomposer. Decomposers are a
4. Identify Are you a special kind of consumer. Decomposers break down
producer, consumer, or dead organisms and animal wastes to get food. Although
decomposer? Explain your
answer.
they are a kind of consumer, decomposers play a
different role in an ecosystem than most other consum-
ers. Without decomposers, dead organisms and wastes
would pile up all over the Earth!
TAKE A LOOK
5. Label On the picture,
label the producer,
consumer, and decomposer.

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What Do Organisms Get from Food?

As you just read, organisms can get their food in three
different ways. However, all organisms must break down Say It
their food to use the nutrients. Discuss With a partner, name
Nutrients are molecules. Molecules are made of 10 organisms and describe
what foods they eat. Discuss
two or more atoms joined together. Most molecules whether these organisms
in living things are combinations of carbon, nitrogen, are producers, consumers, or
oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur. Proteins, nucleic acids, decomposers.
lipids, carbohydrates, and ATP are some of the molecules
needed by living things.
PROTEINS
Proteins are used in many processes inside a
cell. Proteins are large molecules made up of smaller
molecules called amino acids. Living things break down
the proteins in food and use the amino acids to make
new proteins. READING CHECK
An organism uses proteins in many different ways. 6. Complete Proteins are
Some proteins are used to build or fix parts of an
made up of
organism’s body. Some proteins stay on the outside of a
.
cell, to protect it. Proteins called enzymes help to start or
speed up reactions inside a cell.
Some proteins help cells do their jobs. For example, a
protein called hemoglobin is found in our red blood cells.
It picks up oxygen and delivers it through the body.
Math Focus
7. Calculate Each red blood
cell carries about 250 million
molecules of hemoglobin. If
every hemoglobin molecule
is attached to four oxygen
molecules, how many oxygen
molecules could one red
blood cell carry?
Spider webs, horns, and feathers

are made from proteins.

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NUCLEIC ACIDS
When you bake a cake, you follow instructions to
make sure the cake is made correctly. When cells make
new molecules, such as proteins, they also follow a set of
instructions. The instructions for making any part of an
organism are stored in DNA.
Critical Thinking DNA is a nucleic acid. Nucleic acids are molecules
8. Identify Relationships made of smaller molecules called nucleotides. The
What is the relationship instructions carried by DNA tell a cell how to make pro-
between amino acids and teins. The order of nucleotides in DNA tells cells which
nucleotides?
amino acids to use and which order to put them in.
A cell uses
the order of
nucleotides Amino acids
DNA is made
in DNA to join together to
of nucleotides.
determine form proteins.
the order of
amino acids.
LIPIDS
Lipids are molecules that cannot mix with water. They
are a form of stored energy. When lipids are stored in
an animal, they are usually solid. These are called fats.
When lipids are stored in a plant, they are usually liquid.
These are called oils. When an organism has used up
other sources of energy, it can break down fats and oils
for more energy.
Lipids also form cell membranes. Cell membranes sur-
round and protect cells. They are made of special lipids
called phospholipids. When phospholipids are in water,
the tail ends of the molecules come together and the
head ends face out. This is shown in the figure below.
TAKE A LOOK
9. Describe Describe the
structure of a phospholipid, Phospholipid Membranes Cell
and how it behaves in water. Water membrane
Head
The head of a
phospholipid Tail
molecule is
When phospholipid
attracted to
molecules come
water, but the Water
together in water,
tail is not.
they form
two layers.

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CARBOHYDRATES
Carbohydrates are molecules made of sugars. They
provide and store energy for cells. An organism’s cells
break down carbohydrates to free energy. There are two
types of carbohydrates: simple and complex. READING CHECK
Simple carbohydrates are made of one or a few sugar 10. Identify What are two
molecules. Both table sugar and sugar in fruits are sim- types of carbohydrates?
ple carbohydrates. The simple carbohydrate glucose is
the most common source of energy for cells. The body
breaks down simple carbohydrates more quickly than
complex carbohydrates.
Complex carbohydrates are made of hundreds of
sugar molecules linked together. When organisms such
as plants have more sugar than they need, they can store
the extra sugar as complex carbohydrates. For example,
potatoes store extra sugar as starch. You can also find
complex carbohydrates in foods such as whole-wheat
bread, pasta, oatmeal, and brown rice.
Type of carbohydrate Structure Example
made of one or a few

sugar molecules
Complex
TAKE A LOOK
11. Complete Complete the
table to explain the two types
of carbohydrates.
ATP
After carbohydrates and fats have been broken
down, how does their energy get to where it is needed?
The cells use adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. ATP is
a molecule that carries energy in cells. The energy READING CHECK
released from carbohydrates and fats is passed to ATP 12. Identify What molecule
molecules. ATP then carries the energy to where it is carries energy in cells?
needed in the cell.
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Section 2 Review NSES LS 1a, 1c, 2c, 3a, 3d, 4b, 4c, 4d
SECTION VOCABULARY
ATP adenosine triphosphate, a molecule lipid a type of biochemical that does not
that acts as the main energy source for cell dissolve in water; fats and steroids are lipids
processes nucleic acid a molecule made up of subunits
carbohydrate a class of energy-giving molecules called nucleotides
that includes sugars, starches, and fiber; contains phospholipid a lipid that contains phosphorus and
carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that is a structural component in cell membranes
consumer an organism that eats other producer an organism that can make its own
organisms or organic matter food by using energy from its surroundings
decomposer an organism that gets energy by protein a molecule that is made up of amino
breaking down the remains of dead organisms acids and that is needed to build and repair
or animal wastes and consuming or absorbing body structures and to regulate processes in
the nutrients the body
1. List Name four things that organisms need to survive.
2. Explain Why are decomposers also consumers?
3. Identify What two nutrients store energy?
4. Describe Describe the structure of a cell membrane.
5. Compare Name two ways that simple carbohydrates differ from complex
carbohydrates.
6. Explain Why is ATP important to cells?

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SECTION
1 The Diversity of Cells

National Science
BEFORE YOU READ
Education Standards
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1b, 1c, 2c, 3b, 5a
these questions:
• What is a cell?
• What do all cells have in common?
• What are the two kinds of cells?
What Is a Cell?
Most cells are so small that they cannot be seen by the STUDY TIP
naked eye. So how did scientists find cells? By accident! Organize As you read this
The first person to see cells wasn’t even looking for them. section, make lists of things
that are found in prokaryotic
A cell is the smallest unit that can perform all the cells, things that are found in
functions necessary for life. All living things are made of eukaryotic cells, and things
cells. Some living things are made of only one cell. Others that are found in both kinds
of cells.
are made of millions of cells.
Robert Hooke was the first person to describe cells. In
1665, he built a microscope to look at tiny objects. One
day he looked at a piece of cork. Cork is found in the
bark of cork trees. Hooke thought the cork looked like
it was made of little boxes. He named these boxes cells,
which means “little rooms” in Latin.
STANDARDS CHECK
The first cells that Hooke LS 1b All organisms are com-
saw were from cork. posed of cells—the fundamental
These cells were easy to unit of life. Most organisms are
see because plant cells single cells; other organisms, in-
have cell walls. At first, cluding humans, are multicellular.
Hooke didn’t think ani-
mals had cells because 1. Identify What is the ba-
he couldn’t see them. sic unit of all living things?
Today we know that all
living things are made
of cells.
In the late 1600s, a Dutch merchant named Anton van

Leeuwenhoek studied many different kinds of cells. He
made his own microscopes. With them, he looked at tiny
pond organisms called protists. He also looked at blood
cells, yeasts, and bacteria.
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Euglena Blood
TAKE A LOOK
2. Identify Which of these
cells is probably the smallest?
Explain your answer.
Yeast Bacteria
Leeuwenhoek looked at many different kinds of cells with his

microscope. He was the first person to see bacteria. Bacterial
cells are usually much smaller than most other types of cells.
What Is the Cell Theory?

Since Hooke first saw cork cells, many discoveries
have been made about cells. Cells from different organ-
isms can be very different from one another. Even cells
from different parts of the same organism can be very
different. However, all cells have several important things
in common. These observations are known as the cell
theory. The cell theory has three parts:
1. All organisms are made of one or more cells.
2. The cell is the basic unit of all living things.
3. All cells come from existing cells.
What Are the Parts of a Cell?

Cells come in many shapes and sizes and can have differ-
ent functions. However, all cells have three parts in common:
READING CHECK a cell membrane, genetic material, and organelles.
3. List What three parts do
all cells have in common? CELL MEMBRANE
All cells are surrounded by a cell membrane. The cell
membrane is a layer that covers and protects the cell.
The membrane separates the cell from its surroundings.
The cell membrane also controls all material going in and
out of the cell. Inside the cell is a fluid called cytoplasm.
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GENETIC MATERIAL STANDARDS CHECK

All cells contain DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) at some LS 2c Every organism requires a
point in their lives. DNA is the genetic material that car- set of instructions for specifying
its traits. Heredity is the passage
ries information needed to make proteins, new cells, and of these instructions from one
new organisms. DNA is passed from parent cells to new generation to another.
cells and it controls the activities of the cell. Word Help: specify
The DNA in some cells is found inside a structure to describe or define in
detail
called the nucleus. Most of your cells have a nucleus.
4. Explain What is the
ORGANELLES function of DNA?
Cells have structures called organelles that do different
jobs for the cell. Most organelles have a membrane covering
them. Different types of cells can have different organelles.
Parts of a Cell
TAKE A LOOK
5. Identify Use the follow-
ing words to fill in the blank
labels on the figure: DNA, cell
membrane, organelles.
What Are the Two Kinds of Cells?

There are two basic kinds of cells—cells with a
nucleus and cells without a nucleus. Those without
a nucleus are called prokaryotic cells. Those with a
nucleus are called eukaryotic cells.
READING CHECK
6. Compare What is one way
What Are Prokaryotes? prokaryotic and eukaryotic
A prokaryote is an organism made of one cell that cells differ?
does not have a nucleus or other organelles covered by
a membrane. Prokaryotes are made of prokaryotic cells.
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BACTERIA
The most common prokaryotes are bacteria (singular,
bacterium). Bacteria are the smallest known cells. These
tiny organisms live almost everywhere. Some bacteria
live in the soil and water. Others live on or inside other
organisms. You have bacteria living on your skin and
Critical Thinking teeth and in your digestive system. The following are
7. Make Inferences Why some characteristics of bacteria:
do you think bacteria can
live in your digestive system
• no nucleus
without making you sick? • circular DNA shaped like a twisted rubber band
• no membrane-covered (or membrane-bound) organelles
• a cell wall outside the cell membrane
• a flagellum (plural, flagella), a tail-like structure that
some bacteria use to help them move
A Bacterium
TAKE A LOOK
8. Identify Label the parts
of the bacterium using the
following terms: DNA,
flagellum, cell membrane,
cell wall.
ARCHAEA
Archaea (singular, archaeon) and bacteria share the
following characteristics:
• no nucleus
• no membrane-bound organelles
• circular DNA
• a cell wall

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This photograph was taken with

an electron microscope. This
archaeon lives in volcanic vents
deep in the ocean. Temperatures
at these vents are very high. Most
other living things could not
survive there.
Archaea have some other features that no other cells

have. For example, the cell wall and cell membrane of
archaea are made of different substances from those of
bacteria. Some archaea live in places where no other
organisms could live. For example, some can live in the
boiling water of hot springs. Others can live in toxic places
such as volcanic vents filled with sulfur. Still others can
live in very salty water in places such as the Dead Sea. READING CHECK
9. Compare Name two
What Are Eukaryotes? ways that archaea differ from
Eukaryotic cells are the largest cells. They are about bacteria.
10 times larger than bacteria cells. However, you still
need a microscope to see most eukaryotic cells.
Eukaryotes are organisms made of eukaryotic cells.
These organisms can have one cell or many cells. Yeast,
which makes bread rise, is an example of a eukaryote
with one cell. Multicellular organisms, or those made of
many cells, include plants and animals.
Unlike prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells have a
nucleus that holds their DNA. Eukaryotic cells also have
membrane-bound organelles. READING CHECK
Eukaryotic Cell 10. Identify Name two

things eukaryotic cells have
that prokaryotic cells do not.
Organelles Nucleus

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Organelles in a Typical Eukaryotic Cell

Lysosome
Nucleus
Golgi complex
Endoplasmic
reticulum
Ribosome
TAKE A LOOK
11. Identify Where is the
genetic material found in
this cell?
Mitochondrion Cell membrane
Why Are Cells So Small?

Your body is made of trillions of cells. Most cells are
so small you need a microscope to see them. More than
50 human cells can fit on the dot of this letter i. However,
Critical Thinking some cells are big. For example, the yolk of a chicken
12. Apply Concepts The yolk egg is one big cell! Why, then, are most cells small?
of a chicken egg is a very large Cells take in food and get rid of waste through their
cell. Unlike most cells, egg
outer surfaces. As a cell gets larger, it needs more food
yolks do not have to take in
any nutrients. Why does this to survive. It also produces more waste. This means that
allow the cell to be so big? more materials have to pass through the surface of a
large cell than a small cell.
Nutrients Nutrients
Waste Waste
Large cells have to take in more nutrients and get rid of more
wastes than small cells.
As a cell’s volume increases, its outside surface area

grows too. However, volume always grows faster than
surface area. If the cell volume gets too big, the surface
area will not be large enough for the cell to survive. The
cell will not be able to take in enough nutrients or get rid
of all its wastes. This means that surface area limits the
size of most cells.
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SURFACE AREA AND VOLUME OF CELLS

To understand how surface area limits the size of a
cell, study the figures below. Imagine that the cubes are
cells. You can calculate the surface areas and volumes of
the cells using these equations:
volume of cube side side side
surface area of cube number of sides area of side
Math Focus
13. Calculate Ratios
Scientists say that most
MM cells are small because of
the surface area-to-volume
ratio. What is this ratio for
the large cell?
MM
MM
The volume of this cell is 64 mm3. Its

surface area is 96 mm2.
2 mm
2 mm
2 mm TAKE A LOOK
14. Compare Which cell
When the large cell is broken up into
has a greater surface area
8 smaller cells, the total volume stays compared to its volume—the
the same. However, all of the small cells large cell or one of the
together have more surface area than the smaller cells?
large cell. The total surface area of the
small cells is 192 mm2.
The large cell takes in and gets rid of the same amount
of material as all of the smaller cells. However, the large
cell does not have as much surface area as the smaller
cells. Therefore, it cannot take in nutrients or get rid of
wastes as easily as each of the smaller cells.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
cell in biology, the smallest unit that can nucleus in a eukaryotic cell, a membrane-bound
perform all life processes; cells are covered by organelle that contains the cell’s DNA and that
a membrane and have DNA and cytoplasm has a role in processes such as growth,
cell membrane a phospholipid layer that covers metabolism, and reproduction
a cell’s surface; acts as a barrier between the organelle one of the small bodies in a cell’s
inside of a cell and the cell’s environment cytoplasm that are specialized to perform a
eukaryote an organism made up of cells that specific function
have a nucleus enclosed by a membrane; eu- prokaryote an organism that consists of a single
karyotes include animals, plants, and fungi, but cell that does not have a nucleus
not archaea or bacteria
1. Identify What are the three parts of the cell theory?
2. Compare Fill in the Venn Diagram below to compare prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
Be sure to label the circles.
Prokaryotes Eukaryotes
3. Apply Concepts You have just discovered a new organism. It has only one cell and
was found on the ocean floor, at a vent of boiling hot water. The organism has a
cell wall but no nucleus. Explain how you would classify this organism.

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SECTION
2 Eukaryotic Cells
National Science
BEFORE YOU READ
Education Standards
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1b, 1c, 3a, 5a
these questions:
• What are the parts of a eukaryotic cell?
• What is the function of each part of a eukaryotic cell?
What Are the Parts of a Eukaryotic Cell?

Plant cells and animal cells are two types of eukaryotic STUDY TIP
cells. A eukaryotic cell has many parts that help the cell Organize As you read
stay alive. this section, make a chart
comparing plant cells and
animal cells.
CELL WALL
All plant cells have a cell wall. The cell wall is a stiff
structure that supports the cell and surrounds the cell
membrane. The cell wall of a plant cell is made of a type
of sugar called cellulose.
Fungi (singular fungus), such as yeasts and
mushrooms, also have cell walls. The cell walls of fungi
are made of a sugar called chitin. Prokaryotic cells such
as bacteria and archaea also have cell walls. READING CHECK
Plant Cell Mitochondrion 1. Identify Name two
Large central vacuole kinds of eukaryotes that
have a cell wall.
Golgi complex Ribosome
Cytoplasm
Chloroplast
Cytoskeleton TAKE A LOOK

2. Identify Describe where
Cell Membrane the cell wall is located.
Endoplasmic reticulum
Nucleus Cell Wall

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SECTION 2 Eukaryotic Cells continued
Nucleus Lysosome
Animal Cell
Golgi complex
TAKE A LOOK Cytoskeleton

Endoplasmic
3. Compare Compare the reticulum
pictures of an animal cell
and a plant cell. Name three
structures found in both.
Ribosome
Mitochondrion Cytoplasm
Cell membrane
STANDARDS CHECK
LS 1c Cells carry on the many CELL MEMBRANE
functions needed to sustain life.
They grow and divide, thereby All cells have a cell membrane. The cell membrane is
producing more cells. This a protective barrier that surrounds the cell. It separates
requires that they take in nutrients,
which they use to provide energy the cell from the outside environment. In cells that have
for the work that cells do and to
make the materials that a cell or
a cell wall, the cell membrane is found just inside the cell
an organism needs. wall.
Word Help: function
The cell membrane is made of different materials. It
use or purpose contains proteins, lipids, and phospholipids. Proteins are
molecules made by the cell for a variety of functions.
main function of the cell Lipids are compounds that do not dissolve in water. They
membrane? include fats and cholesterol. Phospholipids are lipids that
contain the element phosphorous.
The proteins and lipids in the cell membrane control
the movement of materials into and out of the cell. A cell
needs materials such as nutrients and water to survive
and grow. Nutrients and wastes go in and out of the cell
through the proteins in the cell membrane. Water can
pass through the cell membrane without the help of
proteins.
RIBOSOMES
Ribosomes are organelles that make proteins. They
READING CHECK are the smallest organelles. A cell has many ribosomes.
5. Compare How are Some float freely in the cytoplasm. Others are attached
ribosomes different from to membranes or to other organelles. Unlike most organ-
other organelles?
elles, ribosomes are not covered by a membrane.

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Ribosome
This organelle is where amino
acids are hooked together to
make proteins.
NUCLEUS
The nucleus is a large organelle in a eukaryotic cell. It
contains the cell’s genetic material, or DNA. DNA has the
instructions that tell a cell how to make proteins.
The nucleus is covered by two membranes. Materials
pass through pores in the double membrane. The nucleus
of many cells has a dark area called the nucleolus.
The Nucleus
TAKE A LOOK
6. Identify Label the
diagram of a nucleus using
these terms: pore, DNA,
nucleolus, double membrane.
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
Many chemical reactions take place in the cell. Many
of these reactions happen on or inside the endoplasmic
reticulum. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a system
of membranes with many folds in which proteins, lipids,
and other materials are made.
The ER is also part of the cell’s delivery system. Its
folds have many tubes and passageways. Materials move
through the ER to other parts of the cell.
There are two types of ER: rough and smooth. Smooth
ER makes lipids and helps break down materials that READING CHECK
could damage the cell. Rough ER has ribosomes attached
7. Compare What is the
to it. The ribosomes make proteins. The proteins are then difference between smooth
delivered to other parts of the cell by the ER. ER and rough ER?
Endoplasmic reticulum
This organelle makes lipids,
breaks down drugs and other
substances, and packages
proteins for the Golgi complex.

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MITOCHONDRIA
A mitochondrion (plural, mitochondria) is the organ-
elle in which sugar is broken down to make energy. It is
the main power source for a cell.
A mitochondrion is covered by two membranes. Most
of a cell’s energy is made in the inside membrane. Energy
released by mitochondria is stored in a molecule called
ATP. The cell uses ATP to do work.
Mitochondria are about the same size as some bacteria.
Like bacteria, mitochondria have their own DNA. The DNA
READING CHECK in mitochondria is different from the cell’s DNA.
8. Compare How are Mitochondrion
mitochondria like bacteria? This organelle breaks down
food molecules to make ATP.
CHLOROPLASTS
Plants and algae have chloroplasts in some of their
cells. Chloroplasts are organelles in which photosynthesis
takes place. Photosynthesis is a process by which plants
Critical Thinking use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make sugar
and oxygen. Animal cells do not have chloroplasts.
9. Infer Why don’t animal
cells need chloroplasts? Chloroplasts are green because they contain a green
molecule called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll traps the energy
of sunlight. Mitochondria then use the sugar made in photo-
synthesis to make ATP.
Chloroplast
This organelle uses the energy
of sunlight to make food.
CYTOSKELETON
The cytoskeleton is a web of proteins inside the cell.
It acts as both a skeleton and a muscle. The cytoskeleton
helps the cell keep its shape. It also helps some cells,
such as bacteria, to move.
VESICLES
A vesicle is a small sac that surrounds material to be
moved. The vesicle moves material to other areas of the
cell or into or out of the cell. All eukaryotic cells have
vesicles.

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GOLGI COMPLEX
The Golgi complex is the organelle that packages and
distributes proteins. It is the “post office” of the cell. The
Golgi complex looks like the smooth ER.
The ER delivers lipids and proteins to the Golgi com-
plex. The Golgi complex can change the lipids and pro-
teins to do different jobs. The final products are then
enclosed in a piece of the Golgi complex’s membrane.
This membrane pinches off to form a vesicle. The vesicle
transports the materials to other parts of the cell or out
of the cell. READING CHECK
Golgi complex 10. Define What is the
This organelle processes and function of the Golgi
transports proteins and other complex?
materials out of cell.
LYSOSOMES
Lysosomes are organelles that contain digestive
enzymes. The enzymes destroy worn-out or damaged
organelles, wastes, and invading particles.
Lysosomes are found mainly in animal cells. The cell
wraps itself around a particle and encloses it in a vesicle.
Lysosomes bump into the vesicle and pour enzymes into
it. The enzymes break down the particles inside the vesi-
cle. Without lysosomes, old or dangerous materials could
build up and damage or kill the cell.
Lysosome
This organelle digests food
particles, wastes, cell parts,
and foreign invaders.
VACUOLES
A vacuole is a vesicle. In plant and fungal cells, some
vacuoles act like lysosomes. They contain enzymes that
help a cell digest particles. The large central vacuole in
plant cells stores water and other liquids. Large vacuoles
full of water help support the cell. Some plants wilt when
their vacuoles lose water. READING CHECK
11. Identify Vacuoles
Large central vacuole are found in what types of
This organelle stores water eukaryotic cells?
and other materials.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
cell wall a rigid structure that surrounds the cell lysosome a cell organelle that contains digestive
membrane and provides support to the cell enzymes
endoplasmic reticulum a system of membranes mitochondrion in eukaryotic cells, the cell
that is found in a cell’s cytoplasm and that assists organelle that is surrounded by two membranes
in the production, processing, and transport of and that is the site of cellular respiration
proteins and in the production of lipids ribosome cell organelle composed of RNA and
Golgi complex cell organelle that helps make protein; the site of protein synthesis
and package materials to be transported out vesicle a small cavity or sac that contains materials
of the cell in a eukaryotic cell
1. Compare Name three parts of a plant cell that are not found in an animal cell.
2. Explain How does a cell get water and nutrients?
3. Explain What would happen to an animal cell if it had no lysosomes?
4. Apply Concepts Which kind of cell in the human body do you think would have
more mitochondria—a muscle cell or a skin cell? Explain.
5. List What are two functions of the cytoskeleton?

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SECTION
3 The Organization of Living Things

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 1e
these questions:
• What are the advantages of being multicellular?
• What are the four levels of organization in living things?
• How are structure and function related in an organism?
What Is an Organism?
Anything that can perform life processes by itself is an STUDY TIP
organism. An organism made of a single cell is called a Outline As you read, make
unicellular organism. An organism made of many cells is a an outline of this section. Use
the heading questions from
multicellular organism. The cells in a multicellular organism the section in your outline.
depend on each other for the organism to survive.
READING CHECK
What Are the Benefits of Having Many Cells?
1. Define What is an
Some organisms exist as one cell. Others can be made of
organism?
trillions of cells. A multicellular organism is an organism
made of many cells.
There are three benefits of being multicellular: larger
size, longer life, and specialization of cells.
LARGER SIZE
Most multicellular organisms are bigger than one-celled
organisms. In general, a larger organism, such as an elephant,
has few predators. READING CHECK
2. Identify Name one way
LONGER LIFE that being large can benefit an
A multicellular organism usually lives longer than a organism.
one-celled organism. A one-celled organism is limited to
the life span of its one cell. The life span of a multicellular
organism, however, is not limited to the life span of any
one of its cells.
SPECIALIZATION
In a multicellular organism, each type of cell has a
particular job. Each cell does not have to do everything
the organism needs. Specialization makes the organism
more efficient.

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Standards Check What Are the Four Levels of Organization

LS 1d Specialized cells perform of Living Things?
specialized functions in Multicellular organisms have four levels of organization:
multicellular organisms. Groups
of specialized cells cooperate to Cell
form a tissue, such as a muscle.
Different tissues are in turn
grouped together and form
larger functional units, called
organs. Each type of cell, tissue,
and organ has a distinct structure
and set of functions that serve
the organism as a whole.
3. List What are the four Tissue Cells form

levels or organization for an tissues.
organism?
Organ Tissues form

organs.
Organs form
Organ system
organ systems.
TAKE A LOOK
4. Explain Are the cells
that make up heart tissue
prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
How do you know?
Organ systems form

organisms such as you.

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CELLS WORK TOGETHER AS TISSUES

A tissue is a group of cells that work together to per-
form a specific job. Heart muscle tissue, for example, is
Critical Thinking
5. Apply Concepts Do
made of many heart muscle cells.
prokaryotes have tissues?
Explain.
TISSUES WORK TOGETHER AS ORGANS
A structure made of two or more tissues that work
together to do a certain job is called an organ. Your
heart, for example, is an organ made of different tissues.
The heart has muscle tissues and nerve tissues that work
together.
ORGANS WORK TOGETHER AS ORGAN SYSTEMS

A group of organs working together to do a job is
called an organ system. An example of an organ sys-
tem is your digestive system. Organ systems depend on
each other to help the organism function. For example,
the digestive system depends on the cardiovascular and
respiratory systems for oxygen. Say It
Name With a partner, name
as many of the organs in the
HOW DOES STRUCTURE RELATE TO FUNCTION?
human body as you can.
In an organism, the structure and function of part are
related. Function is the job the part does. Structure is
the arrangement of parts in an organism. It includes the
shape of a part or the material the part is made of.
Oxygen-poor
blood
The function of the lungs is to
bring oxygen to the body and
get rid of carbon dioxide. The Oxygen-rich
structure of the lungs helps blood
them to perform their function.
The lungs contain

tiny, spongy sacs
that blood can flow
through. Carbon
dioxide moves out
of the blood and
into the sacs.
Oxygen flows from
the sacs into the
Blood vessels blood. If the lungs
didn’t have this
structure, it would
be hard for them
to perform their
function.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
function the special, normal, or proper activity of organism a living thing; anything that can carry
an organ or part out life processes independently
organ a collection of tissues that carry out a structure the arrangement of parts in an organism
specialized function of the body tissue a group of similar cells that perform a
organ system a group of organisms that work common function
together to perform body functions
1. List What are three benefits of being multicellular?
2. Apply Concepts Could an organism have organs but no tissues? Explain.
3. Compare How are structure and function different?
4. Explain What does “specialization of cells” mean?
5. Apply Concepts Why couldn’t your heart have only cardiac tissue?
6. Explain Why do multicellular organisms generally live longer than unicellular

organisms?

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SECTION
1 Exchange with the Environment

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1c
these questions:
• How do cells take in food and get rid of wastes?
• What is diffusion?
Where Do Cells Get the Materials They Need?

What would happen to a factory if its power were shut STUDY TIP
off or its supply of materials never arrived? What would Compare As you read, make
happen if the factory couldn’t get rid of its garbage? Like a chart comparing diffusion
and osmosis. In your chart,
a factory, an organism must be able to get energy and raw show how they are similar
materials and get rid of wastes. These jobs are done by and how they are different.
an organism’s cells. Materials move in and out of the cell
across the cell membrane. Many materials, such as water
and oxygen, can cross the membrane by diffusion.
What Is Diffusion?
The figure below shows what happens when dye is
placed on top of a layer of gelatin. Over time, the dye
mixes with the gelatin. Why does this happen?
Everything, including the gelatin and the dye, is made
of tiny moving particles. Particles tend to move from
places where they are crowded to places where they are
less crowded. When there are many of one type of
particle, this is a high concentration. When there are
fewer of one kind of particle, this is a low concentration.
The movement from areas of high concentration to areas READING CHECK
of low concentration is called diffusion. 1. Define What is diffusion?
At first, the dye
and the gelatin
are separate
from each
other.
Dye
Gelatin
TAKE A LOOK
2. Identify How do dye
particles move through the
After a while, the particles in the water?
dye move into the gelatin. This
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SECTION 1 Exchange with the Environment continued
DIFFUSION OF WATER
Substances, such as water, are made up of particles
Critical Thinking called molecules. Pure water has the highest concentration
3. Apply Concepts Which of water molecules. This means that 100% of the molecules
of the following has a higher are water molecules. If you mix another substance, such as
concentration of water
food coloring, into the water, you lower the concentration
molecules—200 molecules
of water, or a mixture of of water molecules. This means that water molecules no
300 molecules of water longer make up 100% of the total molecules.
and 100 molecules of food The figure below shows a container that has been divided
coloring? Explain your answer.
by a membrane. The membrane is semipermeable—that is,
only some substances can pass through it. The membrane
lets smaller molecules, such as water, pass through. Larger
molecules, such as food coloring, cannot pass through.
Water molecules will move across the membrane. The
diffusion of water through a membrane is called osmosis.
Osmosis
1 Water mixed with 2 Water mixed with
Pure water food coloring Pure water food coloring
TAKE A LOOK
4. Explain Why does the
volume of liquid in the
Semipermeable
right-hand side of the Pure water has Semipermeable membrane
the highest membrane
container increase with time? concentration Over time, water
of water The concentration molecules move
molecules. of water molecules into the water-food
in the mixture coloring mixture.
is lower.
A cell membrane is a type of semipermeable membrane.

This means that water can pass through the cell membrane,
but most other substances cannot. The cells of organisms
are surrounded by and filled with fluids. These fluids are
made mostly of water. Water moves in and out of a cell by
READING CHECK osmosis.
5. Identify How does water
move into and out of cells?

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SECTION 1 Exchange with the Environment continued
How Do Small Particles Enter and Leave a Cell?

Small particles, such as sugars, can cross the cell
membrane through passageways called channels. These
channels in the cell membrane are made of proteins.
Particles can travel through these channels by passive
transport or by active transport.
During passive transport, particles move through the
cell membrane without using energy from the cell. During
passive transport, particles move from areas of high con-
centration to areas of lower concentration. Diffusion and
osmosis are examples of passive transport.
During active transport, the cell has to use energy to
move particles through channels. During active transport,
particles usually move from areas of low concentration to
areas of high concentration. READING CHECK
6. Identify What is needed
How Do Large Particles Enter and Leave a Cell? to move particles from areas
Large particles cannot move across a cell membrane of low concentration to areas
of high concentration?
in the same ways as small particles. Larger particles must
move in and out of the cell by endocytosis and exocytosis.
Both processes require energy from the cell.
Endocytosis happens when a cell surrounds a large
particle and encloses it in a vesicle. A vesicle is a sac
formed from a piece of cell membrane.
Endocytosis
1 The cell comes

into contact with
2 The cell membrane
begins to wrap
3 Once the particle
is completely sur-
TAKE A LOOK
a particle. around the particle. rounded, a vesicle 7. Identify Label the vesicle
pinches off. in the figure.
Exocytosis happens when a cell uses a vesicle to move a

particle from within the cell to outside the cell. Exocytosis is
how cells get rid of large waste particles.
Exocytosis
1 Large particles that 2 The vesicle travels to 3 The cell releases
must leave the cell the cell membrane the particle to the
are packaged in and fuses with it. outside of the cell.
vesicles.

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Section 1 Review NSES LS 1a, 1c
SECTION VOCABULARY
active transport the movement of substances exocytosis the process in which a cell releases
across the cell membrane that requires the cell a particle by enclosing the particle in a vesicle
to use energy that then moves to the cell surface and fuses
diffusion the movement of particles from with the cell membrane
regions of higher density to regions of lower osmosis the diffusion of water through a
density semipermeable membrane
endocytosis the process by which a cell mem- passive transport the movement of substances
brane surrounds a particle and encloses the across a cell membrane without the use of
particle in a vesicle to bring the particle into energy by the cell
the cell
1. Compare How is endocytosis different from exocytosis? How are they similar?
2. Explain How is osmosis related to diffusion?
3. Compare What are the differences between active and passive transport?
4. Identify What structures allow small particles to cross cell membranes?
5. Apply Concepts Draw an arrow in the figure below to show the direction that
water molecules will move in.
semipermeable
membrane
water mixed
with sugar
pure water

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SECTION
2 Cell Energy
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1c, 4c
these questions:
• How do plant cells make food?
• How do plant and animal cells get energy from food?
How Does a Plant Make Food?

The sun is the major source of energy for life on Earth. STUDY TIP
Plants use carbon dioxide, water, and the sun’s energy to Compare As you read
make food in a process called photosynthesis. The food this section, make a Venn
Diagram to compare cellular
that plants make gives them energy. When animals eat respiration and fermentation.
plants, the plants become sources of energy for the animals.
Plant cells have molecules called pigments that absorb
light energy. Chlorophyll is the main pigment used in
photosynthesis. Chlorophyll is found in chloroplasts.
The food plants make is a simple sugar called glucose.
Photosynthesis also produces oxygen. READING CHECK
1. Identify In which cell
structures does photosynthesis
Photosynthesis
take place?
6CO2 ⴙ 6H2O ⴙ light energy C6H12O6 ⴙ 6O2
Carbon Water Glucose Oxygen
dioxide
Plant cell Chloroplast
TAKE A LOOK
2. Identify What two
materials are produced
during photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis takes place in chloroplasts. Chloroplasts are

found inside plant cells.

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SECTION 2 Cell Energy continued
How Do Organisms Get Energy from Food?

Both plant and animal cells must break down food
molecules to get energy from them. There are two ways
cells get energy: cellular respiration and fermentation.
During cellular respiration, cells use oxygen to
STANDARDS CHECK
break down food. During fermentation, food is broken
LS 1c Cells carry on the many
functions needed to sustain life. down without oxygen. Cellular respiration releases more
They grow and divide, thereby energy from food than fermentation. Most eukaryotes,
requires that they take in such as plants and animals, use cellular respiration.
nutrients, which they use to
provide energy for the work that
cells do and to make the materials What Happens During Cellular Respiration?
a cell or an organism needs.
When you hear the word respiration, you might think
Word Help: function of breathing. However, cellular respiration is different
to work from breathing. Cellular respiration is a chemical process
Word Help: energy that happens in cells. In eukaryotic cells, such as plant
the capacity to do work and animal cells, cellular respiration takes place in struc-
3. Identify Name two
tures called mitochondria.
ways cells can get energy Recall that to get energy, cells must break down glu-
from food. cose. During cellular respiration, glucose is broken down
into carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O), and energy is
released. This energy is stored in a molecule called ATP
(adenosine triphosphate). The figure below shows how
energy is released when a cow eats grass.
Cellular respiration
C6H12O6 ⴙ 6O2 6CO2 ⴙ 6H2O ⴙ energy (ATP)
TAKE A LOOK Glucose Oxygen Carbon Water
4. Identify What two dioxide
materials are needed for
cellular respiration? Mitochondria
5. List What three things

are produced during cellular
respiration?
Animal cell
The mitochondria in the cells of this cow will use cellular respiration to release
the energy stored in the grass.

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SECTION 2 Cell Energy continued
The Connection Between Photosynthesis

and Cellular Respiration
Cellular respiration
Cellular respiration releases
Critical Thinking
carbon dioxide and water. 6. Apply Concepts What
These are used by plant cells would happen if oxygen
in photosynthesis. (ATP)
were not produced during
Light photosynthesis?
energy
CO2 ⴙ H2O
Mitochondrion
Chloroplast
C6H12O6 ⴙ O2
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis uses
carbon dioxide and water TAKE A LOOK
and produces glucose and 7. Complete Plant and
oxygen. Plant and animal animal cells use glucose
cells use glucose and and oxygen to make
Plant cell Animal cell
oxygen to make ATP in
cellular respiration. .
How Is Fermentation Different from

Cellular Respiration?
During fermentation, cells break down glucose without Say It
oxygen. Some bacteria and fungi rely only on fermentation to Research Use the school
release energy from food. However, cells in other organisms library or the Internet to
research an organism that
may use fermentation when there is not enough oxygen for uses fermentation. What kind
cellular respiration. of organism is it? Where is it
When you exercise, your muscles use up oxygen very found? Is this organism use-
ful to humans? Present your
quickly. When cells don’t have enough oxygen, they must
findings to the class.
use fermentation to get energy. Fermentation creates a
byproduct called lactic acid. This is what makes your
muscles ache if you exercise too hard or too long.

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Section 2 Review NSES LS 1c, 4c
SECTION VOCABULARY
cellular respiration the process by which cells photosynthesis the process by which plants,
use oxygen to produce energy from food algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon
fermentation the breakdown of food without dioxide, and water to make food.
the use of oxygen
1. Identify What kind of cells have chloroplasts?
2. Explain How do plant cells make food?
3. Explain Why do plant cells need both chloroplasts and mitochondria?
4. Apply Concepts How do the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration

work together?
5. Compare What is one difference between cellular respiration and fermentation?
6. Explain Do your body cells always use cellular respiration to break down
glucose? Explain your answer.

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SECTION
3 The Cell Cycle

National Science
BEFORE YOU READ
Education Standards
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1c, 2d
these questions:
• How are new cells made?
• What is mitosis?
• How is cell division different in animals and plants?
How Are New Cells Made?

As you grow, you pass through different stages in your STUDY TIP
life. Cells also pass through different stages in their life Summarize As you read
cycles. These stages are called the cell cycle. The cell this section, make a diagram
showing the stages of the
cycle starts when a cell is made, and ends when the cell eukaryotic cell cycle.
divides to make new cells.
Before a cell divides, it makes a copy of its DNA
(deoxyribonucleic acid). DNA is a molecule that con-
tains all the instructions for making new cells. The DNA
is stored in structures called chromosomes. Cells make
copies of their chromosomes so that new cells have the
same chromosomes as the parent cells. Although all cells
pass through a cell cycle, the process differs in prokaryotic
and eukaryotic cells. READING CHECK
1. Explain What must happen
How Do Prokaryotic Cells Divide? before a cell can divide?
Prokaryotes have only one cell. Prokaryotic cells have
no nucleus. They also have no organelles that are sur-
rounded by membranes. The DNA for prokaryotic cells,
such as bacteria, is found on one circular chromosome.
The cell divides by a process called binary fission.
During binary fission, the cell splits into two parts. Each
part has one copy of the cell’s DNA.
TAKE A LOOK
2. Complete Prokaryotic
cells divide by
Bacteria reproduce by binary fission. .

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SECTION 3 The Cell Cycle continued
How Do Eukaryotic Cells Divide?

Different kinds of eukaryotes have different numbers
of chromosomes. However, complex eukaryotes do not
always have more chromosomes than simpler eukary-
otes. For example, potatoes have 48 chromosomes, but
humans have 46. Many eukaryotes, including humans,
have pairs of similar chromosomes. These pairs are
called homologous chromosomes. One chromosome in
a pair comes from each parent.
Critical Thinking Cell division in eukaryotic cells is more complex than
3. Compare What is the in prokaryotic cells. The cell cycle of a eukaryotic cell
difference between a has three stages: interphase, mitosis, and cytokinesis.
chromosome and a
chromatid?
The first stage of the cell cycle is called interphase.
During interphase, the cell grows and makes copies of
its chromosomes and organelles. The two copies of a
chromosome are called chromatids. The two chromatids
are held together at the centromere.
This duplicated chromosome
consists of two chromatids.
The chromatids are joined at
the centromere.
Chromatids
Centromere
The second stage of the cell cycle is called mitosis.

During this stage, the chromatids separate. This allows
each new cell to get a copy of each chromosome. Mitosis
happens in four phases, as shown in the figure on the next
page: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
The third stage of the cell cycle is called cytokinesis.
During this stage, the cytoplasm of the cell divides to
form two cells. These two cells are called daughter cells.
READING CHECK The new daughter cells are exactly the same as each other.
4. Identify What are the They are also exactly the same as the original cell.
three stages of the eukaryotic
cell cycle?
THE CELL CYCLE
The figure on the following page shows the cell cycle.
In this example, the stages of the cell cycle are shown in
a eukaryotic cell that has only four chromosomes.

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SECTION 3 The Cell Cycle continued
Interphase Before mitosis Mitosis Phase 1 (Prophase)

begins, chromosomes are cop- Mitosis begins. Chromatids
ied. Each chromosome is then condense from long strands to
made of two chromatids. thick rods.
Math Focus
5. Calculate Cell A takes
6 h to complete division.
Cell B takes 8 h to complete
division. After 24 h, how
Mitosis Phase 2 (Metaphase) Mitosis Phase 3 (Anaphase) many more copies of cell A
The nuclear membrane dissolves. Chromatids separate and move
Chromosome pairs line up to opposite sides of the cell.
than cell B will there be?
around the equator of the cell.
TAKE A LOOK
6. List What are the four
phases of mitosis?
Mitosis Phase 4 (Telophase) Cytokinesis In cells with no

A nuclear membrane forms cell wall, the cell pinches in two.
around each set of chromo-
somes. The chromosomes
unwind. Mitosis is complete.
7. Identify What structure

do plant cells have during
cytokinesis that animal cells
do not have?
In cells with a cell wall, a cell

plate forms and separates the
new cells.

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Section 3 Review NSES LS 1c, 2d
SECTION VOCABULARY
cell cycle the life cycle of a cell homologous chromosomes chromosomes that
chromosome in a eukaryotic cell, one of the struc- have the same sequence of genes and the
tures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA and same structure
protein; in a prokaryotic cell, the main ring of DNA mitosis in eukaryotic cells, a process of cell
cytokinesis the division of cytoplasm of a cell division that forms two new nuclei, each of
which has the same number of chromosomes
1. Compare How does the DNA of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells differ?
2. Summarize Complete the Process Chart to explain the three stages of the cell
cycle. Include the four phases of mitosis.
Mitosis begins with prophase. The chromosomes condense.
During telophase the nuclear membrane forms. The chromosomes lengthen and
mitosis ends.
3. Explain Why does a cell make a copy of its DNA before it divides?
4. Infer Why is cell division in eukaryotic cells more complex than in prokaryotic cells?

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CHAPTER 5 Heredity
SECTION
1 Mendel and His Peas

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 2b, 2e
these questions:
• What is heredity?
• How did Gregor Mendel study heredity?
What Is Heredity?
Why don’t you look like a rhinoceros? The answer to STUDY TIP
that question seems simple. Neither of your parents is a Define As you read this
rhinoceros. Only a human can pass on its traits to make section, make a list of all of
the underlined and italicized
another human. Your parents passed some of their traits words. Write a definition for
on to you. The passing of traits from parents to offspring each of the words.
is called heredity.
About 150 years ago, a monk named Gregor Mendel
performed experiments on heredity. His discoveries
helped establish the field of genetics. Genetics is the
study of how traits are passed on, or inherited. READING CHECK
1. Define What is genetics?
Who Was Gregor Mendel?
Gregor Mendel was born in Austria in 1822. He grew
up on a farm where he learned a lot about flowers and
fruit trees. When he was 21 years old, Mendel entered a
monastery. A monastery is a place where monks study
and practice religion. The monks at Mendel’s monastery
also taught science and performed scientific experiments.
Mendel studied pea plants in the monastery garden to
learn how traits are passed from parents to offspring. He
used garden peas because they grow quickly. They also
have many traits, such as height and seed color, that are
easy to see. His results changed the way people think
about how traits are passed on. READING CHECK
2. Explain Why did Mendel
choose to study pea plants?
Gregor Mendel discovered

the principles of heredity
while studying pea plants.

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SECTION 1 Mendel and His Peas continued
REPRODUCTION IN PEAS
Like many flowering plants, pea plants have both male
and female reproductive parts. Many flowering plants can
reproduce by cross-pollination. In most plants, sperm are
carried in structures called pollen. In cross-pollination,
sperm in the pollen of one plant fertilize eggs in the flower
of another plant. Pollen can be carried by organisms, such
as insects. It may also be carried by the wind from one
flower to another.
Some flowering plants must use cross-pollination.
Critical Thinking They need another plant to reproduce. However, some
3. Compare What is the plants, including pea plants, can also reproduce by self-
difference between pollination. In self-pollination, sperm from one plant fer-
cross-pollination and
tilize the eggs of the same plant.
self-pollination?
Mendel used self-pollination in pea plants to grow
true-breeding plants for his experiments. When a
true-breeding plant self-pollinates, its offspring all have
the same traits as the parent. For example, a true-breeding
plant with purple flowers always has offspring with purple
flowers.
Self-pollination
Cross-pollination
by animals
Stigma
Cross-pollination
by wind
Pollen
Anther
TAKE A LOOK
4. Identify What are two
ways pollen can travel from
Ovary Petal
one plant to another during
cross-pollination? Ovule
During pollination, pollen from the anther (male) is carried to the stigma
(female). Fertilization happens when a sperm from the pollen moves through the
stigma and enters an egg in an ovule.

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CHARACTERISTICS
A characteristic is a feature that has different forms.
For example, hair color is a characteristic of humans.
The different forms or colors, such as brown or red hair,
are traits. READING CHECK
Mendel studied one characteristic of peas at a time. He 5. Explain How are
used plants that had different traits for each characteris- characteristics and
tic he studied. One characteristic he studied was flower traits related?
color. He chose plants that had purple flowers and plants
that had white flowers. He also studied other characteris-
tics, such as seed shape, pod color, and plant height.
CROSSING PEA PLANTS

Mendel was careful to use true-breeding plants in his
experiments. By choosing these plants, he would know
what to expect if his plants self-pollinated. He decided to
Say It
Describe How would you
find out what would happen if he bred, or crossed, two describe yourself? Make a list
plants that had different traits. of your physical traits, such
as height, hair color, and eye
color. List other traits you
have that you weren’t born
This plant produces with. Share this list with your
wrinkled seeds. classmates. Which of these
This plant produces traits did you inherit?
round seeds.
Pollen is
tr a
n sf e
r re
Anther
TAKE A LOOK
d.
6. Describe How did

Stigma
Mendel make sure that the
plant with round seeds did
Anthers are not self-pollinate?
removed.
Mendel removed the anthers from a plant that made round seeds. Then,
he used pollen from a plant that made wrinkled seeds to fertilize the
plant that made round seeds.

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What Happened in Mendel’s First Experiments?

Mendel studied seven different characteristics in his
first experiments with peas. He crossed plants that were
true-breeding for different traits. For example, he crossed
plants that had purple flowers with plants that had white
flowers. The offspring from such a cross are called
first-generation plants. All of the first-generation plants
in this cross had purple flowers. What happened to the
trait for white flowers?
Mendel got similar results for each cross. One trait
was always present in the first generation and the other
trait seemed to disappear. Mendel called the trait that
appeared the dominant trait. He called the other trait
the recessive trait. To recede means “to go away or
back off.” To find out what happened to the recessive
READING CHECK trait, Mendel did another set of experiments.
7. Identify What kind of
trait appeared in the first What Happened in Mendel’s Second
generation? Experiment?
Mendel let the first-generation plants self-pollinate.
Some of the offspring were white-flowered, even though
the parent was purple-flowered. The recessive trait for
white flowers had reappeared in the second generation.
Mendel did the same experiment on plants with seven
different characteristics. Each time, some of the second-
generation plants had the recessive trait.
Parent Generation First Generation
All flowers are purple.
A mature plant
Pollen is allowed to
transfer self-pollinate.
TAKE A LOOK
8. Identify What type of Second Generation
traits appeared in the second For every three plants that have
generation? purple flowers, there is one
plant that has white flowers.

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RATIOS IN MENDEL’S EXPERIMENTS

Mendel counted the number of plants that had each
trait in the second generation. He hoped that this might
help him explain his results.
As you can see from the table below, the recessive
trait did not show up as often as the dominant trait.
Mendel decided to figure out the ratio of dominant traits
to recessive traits. A ratio is a relationship between two
numbers. It is often written as a fraction. For example,
the second generation produced 705 plants with purple
flowers and 224 plants with white flowers. Mendel used
this formula to calculate the ratios:
705 ____
____ 3.15 or 3.15:1
224 1
Characteristic
Dominant
trait
Recessive
trait Ratio
Math Focus
9. Find Ratios Calculate the
ratios of the other pea plant
705 224 characteristics in the table.
Flower color 3.15:1
purple white
6,002 2,001
Seed color
yellow green
5,474 1,850
Seed shape
round wrinkled
428 152
Pod color
green yellow
882 299
Pod shape
smooth bumpy
Flower
position
651
along
207
at tip
Math Focus
stem 10. Round Round off all
numbers in the ratios to
whole numbers. What ratio
Plant 787 277 do you get?
height tall short
What Did Mendel Conclude?

Mendel knew that his results could be explained only
if each plant had two sets of instructions for each char-
acteristic. He concluded that each parent gives one set of
instructions to the offspring. The dominant set of instruc-
tions determines the offspring’s traits.
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Section 1 Review NSES LS 2b, 2e
SECTION VOCABULARY
dominant trait the trait observed in the first recessive trait a trait that is apparent only when
generation when parents that have different two recessive alleles for the same characteristic
traits are bred are inherited
heredity the passing of genetic traits from
parent to offspring
1. Define What is a true-breeding plant?
2. Apply Concepts Cats may have straight or curly ears. A curly-eared cat mated with
a straight-eared cat. All the kittens had curly ears. Are curly ears a dominant or
recessive trait? Explain your answer.
3. Summarize Complete the cause and effect map to summarize Mendel’s

experiments on flower color in pea plants.
True-breeding plants
with purple flowers
were crossed
to produce
When self-pollinated, they produced

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CHAPTER 5 Heredity
SECTION
2 Traits and Inheritance

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e
these questions:
• What did Mendel’s experiments tell him about heredity?
• Are there exceptions to Medel’s laws of heredity?
What Did Mendel Learn About Heredity?

Mendel knew from his pea plant experiments that there STUDY TIP
must be two sets of instructions for each characteristic. All Organize As you read, make
of the first-generation plants showed the dominant trait. a Concept Map using the
vocabulary words highlighted
However, they could give the recessive trait to their offspring. in the section.
Instructions for an inherited trait are called genes. Offspring
have two sets of genes—one from each parent.
The two sets of genes that parents give to offspring are
never exactly the same. The same gene might have more
than one version. The different versions of a gene are called
alleles. READING CHECK
Alleles may be dominant or recessive. A trait for an 1. Define What is an allele?
organism is usually identified with two letters, one for
each allele. Dominant alleles are given capital letters
(A). Recessive alleles are given lowercase letters (a). If a
dominant allele is present, it will hide a recessive allele.
An organism can have a recessive trait only if it gets a
recessive allele for that trait from both parents.
PHENOTYPE
An organism’s genes affect its traits. The appearance
of an organism, or how it looks, is called its phenotype.
The phenotypes for flower color in Mendel’s pea plants
were purple and white. The figure below shows one
example of a human phenotype. READING CHECK
2. Define What is a
phenotype?
Albinism is an inherited
disorder that affects a
person’s phenotype in
many ways.

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SECTION 2 Traits and Inheritance continued
GENOTYPE
A genotype is the combination of alleles that an ogan-
ism gets from its parents. A plant with two dominant
or two recessive alleles (PP, pp) is homozygous. Homo
means “the same.” A plant with one dominant allele and
one recessive allele (Pp) is heterozygous. Hetero means
“different.” The allele for purple flowers (P) in pea plants
is dominant. The plant will have purple flowers even if it
READING CHECK has only one P allele.
alleles does a heterozygous PUNNETT SQUARES
individual have? A Punnett square is used to predict the possible geno-
types of offspring from certain parents. It can be used to
show the alleles for any trait. In a Punnett square, the alleles
for one parent are written along the top of the square. The
alleles for the other parent are written along the side of the
square. The possible genotypes of offspring are found by
combining the letters at the top and side of each square.
A true-breeding
white flower ( pp)
A true-breeding
purple flower (PP)
P P
TAKE A LOOK
4. Identify Is the plant with
P Pp Pp
white flowers homozygous or
heterozygous? How can you
tell?
P Pp Pp
All of the offspring for this cross have the

same genotype—Pp.
The figure shows a Punnett square for a cross of two

true-breeding plants. One has purple flowers and the
other has white flowers. The alleles for a true-breeding
purple-flowered plant are written as PP. The alleles for
a true-breeding white flowered plant are written as pp.
Offspring get one of their two alleles from each parent.
All of the offspring from this cross will have the same
genotype: Pp. Because they have a dominant allele, all of
the offspring will have purple flowers.

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MORE EVIDENCE FOR INHERITANCE

In his second experiments, Mendel let the first-
generation plants self-pollinate. He did this by covering
the flowers of the plant. This way, no pollen from another
plant could fertilize its eggs. The Punnett square below
shows a cross of a plant that has the genotype Pp.
A self-pollinating
purple flower
Male Alleles
P p
This Punnett square
shows the possible
results from the cross
Pp ⴛ Pp.
TAKE A LOOK
Female Alleles
P PP Pp
5. List What are the possible
genotypes of the offspring in
this cross?
p pP pp
Notice that one square shows the genotype Pp and another

shows pP. These are exactly the same genotype. They both
have one p allele and one P allele. The combinations PP, Pp,
and pP have the same phenotype—purple flowers. This is
because they all have at least one dominant allele, P. READING CHECK
Only one combination, pp, produces plants that have 6. Explain Why do the
white flowers. The ratio of dominant phenotypes to genotypes PP, Pp, and pP all
recessive phenotypes is 3:1. This means that three out of have the same phenotype?
four offspring from that cross will have purple flowers.
This is the same ratio Mendel found.
What Is the Chance That Offspring Will

Receive a Certain Allele?
Each parent has two alleles for each gene. When an
individual reproduces, it passes one of its two alleles to
its offspring. When a parent has two different alleles for
a gene, such as Pp, offspring may receive either of the
alleles. Both alleles have an equal chance to be passed
from the parent to the offspring.
Think of a coin toss. When you toss the coin, there is a
50% chance you will get heads, and a 50% chance you will
get tails. The chance of the offspring receiving one allele
or another from a parent is as random as a coin toss.
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PROBABILITY
The mathematical chance that something will happen
is known as probability. Probability is usually written as
a fraction or percentage. If you toss a coin, the probabil-
ity of tossing tails is 1/2, or 50%. In other words, you will
get tails half of the time.
What is the probability that you will toss two heads in
a row? To find out, multiply the probability of tossing the
first head (1/2) by the probability of tossing the second
head (1/2). The probability of tossing two heads in a row
is 1/4.
GENOTYPE PROBABILITY
Finding the probability of certain genotypes for off-
spring is like predicting the results of a coin toss. To have
white flowers, a pea plant must receive a p allele from
each parent. Each offspring of a Pp Pp cross has a 50%
chance of receiving either allele from either parent. So,
the probability of inheriting two p alleles is 1/2 1/2.
This equals 1/4, or 25%.
P p
Math Focus P
7. Complete Complete
the Punnett square to show
the cross between two
heterozygous parents. What
percentage of the offspring
p
are homozygous?
Are There Exceptions to Mendel’s Principles?

Mendel’s experiments helped show the basic principles
of how genes are passed from one generation to the next.
Mendel studied sets of traits such as flower color and seed
shape. The traits he studied in pea plants are easy to pre-
READING CHECK dict because there are only two choices for each trait.
8. Explain Why were color Traits in other organisms are often harder to predict.
and seed shape in pea plants Some traits are affected by more than one gene. A single
good traits for Mendel to study? gene may affect more than one trait. As scientists learned
more about heredity, they found exceptions to Mendel’s
principles.

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INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE
Sometimes, one trait isn’t completely dominant over
another. These traits do not blend together, but each Critical Thinking
allele has an influence on the traits of offspring. This is 9. Infer If snapdragons
called incomplete dominance. For example, the offspring showed complete dominance
like pea plants, what would
of a true-breeding red snapdragon and a true-breeding
the offspring look like?
white snapdragon are all pink. This is because both alleles
for the gene influence color.
R1 R1
R2 R1 R 2 R1 R 2
R2 R1 R 2 R1 R 2
The offspring of two true-breeding show

incomplete dominance.
Critical Thinking
10. Compare How is the
ONE GENE, MANY TRAITS allele for fur color in tigers
different from the allele for
In Mendel’s studies, one gene controlled one trait. flower color in pea plants?
However, some genes affect more than one trait. For
example, some tigers have white fur instead of orange.
These white tigers also have blue eyes. This is because
the gene that controls fur color also affects eye color.
MANY GENES, ONE TRAIT

Some traits, such as the color of your skin, hair, and
eyes, are the result of several genes acting together. In
humans, different combinations of many alleles can result
in a variety of heights. READING CHECK
11. Identify Give an example

THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENT of a single trait that is affect-
Genes are not the only things that can affect an organism’s ed by more than one gene.
traits. Traits are also affected by factors in the environment.
For example, human height is affected not only by genes.
Height is also influenced by nutrition. An individual who has
plenty of food to eat may be taller than one who does not.
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SECTION VOCABULARY
allele one of the alternative forms of a gene that phenotype an organism’s appearance or other
governs a characteristic, such as hair color detectable characteristic
gene one set of instructions for an inherited trait probability the likelihood that a possible future
genotype the entire genetic makeup of an event will occur in any given instance of the
organism; also the combination of genes for event
one or more specific traits
1. Identify Relationships How are genes and alleles related?
2. Explain How is it possible for two individuals to have the same phenotype but
different genotype for a trait?
3. Punnett Square Mendel allowed a pea plant that was heterozygous for yellow
seeds (Y) to self-pollinate. Fill in the Punnett square below for this cross.What
percentage of the offspring will have green (y) seeds?
Y y
4. Discuss How is human height an exception to Mendel’s principles of heredity?

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CHAPTER 5 Heredity
SECTION
3 Meiosis
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1c, 1d, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d
these questions:
• What are sex cells?
• How does meiosis help explain Mendel’s results?
How Do Organisms Reproduce?

When organisms reproduce, their genetic information STUDY TIP
is passed on to their offspring. There are two kinds of Summarize Make flashcards
reproduction: asexual and sexual. that show the steps of meio-
sis. On the front of the cards,
write the steps of meiosis.
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION On the back of the cards,
In asexual reproduction, only one parent is needed to write what happens at each
step. Practice arranging the
produce offspring. Asexual reproduction produces off- steps in the correct order.
spring with exact copies of the parent’s genotype.
SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
In sexual reproduction, cells from two parents join to
form offspring. Sexual reproduction produces offspring
that share traits with both parents. However, the off-
spring are not exactly like either parent.
What Are Homologous Chromosomes?

Recall that genes are the instructions for inherited
traits. Genes are located on chromosomes. Each human
body cell has a total of 46 chromosomes, or 23 pairs. A
pair of chromosomes that carry the same sets of genes
are called homologous chromosomes. One chromosome READING CHECK
from a pair comes from each parent. 1. Define What are
homologous chromosomes?
TAKE A LOOK
2. Identify How many total
chromosomes are in each
human body cell?
Human body cells have 23 pairs of chromosomes. One member
of a pair of homologous chomosomes has been magnified.

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SECTION 3 Meiosis continued
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What Are Sex Cells?

In sexual reproduction, cells from two parents join
to make offspring. However, only certain cells can join.
Cells that can join to make offspring are called sex cells.
READING CHECK An egg is a female sex cell. A sperm is a male sex cell.
3. Explain How are sex cells Unlike ordinary body cells, sex cells do not have homo-
different from ordinary body logous chromosomes.
cells? Imagine a pair of shoes. Each shoe is like a chromo-
some and the pair represents a homologous pair of
chromosomes. Recall that your body cells have a total of
23 pairs of “shoes,” or homologous chromosomes. Each
sex cell, however, has only one of the chromosomes from
each homologous pair. Sex cells have only one “shoe”
STANDARDS CHECK from each pair. How do sex cells end up with only one
LS 2b In many species, including chromosome from each pair?
humans, females produce eggs
and males produce sperm...An
egg and sperm unite to begin
development of a new individual.
How Are Sex Cells Made?
The individual receives genetic Sex cells are made during meiosis. Meiosis is a copy-
information from its mother
(via the egg) and its father (via ing process that produces cells with half the usual num-
the sperm). Sexually produced ber of chromosomes. Meiosis keeps the total number of
offspring never are identical to
either of their parents. chromosomes the same from one generation to the next.
In meiosis, each sex cell that is made gets only one
4. Define What is the
function of meiosis? chromosome from each homologous pair. For example, a
human egg cell has 23 chromosomes and a sperm cell has
23 chromosomes. When these sex cells later join together
during reproduction, they form pairs. The new cell has
46 chromosomes, or 23 pairs. The figure on the next page
describes the steps of meiosis. To make the steps easy to
see, only four chromosomes are shown.

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Steps of Meiosis
First cell division
Critical Thinking
5. Predict What would hap-
pen if meiosis did not occur?
1 The chromosomes are copied 2 The nuclear membrane disappears.
before meiosis begins. The Pairs of homologous chromosomes
identical copies, or chromatids, line up at the equator of the cell.
are joined together.
3 The chromosomes separate 4 The nuclear membrane re-forms,

from their homologous partners. and the cell divides. The paired
Then they move to the opposite chromatids are still joined.
ends of the cell.
Second cell division
5 Each cell contains one member 6 The nuclear membrane disappears.

of the homologous chromosome The chromosomes line up along
pair. The chromosomes are not the equator of each cell.
copied again between the two
cell divisions.
TAKE A LOOK
6. Identify How many times
does the cell nucleus divide
during meiosis?
7. Identify At the end of

meiosis, how many sex cells
7 The chromatids pull apart and 8 Four new cells have formed from have been produced from
move to opposite ends of the the original cell. Each new cell has one cell?
cell. The nuclear membranes half the number of chromosomes as
re-form, and the cells divide. the original cell.

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How Does Meiosis Explain Mendel’s Results?

Mendel knew that eggs and sperm give the same amount
of information to offspring. However, he did not know how
traits were actually carried in the cell. Many years later, a
scientist named Walter Sutton was studying grasshopper
sperm cells. He knew about Mendel’s work. When he saw
chromosomes separating during meiosis, he made an impor-
tant conclusion: genes are located on chromosomes.
Critical Thinking The figure below shows what happens to chromosomes
8. Identify Relationships during meiosis and fertilization in pea plants. The cross
How did Sutton’s work build shown is between two true-breeding plants. One produces
on Mendel’s work?
round seeds and the other produces wrinkled seeds.
Meiosis and Dominance
Male Parent In the plant cell nucleus Female Parent In the plant cell
below, each homologous chromosome nucleus below, each homologous
has an allele for seed shape. Each chromosome has an allele for seed
allele carries the same instructions: to shape. Each allele carries the same
make wrinkled seeds. instructions: to make round seeds.
Wrinkled-seed Round-seed
alleles (rr) alleles (RR )
Meiosis Meiosis
Sperm cell nucleus Egg cell nucleus
Wrinkled-seed Round-seed
allele (r) Fertilization allele (R)
TAKE A LOOK Wrinkled-seed allele (r)
9. Explain In this figure, Round-seed allele (R)

how many genotypes are
possible for the offspring?
Explain your answer. First generation
(Rr)
a After meiosis, each sperm b Fertilization of any egg by

cell has a recessive allele any sperm gives the same
for wrinkled seeds. Each genotype (Rr) and the same
egg cell has a dominant phenotype (round). This
allele for round seeds. result is exactly what
Mendel found in his studies.

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What Are Sex Chromosomes?

Information contained on chromosomes determines
many of our traits. Sex chromosomes carry genes that
determine sex. In humans, females have two X chromo-
somes. Human males have one X chromosome and one
Y chromosome. READING CHECK
During meiosis, one of each of the chromosome pairs 10. Identify What combina-
ends up in a sex cell. Females have two X chromosomes tion of sex chromosomes
in each body cell. When meiosis produces egg cells, each makes a human male?
egg gets one X chromosome. Males have both an X chro-
mosome and a Y chromosome in each body cell. Meiosis
produces sperm with either an X or a Y chromosome.
An egg fertilized by a sperm with an X chromosome
will produce a female. If the sperm contains a Y chromo-
some, the offspring will be male.
TAKE A LOOK
11. Identify Circle the
offspring in the figure that
Egg and sperm join to form either the XX or XY combination. will be female.
SEX-LINKED DISORDERS
Hemophilia is a disorder that prevents blood from
clotting. People with hemophilia bleed for a long time
READING CHECK
after small cuts. This disorder can be fatal. Hemophilia
is an example of a sex-linked disorder. The genes for
sex-linked disorder?
sex-linked disorders are carried on the X chromosome.
Colorblindness is another example of a sex-linked disor-
der. Men are more likely than women to have sex-linked
disorders. Why is this?
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This stoplight in Canada was made to help the colorblind see signals easily.
The Y chromosome does not carry all of the genes that

an X chromosome does. Females have two X chromo-
somes, so they carry two copies of each gene found on
the X chromosome. This makes a backup gene available
if one becomes damaged. Males have only one copy of
each gene on their one X chromosome. If a male gets an
TAKE A LOOK allele for a sex-linked disorder, he will have the disorder,
13. Complete A particular
sex-linked disorder is even if the allele is recessive.
recessive. Fill in the Punnett
Square to show how the X Y
disorder is passed from a
carrier to its offspring. The
chromosome carrying the trait X
for the disorder is underlined.
14. Identify Which individual

will have the disorder? X
GENETIC COUNSELING AND PEDIGREES

Genetic disorders can be traced through a family tree.
If people are worried that they might pass a disease to
their children, they may consult a genetic counselor.
These counselors often use a diagram called a pedigree.
A pedigree is a tool for tracing a trait through generations
of a family. By making a pedigree, a counselor can often pre-
dict whether a person is a carrier of a hereditary disease.
The pedigree on the next page traces a disease called
cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis causes serious lung prob-
lems. People with this disease have inherited two reces-
sive alleles. Both parents need to be carriers of the gene
for the disease to show up in their children.

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Pedigree for a Recessive Disease

-ALES &EMALES
6ERTICALLINESCONNECTCHILDRENTOTHEIRPARENTS
OR !SOLIDSQUAREORCIRCLESHOWSTHATTHEPERSON
HASACERTAINTRAIT
OR !HALF FILLEDSQUAREORCIRCLESHOWSTHATTHE
PERSONISACARRIERFORTHETRAIT
Generation
I
1 2
II
1 2 3 4 5 6
TAKE A LOOK
15. Identify Circle all of the
III individuals in the pedigree
1 2 3 4 who have the disorder. Draw
a line under the individuals
IV that carry the trait, but do not
1 2 3 have the disorder.
You could draw a pedigree to trace almost any trait

through a group of people who are biologically related.
For example, a pedigree can show how you inherited
your hair color. Many different pedigrees could be drawn
for related individuals.
What Is Selective Breeding?

For thousands of years, humans have bred plants
and animals to produce individuals with traits that they
liked. This is known as selective breeding. Breeders
may choose a plant or animal with traits they would like
to see in the offspring. They breed that individual with Say It
another that also has those traits. For example, farmers Discuss In a small group,
might breed fruit trees that bear larger fruits. come up with other examples
of organisms that humans
You may see example of selective breeding every day. have changed through
Different breeds of dogs, such as chihuahuas and German selective breeding. What traits
sheperds, were produced by selective breeding. Many do you think people wanted
the organism to have? How is
flowers, such as roses, have been bred to produce large this trait helpful to humans?
flowers. Wild roses are usually much smaller than roses
you would buy at a flower store or plant nursery.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
homologous chromosomes chromosomes that pedigree a diagram that shows the occurrence of a
have the same sequence of genes and the genetic trait in several generations of a family
same structure sex chromosomes one of the pair of chromosomes
meiosis a process in cell division during which that determine the sex of an individual
the number of chromosomes decreases to half
the original number by two divisions of the
nucleus, which results in the production of sex
cells (gametes or spores)
1. Identify Relationships Put the following in order from smallest to largest:

chromosome, gene, cell.
2. Explain Does meiosis happen in all cells? Explain your answer.
The pedigree below shows a recessive trait that causes a disorder. Use the
pedigree to answer the questions that follow.
3. Identify Circle all individuals on the pedigree that are heterozygous for the trait.
Are these individuals male or female?
4. Identify Put a square around all individuals that have the disorder. Are these
individuals male or female?
5. Interpret Is the trait sex-linked? Explain your answer.

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SECTION
1 What Does DNA Look Like?

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 2d, 5a
these questions:
• What units make up DNA?
• What does DNA look like?
• How does DNA copy itself?
What Is DNA?
Remember that inherited traits are traits that are passed STUDY TIP
from generation to generation. To understand how inherited Clarify Concepts As you
traits are passed on, you must understand the structure of read the text, make a list
of ideas that are confusing.
DNA. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the molecule that Discuss these with a small
carries the instructions for inherited traits. In cells, DNA is group. Ask your teacher
wrapped around proteins to form chromosomes. Stretches to explain things that your
group is unsure about.
of DNA that carry the information for inherited traits are
called genes.
What Is DNA Made Of?

DNA is made up of smaller units called nucleotides. A
nucleotide is made of three parts: a sugar, a phosphate,
and a base. The sugar and the phosphate are the same for
each nucleotide. However, different nucleotides may have
different bases.
There are four different bases found in DNA nucleotides.
They are adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine. Scientists
often refer to a base by its first letter: A for adenine, T for
thymine, G for guanine, and C for cytosine. Each base has a
different shape.
The Four Nucleotides of DNA
P P
Adenine (A) Thymine (T)
A T
S base S base
TAKE A LOOK
P P things that are the same in
Guanine (G) Cytosine (C)
all nucleotides?
G C
S base S base

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SECTION 1 What Does DNA Look Like? continued
What Does DNA Look Like?

As you can see in the figure below, a strand of DNA
looks like a twisted ladder. This spiral shape is called a
double helix. The two sides of the ladder are made of the
sugar and phosphate parts of nucleotides. The sugars and
phosphates alternate along each side of the ladder. The
READING CHECK rungs of the DNA ladder are made of pairs of bases.
2. Identify What are the The bases in DNA can only fit together in certain ways,
sides of the DNA “ladder” like puzzle pieces. Adenine on one side of a DNA strand
made of? always pairs with thymine on the other side. Guanine
always pairs with cytosine. This means that adenine is
complementary to thymine, and guanine is complemen-
tary to cytosine. Because the pairs of bases in DNA are
complementary, the two sides of a strand of DNA are also
Critical Thinking complementary.
3. Apply Concepts Imagine
that you are a scientist
studying DNA. You measure
the number of cytosines and
thymines in a small strand of
DNA. There are 45 cytosines
and 55 thymines. How many
guanines are there in the
strand? How many adenines
are there?
TAKE A LOOK
4. Identify Give the ways
that DNA bases can pair up.
Each side of a DNA molecule is complementary to the other side.

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SECTION 1 What Does DNA Look Like? continued
How Does DNA Copy Itself?

Before a cell divides, it makes a copy of its genetic
information for the new cell. The pairing of bases allows
the cell to replicate, or make copies of, DNA. Remember
that bases are complementary and can only fit together in
certain ways. Therefore, the order of bases on one side of
the DNA strand controls the order of bases on the other
side of the strand. For example, the base order CGAC can
only fit with the order GCTG. READING CHECK
When DNA replicates, the pairs of bases separate and 5. Explain What happens to
the DNA splits into two strands. The bases on each side DNA before a cell divides?
of the original strand are used as a pattern to build a new
strand. As the bases on the original strands are exposed,
the cell adds nucleotides to form a new strand.
Finally, two DNA strands are formed. Half of each of
the two DNA strands comes from the original strand. The
other half is built from new nucleotides.
The DNA molecule splits down

the middle. Two identical DNA
molecules form from the strands
of the original molecule.
TAKE A LOOK
Old
difference between an “old”
and a “new” strand of DNA?
New
New
Old
DNA is copied every time a cell divides. Each new cell

gets a complete copy of the entire DNA strand. Proteins
in the cell unwind, copy, and rewind the DNA.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid, a molecule that is nucleotide in a nucleic-acid chain, a subunit that
present in all living cells and that contains the consists of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrog-
information that determines the traits that a enous base
living thing inherits and needs to live
1. Identify Where are genes located? What do they do?
2. Compare How are the four kinds of DNA nucleotides different from each other?
3. Apply Concepts The diagram shows part of a strand of DNA. Using the order of
bases given in the top of the strand, write the letters of the bases that belong on
the bottom strand.
4. Describe How is DNA related to chromosomes?
5. Identify Relationships How are proteins involved in DNA replication?
6. List What are three parts of a nucleotide?

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SECTION
2 How DNA Works

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1c, 1e, 1f, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 5c
these questions:
• What does DNA look like in different cells?
• How does DNA help make proteins?
• What happens if a gene changes?
What Does DNA in Cells Look Like?

The human body contains trillions of cells, which carry STUDY TIP
out many different functions. Most cells are very small Compare After you read
and can only be seen with a microscope. A typical skin this section, make a table
comparing chromatin, chro-
cell, for example, has a diameter of about 0.0025 cm. matids, and chromosomes.
However, almost every cell contains about 2 m of DNA.
How can so much DNA fit into the nucleus of such a
small cell? The DNA is bundled. Math Focus
1. Convert About how long
is the DNA in a cell in inches?
1 in. 2.54 cm
a The DNA in the nucleus

is part of a material TAKE A LOOK
called chromatin. Long 2. Identify In what form is
strands of chromatin are
usually bundled loosely the DNA in the nucleus?
inside the nucleus.

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SECTION 2 How DNA Works continued
FITTING DNA INTO THE CELL

Large amounts of DNA can fit inside a cell because the
DNA is tightly bundled by proteins. The proteins found
with DNA help support the structure and function of
DNA. Together, the DNA and the proteins it winds around
READING CHECK make up a chromosome.
3. Identify What are two DNA’s structure allows it to hold a lot of information.
things that are found in a Remember that a gene is made of a string of nucleotides.
chromosome? That is, it is part of the 2 m of DNA in a cell. Because
there is an enormous amount of DNA, there can be a
large variety of genes.
Chromatin
b A single strand of DNA

chromatin is made Proteins
up of a long strand
of DNA that is coiled Nucleotide
around proteins.
TAKE A LOOK c Each strand of DNA

4. Describe What is
has two halves that
chromatin made of? are connected in
the middle. The
strands are twisted
into a double helix.
DNA IN DIVIDING CELLS

Critical Thinking When a cell divides, its genetic material is spread
5. Predict Consequences equally into each of the two new cells. How can each of
Imagine that DNA did not the new cells receive a full set of genetic material? It is
replicate before cell division. possible because DNA replicates before a cell divides.
What would happen to the
amount of DNA in each of Remember that when DNA replicates, the strand of
the new cells formed during DNA splits down the middle. New strands are made when
cell division? free nucleotide bases bind to the exposed strands. Each
of the new strands is identical to the original DNA strand.
This is because the DNA bases can join only in certain
ways. A always pairs with T, and C always pairs with G.

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When a cell is ready to divide, it has already copied its DNA.

STANDARDS CHECK
The copies stay attached as two chromatids. The two identical
chromatids form a chromosome. LS 2d Hereditary information is
contained in the genes, located
in the chromosomes of each
cell. Each gene carries a single
unit of information. An inherited
trait of an individual can be
determined by one or by many
genes, and a single gene can
influence more than one trait.
A human cell contains many
thousands of different genes.
6. Identify Where is DNA

found in a eukaryotic cell?
Chromatin
Chromatids
How Does DNA Help Make Proteins?

Proteins are found throughout cells. They cause most
of the differences that you can see among organisms. A
single organism can have thousands of different proteins.
Proteins act as chemical messengers for many of the
activities in cells, helping the cells to work together. They
also affect traits, such as the color of your eyes and how Math Focus
tall you will grow. 7. Calculate How many DNA
bases are needed to code for
Proteins are made from many subunits called amino five amino acids?
acids. A long string of amino acids forms a protein.
The order of bases in DNA is a code. The code tells
how to make proteins. A group of three DNA bases acts
as a code for one amino acid. For example, the group of
DNA bases CAA codes for, or stands for, the amino acid
valine. A gene usually contains instructions for making
one specific protein.
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HELP FROM RNA

RNA, or ribonucleic acid, is a chemical that helps DNA
make proteins. RNA is similar to DNA. It can act as a tempo-
rary copy of part of a DNA strand. One difference between
DNA and RNA is that RNA contains the base uracil instead
READING CHECK of thymine. Uracil is often represented by U.
8. Identify What is one
difference between RNA How Are Proteins Made in Cells?
and DNA? The first step in making a protein is to copy one side
of part of the DNA. This mirrorlike copy is made of RNA.
It is called messenger RNA (mRNA). It moves out of the
nucleus and into the cytoplasm of the cell.
Cytoplasm
3
Each group of three bases on
the mRNA segment codes for
one amino acid.
mRNA
2
This mirrorlike copy
of a DNA segment is
called messenger RNA
Base
(mRNA). However, in
RNA, the base uracil
replaces the base
thymine.
1
A copy is made of one side of
the DNA segment where a par-
TAKE A LOOK ticular gene is located. This copy
9. Compare How does the is moved into the cytoplasm.
shape of RNA differ from the
shape of DNA?
Nucleus

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RIBOSOMES
In the cytoplasm, the messenger RNA enters a protein
assembly line. The “factory” that runs this assembly line
is a ribosome. A ribosome is a cell organelle composed
of RNA and protein. The mRNA moves through a ribo- Critical Thinking
some as a protein is made. 10. Explain Proteins are
made in the cytoplasm,
but DNA never leaves the
nucleus of a cell. How does
DNA control how proteins
are made?
tRNA
4
The mRNA segment
amino 5 is fed through the
acid Molecules of ribosome.
transfer RNA (tRNA)
deliver amino acids
from the cytoplasm
to the ribosome.
Ribosome
6
The genetic code deter-
mines the order in which
amino acids are brought
to the ribosome.
5th
amino mRNA
acid
4th
amino
acid
3rd
amino
acid
7 2nd
TAKE A LOOK
amino
The amino acids are joined to acid
make a protein. Usually one pro- 1st
tein is produced for each gene. amino 11. Identify What does
acid
tRNA do?
Cytoplasm
What Happens If Genes Change?

Read this sentence: “Put the book on the desk.” Does
it make sense? What about this sentence: “Rut the zook in
READING CHECK
the tesk.”? Changing only a few letters in a sentence can
change what the sentence means. It can even keep the 12. Define What is a
mutation?
sentence from making any sense at all! In a similar way,
even small changes in a DNA sequence can affect the pro-
tein that the DNA codes for. A change in the nucleotide-
base sequence of DNA is called a mutation.
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HOW MUTATIONS HAPPEN

Some mutations happen because of mistakes when
DNA is copied. Other mutations happen when DNA is
damaged. Things that can cause mutations are called
mutagens. Examples of mutagens include X rays and
ultraviolet radiation. Ultraviolet radiation is one type of
energy in sunlight. It can cause suntans and sunburns.
TAKE A LOOK
13. Compare What happens
to one strand of DNA when
there is a change in a base
on the other strand?
Mutations can happen in different
ways. A nucleotide may be replaced,
added, or removed.
HOW MUTATIONS AFFECT ORGANISMS

Say It Mutations can cause changes in traits. Some mutations
Brainstorm Whether a produce new traits that can help an organism survive. For
mutation is helpful or example, a mutation might allow an organism to survive
harmful to an organism often
depends on the organism’s
with less water. If there is a drought, the organism will be
environment. In a group, more likely to survive.
discuss how the same Many mutations produce traits that make an organ-
mutation could be helpful in
ism less likely to survive. For example, a mutation might
one environment but harmful
in another. make an animal a brighter color. This might make the ani-
mal easier for predators to find.
Some mutations are neither helpful nor harmful. If a
mutation does not cause a change in a protein, then the
mutation will not help or hurt the organism.

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PASSING ON MUTATIONS
Cells make proteins that can find and fix many muta-
tions. However, not all mutations can be fixed.
If a mutation happens in egg or sperm cells, the changed
gene can be passed from one generation to the next. For
example, sickle cell disease is caused by a genetic mutation
that can be passed to future generations.
Normal
DNA
Sequence Normal red
blood cell
mRNA
Mutated Sickle-shaped
DNA red blood cell
Sequence TAKE A LOOK
mRNA mutation causes sickle cell
disease: deletion, insertion,
or substitution?
Sickle-cell disease is caused by a
substitution mutation.
How Can We Use Genetic Knowledge?

Scientists use their knowledge of genetics in many
ways. Most of these ways are helpful to people. However,
other ways can cause ethical and scientific concerns.
GENETIC ENGINEERING
Scientists have learned how to change individual genes
within organisms. This is called genetic engineering. In
some cases, scientists transfer genes from one organism
to another. For example, scientists can transfer genes
from people into bacteria. The bacteria can then make
proteins for people who are sick. READING CHECK
GENETIC IDENTIFICATION 15. Define What is genetic
Your DNA is unique, so it can be used like a fingerprint engineering?
to identify you. DNA fingerprinting identifies the unique
patterns in a person’s DNA. Scientists can use these
genetic fingerprints as evidence in criminal cases. They
can also use genetic information to determine whether
people are related.
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SECTION VOCABULARY
mutation a change in the nucleotide-base RNA ribonucleic acid, a molecule that is present
sequence of a gene or DNA molecule in all living cells and that plays a role in protein
ribosome a cell organelle composed of RNA and production
protein; the site of protein synthesis
1. Identify What structures in cells contain DNA and proteins?
2. Calculate How many amino acids can a sequence of 24 DNA bases code for?
3. Explain Fill in the flow chart below to show how the information in the DNA
code becomes a protein.
makes a copy of itself called
which moves into the cytoplasm to a
where amino acids are joined to make a
4. Draw Conclusions How can a mutation in a DNA base sequence cause a change in a
gene and a trait? What determines whether the mutation is passed on to offspring?
5. Identify Give two ways that genetic fingerprinting can be used.

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SECTION
1 Change over Time

BEFORE YOU READ National Science
Education Standards
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 2e, 3a, 3d, 4a, 5a, 5b, 5c
these questions:
• How are organisms different from one another?
• How do scientists know that species change over time?
• How can you tell if species are related?
What Are Adaptations?

The pictures below show three different kinds of STUDY TIP
frogs. These frogs all have some things in common. For Learn New Words As you
example, they all have long back legs to help them move. read this section, circle the
words you don’t understand.
However, as you can see in the pictures, there are also When you figure out what
many differences between the frogs. Each frog has some they mean, write the words
physical features that can help it survive. and their definitions in your
notebook.
TAKE A LOOK
1. Explain How does the
coloring of the strawberry
poison frog help it survive?
The red-eyed tree The skin of the The strawberry
frog has green skin. It smokey jungle frog poison frog has
hides in the leaves of looks like leaves. brightly colored skin.
trees during the day. It can hide on the Its bright coloring
It comes out at night. forest floor. warns predators that
it is poisonous.
A feature that helps an organism survive and repro-

duce in its environment is called an adaptation. Some
adaptations, such as striped skin or a long neck, are phys-
ical features. Other adaptations are behaviors that help
an organism find food, protect itself, or reproduce.
Living things with the same features may be members
of the same species. A species is a group of organisms that Critical Thinking
can mate with one another to produce fertile offspring. 2. Infer Give an example of
Fertile offspring are offspring that can reproduce. For exam- a behavior that could help an
ple, all smokey jungle frogs are members of one species. organism survive.
Therefore, smokey jungle frogs can mate with each other to

produce offspring. The offspring can also reproduce.
A group of individuals of the same species living in the
same place is a population. For example, all of the smokey
jungle frogs living in a certain jungle are a population.

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CHANGE OVER TIME

Scientists estimate that there has been life on Earth
for over 3 billion years. Earth has changed a great deal
during its history. Living things have changed in this time
too. Since life first appeared on Earth, many species have
died out and many new species have appeared.
Scientists observe that species change over time. They
also observe that the inherited characteristics in popula-
tions change over time. Scientists think that as popula-
tions change, new species form. New species descend
from older species. The process in which populations
READING CHECK change over time is called evolution.
3. Define What is evolution?
What Is the Evidence that Organisms
Have Changed?
Much of the evidence that organisms have changed over
time is buried in sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rock forms
when pieces of sand, dust, or soil are laid down in flat layers.
Sedimentary rocks may contain fossils. These fossils provide
evidence that organisms have changed over Earth’s history.
FOSSILS
Fossils are the remains or imprints of once-living
organisms. Some fossils formed from whole organisms or
from parts of organisms. Some fossils are signs, such as
READING CHECK footprints, that an organism once existed.
4. Identify What are two Fossils can form when layers of sediment cover a dead
kinds of fossils? organism. Minerals in the sediment may seep into the
organism and replace its body with stone. Fossils can
also form when an organism dies and leaves an imprint
of itself in sediment. Over time, the sediment can become
rock and the imprint can be preserved as a fossil.
TAKE A LOOK
5. Compare Which of the
fossils looks most like an
organism that lives today?
Give the modern organism
that the fossil looks like.
Some fossils, like this trilobite, form Some fossils, like these ferns, form when
from the bodies of organisms. The an organism leaves an imprint in sediment.
trilobite was an ancient marine animal. Over time, the sediment becomes rock
and the imprint is preserved as a fossil.

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THE FOSSIL RECORD

Comparing fossils provides evidence that organisms have
changed over time. Rocks from different times in Earth’s his-
tory contain fossils of different organisms. Fossils in newer
layers of rock tend to be similar to present-day organisms.
Fossils from older layers are less similar to present-day
organisms. By studying fossils, scientists have made a
timeline of life known as the fossil record. READING CHECK
6. Explain How do fossils
How Do Scientists Compare Organisms? give evidence that organisms
Scientists observe that all living things have some fea- have changed over time?
tures in common. They also observe that all living things
inherit features in a similar way. Therefore, scientists
think that all living species are descended from a com-
mon ancestor. Scientists compare features of fossils and
of living organisms to determine whether ancient species
are related to modern species.
COMPARING STRUCTURES
When scientists study the anatomy, or structures, of
different organisms, they find that some organisms share
traits. These organisms may share a common ancestor.
For example, the figure below shows that humans, cats,
dolphins, and bats have similar structures in their front
limbs. These similarities suggest that humans, cats, dol-
phins, and bats have a common ancestor.
Human arm Dolphin flipper
Cat leg Bat wing

TAKE A LOOK
7. Identify Color the bones
Comparing Structures The front limb bones of humans, cats, dolphins, and
in each front limb to show
bats show some similarities. This suggests that all of these species share a which bones are similar. Use a
common ancestor. different color for each bone.
Scientists can study the structures in modern organ-

isms and compare them to structures in fossils. In this
way, scientists can gather evidence that living organisms
are related to organisms that lived long ago.

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COMPARING CHEMICAL DATA

Remember that the genetic information in an organism’s
DNA determines the organism’s traits. RNA and proteins also
affect the traits of an organism. Scientists can compare these
chemicals in organisms. The more alike these chemicals are
between any two species, the more recently the two species
shared a common ancestor.
Critical Thinking Comparing DNA, RNA, and proteins can be very useful
8. Infer Why can DNA, RNA, in determining whether species are related. However, this
and proteins be used to method can only be used on organisms that are alive today.
compare only living organisms?
What Is the Evidence that Organisms Are

Related?
Examining an organism carefully can give scientists
clues about its ancestors. For example, whales look like
some fish. However, unlike fish, whales breathe air, give
birth to live young, and produce milk. These traits show
that whales are mammals. Therefore, scientists think that
whales evolved from ancient mammals. By examining
fossils from ancient mammals, scientists have been able
READING CHECK to determine how modern whales may have evolved.
9. Describe Why do
scientists think that whales
evolved from ancient
mammals and not ancient fish? Pakicetus was a mammal that lived about
50 million years ago. It lived on land and
could run on four legs. Scientists think
that Pakicetus may be an ancestor of
modern whales.
Ambulocetus lived about 49 million years

ago. It could swim using its legs and tail.
It could also walk on land using its short
legs. Ambulocetus may have evolved
TAKE A LOOK from Pakicetus.
10. Compare Give two

ways that modern whales Dorudon lived about 40 million years
ago. It swam using its large, strong tail.
are different from Pakicetus, It had tiny hind legs that it could not use
and two ways that they are for swimming or walking. Dorudon may
have evolved from Ambulocetus.
similar.
Modern whales have front flippers.

Although they have no back limbs, they
do have tiny hip bones. Scientists think
that modern whales inherited their hip
bones from their ancestors, which did
have back limbs.

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EVIDENCE FROM FOSSILS STANDARDS CHECK

Fossils provide several pieces of evidence that some LS 5a Millions of species of ani-
species of ancient mammals are related to each other and mals, plants, and microorganisms
are alive today. Although different
to modern whales. First, each species shares some traits species might look dissimilar, the
with an earlier species. Second, some species show new unity among organisms becomes
apparent from an analysis of in-
traits that are also found in later species. Third, each spe- ternal structures, the similarity of
their chemical processes, and the
cies had traits that allowed it to survive in a particular evidence of common ancestry.
time and place in Earth’s history.
Word Help: structure
the arrangement of the
EVIDENCE FROM MODERN WHALES parts of a whole
Some features of modern whales also suggest that
Word Help: process
they are related to ancient mammals. For example, mod- a set of steps, events, or
ern whales do not have hind limbs. However, they do changes
have tiny hip bones. Scientists think that modern whales
Word Help: evidence
inherited these hip bones from the whales’ four-legged information showing
ancestors. Scientists often use this kind of evidence to whether an idea or belief is
determine the relationships between organisms. true or valid
11. Identify Give one piece

How Do Scientists Show the Relationships of evidence that indicates
ancient mammals are related
Between Organisms? to modern whales.
As scientists analyze fossils and living organisms,
they develop hypotheses about how species are related.
They use branching diagrams to show the relationships
between species.
This line represents an ancient species.
This species is the common ancestor of the
other species on the diagram.
Camels and IIamas
Pigs and peccaries
Hoofed grazing mammals
Hippopotamuses
TAKE A LOOK
12. Use a Model According
Toothed whales
to the diagram, which
Baleen whales animals are most closely
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related to whales?
Closely related organisms are close together

Each branch in the on a branching diagram. For example, toothed
whales and baleen whales are more closely
13. Use a Model According
diagram represents a
group of organisms that related to each other than either group is to to the diagram, which
are descended from an hippopotamuses. animals are least closely
earlier species.
related to whales?
Scientists use branching diagrams to show how organisms are related.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
adaptation a characteristic that improves an fossil record a historical sequence of life
individual’s ability to survive and reproduce in indicated by fossils found in layers of
a particular environment Earth’s crust
evolution the process in which inherited species a group of organisms that are closely
characteristics within a population change related and can mate to produce fertile
over generations such that new species offspring
sometimes arise
fossil the trace or remains of an organism that
lived long ago, most commonly preserved in
sedimentary rock
1. Identify What evidence suggests that humans and bats have a common ancestor?
2. Make a Model Humans are most closely related to chimpanzees. Humans are
least closely related to orangutans. Fill in the blank spaces on the branching dia-
gram to show how humans, orangutans, chimpanzees, and gorillas are related.
Chimpanzees
Gorillas
3. Infer A scientist studies the DNA of three different species. The DNA from spe-
cies A is more similar to DNA from species B than DNA from species C. Which
species are probably the most closely related? Explain your answer.

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SECTION
2 How Does Evolution Happen?

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 2a, 2b, 2e, 3d, 5a, 5b
these questions:
• Who was Charles Darwin?
• What ideas affected Darwin’s thinking?
• What is natural selection?
Who Was Charles Darwin?

In 1831, Charles Darwin graduated from college. STUDY TIP
Although he eventually earned a degree in religion, Darwin Summarize After you read
was most interested in the study of plants and animals. this section, make a chart
showing the four steps of
Darwin’s interest in nature led him to sign on for a natural selection. In the chart,
five-year voyage around the world. He was a naturalist on explain what happens at
the HMS Beagle, a British ship. A naturalist is someone each step.
who studies nature. During the trip, Darwin made obser-
vations that helped him form a theory about how evolu-
tion happens. These ideas caused scientists to change the
way they thought about the living world.
DARWIN’S JOURNEY
On the trip, Darwin observed plants and animals from Math Focus
many parts of the world. One place Darwin found interesting 1. Convert About how far
are the Galápagos Islands
was the Galápagos Islands. These islands are located about from Ecuador in miles?
1,000 km west of Ecuador, a country in South America. Many 1 km 0.62 mi
unusual organisms live on the Galápagos Islands.
This line shows the course of the HMS Beagle.
TAKE A LOOK
2. Describe Which continent
are the Galápagos Islands
closest to?
Darwin studied plants and animals on the Galápagos Islands.

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SECTION 2 How Does Evolution Happen? continued
DARWIN’S FINCHES
Darwin observed that the animals and plants on
the Galápagos Islands were similar to those in Ecuador.
However, they were not identical. For example, Darwin
closely observed birds called finches. The finches on the
Galápagos Islands were slightly different from the finches
in Ecuador. In addition, the finches on each island in the
READING CHECK Galápagos differed from the finches on the other islands.
3. Describe What did Darwin hypothesized that the island finches were
Darwin observe about the descendents of South American finches. He thought the
finches on the Galápagos first finches on the islands were blown there from South
Islands?
America by a storm. He suggested that over many gen-
erations, the finch populations evolved adaptations that
helped them survive in the different island environments.
For example, the beaks of different finch species are
adapted to the kind of food the species eat.
The large ground finch has a wide,

strong beak. It can easily crack open
large, hard seeds. Its beak works
like a nutcracker.
The cactus finch has a tough beak. It

uses its beak to eat cactus parts and
insects. Its beak works like a pair of
Critical Thinking
needle-nose pliers.
4. Infer What can you guess

about the environment in
which the cactus finch lives
based on the information in
the figure? Explain your answer.
The warbler finch has a small,
narrow beak. It can catch small
insects with its beak. Its beak
works like a pair of tweezers.

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How Did Darwin Develop the Theory of

Evolution by Natural Selection?
After Darwin returned to England, he spent many years
thinking about his experiences on the trip. In 1859, Darwin
published a famous book called On the Origin of Species by
Means of Natural Selection. In his book, Darwin proposed
the theory that evolution happens by natural selection.
Natural selection happens when organisms that
are well adapted to their environment survive, but less
well-adapted organisms do not. When the better-adapted
organisms reproduce, they pass their useful traits on to
their offspring. Over time, more members of the popu-
lation have these traits. Darwin combined ideas about
breeding, population, and Earth’s history to come up with
a theory to explain his observations. READING CHECK
5. Define What is natural
IDEAS ABOUT BREEDING selection?
In Darwin’s time, farmers and breeders had produced
many kinds of farm animals and plants. They learned that
if they bred plants or animals that had a desirable trait,
some of the offspring might have the trait. A trait is a
form of an inherited characteristic. The practice in which
humans select plants or animals for breeding based on
desired traits is called selective breeding.
Selective breeding showed Darwin that the traits of
organisms can change and that certain traits can spread
through populations. For example, most pets, such as the
dogs below, have been bred for a variety of desired traits.
Over the past 12,000 years, people have selectively bred
dogs to produce more than 150 breeds. READING CHECK
6. Explain How did ideas
about selective breeding
affect Darwin’s thinking
about evolution?
People have selectively bred dogs for different traits. Today, there are
over 150 dog breeds.

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IDEAS ABOUT POPULATION

During Darwin’s time, a scientist named Thomas
Malthus was studying human populations. He observed
that there were more babies being born than there were
people dying. He thought that the human population
could grow more rapidly than food supplies could grow.
This would result in a worldwide food shortage. Malthus
also pointed out that the size of human populations is
READING CHECK limited by problems such as starvation and disease.
7. Identify According to Darwin realized that Malthus’s ideas can apply to all
Thomas Malthus, what are species, not just humans. He knew that any species can
two things that can limit the produce many offspring. He also knew starvation, dis-
size of human populations?
ease, competition, and predation limited the populations
of all species. Only a limited number of individuals live
long enough to reproduce.
Darwin reasoned that the survivors had traits that
helped them survive in their environment. He also
thought that the survivors would pass on some of their
traits to their offspring.
IDEAS ABOUT EARTH’S HISTORY

New information about Earth’s history also affected
Darwin’s ideas about evolution. During Darwin’s time,
most geologists thought that Earth was very young.
But important books, such as Principles of Geology
by Charles Lyell, were changing ideas about the Earth.
Lyell’s book gave evidence that Earth is much older than
READING CHECK anyone once thought.
8. Explain How did Charles Darwin thought that evolution happens slowly. Darwin
Lyell’s book change how reasoned that if Earth was very old, there would be
scientists thought about enough time for organisms to change slowly.
Earth’s history?
Idea How it contributed to Darwin’s theory
Selective breeding
helped Darwin realize that not all of

an organism’s offspring will survive to
reproduce
helped Darwin realize that slow changes

TAKE A LOOK can produce large differences over a long
9. Describe Fill in the blank period of time
spaces in the table.

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HOW NATURAL SELECTION WORKS

Natural selection has four steps: overproduction,
inherited variation, struggle to survive, and successful
reproduction.
Say It
Give Examples The figure
shows one example of how
the four steps of natural
selection can work. In a
1 2
group, talk about three or
Overproduction A tarantula’s egg sac Inherited Variation Every
can hold 500 to 1,000 eggs. Some of individual has its own combination more other examples of how
the eggs will survive and develop into of traits. Each tarantula is similar, natural selection can affect
adult spiders. Some will not. but not identical, to its parents. populations.
TAKE A LOOK
10. Identify Why are some
3 Struggle to Survive Some taran- 4 Successful Reproduction The tarantulas more likely to
tulas may have traits that make it tarantulas that are best adapted survive than others?
more likely that they will survive. to their environment are likely
For example, a tarantula may be to survive and reproduce. Their
better able to fight off predators, offspring may inherit the traits that
such as this wasp. help them to survive.
GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Darwin knew that organisms inherit traits, but not
how they inherit traits. He also knew that there is great
variation among organisms, but not how that variation
happens. Today, scientists know that genes determine
the traits of an organism. These genes are exchanged and
passed on from parent to offspring.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
natural selection the process by which individuals selective breeding the human practice of
that are better adapted to their environment breeding animals or plants that have certain
survive and reproduce more successfully than desired traits
less well adapted individuals do; a theory to trait a genetically determined characteristic
explain the mechanism of evolution
1. Explain How did the ideas in Charles Lyell’s book affect Darwin’s thinking
about evolution?
2. Identify In what way are the different finch species of the Galápagos Islands
adapted to the different environments on the islands?
3. Compare How is natural selection different from selective breeding?
4. Describe How did Darwin apply Malthus’s ideas about human populations to the
theory of evolution by natural selection?
5. List What are the four steps of natural selection?

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SECTION
3 Natural Selection in Action

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 2a, 2e, 3d, 4d, 5b
these questions:
• Why do populations change?
• How do new species form?
Why Do Populations Change?

The theory of evolution by natural selection explains how STUDY TIP
changes in the environment can cause populations to change. Summarize As you read,
Organisms that are well-adapted to their environment survive underline the important
ideas in each paragraph.
to reproduce. Organisms that are less well-adapted do not. When you finish reading,
Some environmental changes are caused by people. write a short summary of the
Others happen naturally. No matter how they happen, though, section using the ideas that
you underlined.
environmental changes can cause populations to change.
ADAPTATION TO HUNTING
Hunting is one of the factors that can affect the sur-
vival of animals. In Africa, people hunt male elephants
for their tusks, which are made of ivory. Because of natu-
ral genetic variations, some male elephants do not grow
tusks. People do not hunt these tuskless elephants, so
tuskless elephants tend to live longer than elephants with
tusks. Therefore, tuskless elephants are more likely to
reproduce and pass the tuskless trait to their offspring. READING CHECK
Over time, the tuskless trait has become more 1. Explain Why are
common. For example, in 1930, about 99% of male tuskless elephants more
elephants in one area had tusks. Today, only about 85% likely to reproduce in Africa?
of male elephants in that area have tusks.
People hunt elephants for

the ivory in their tusks.

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SECTION 3 Natural Selection in Action continued
INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE
Many people use chemicals to control insect pests.
These chemicals, called insecticides, kill insects.
Sometimes, an insecticide that used to work well no lon-
ger affects an insect population. The insect population
has evolved a resistance to the insecticide. This happens
READING CHECK by natural selection, as shown in the figure below.
2. Define What is an 1 When it is first used, the
insecticide? insecticide kills most of the
insects. However, a few insects
have genes that make them
resistant to the insecticide. These
insects survive.
TAKE A LOOK 2 The insects that are resistant

to the insecticide pass on
3. Infer What would happen their genes to their offspring.
to the population of insects Over time, almost all of the
if none were resistant to the insects in the population
insecticide? have the insecticide-resistance
gene.
3 When the same insecticide

is used on the insects, only
a few of the insects are
killed. This is because most
of the insects are resistant
to the insecticide.
Insect populations can evolve quickly. This happens
Critical Thinking
for two reasons: insects have many offspring and they
have a short generation time. Generation time is the
4. Apply Concepts The average time between one generation and the next. In
females of a certain species general, the longer the generation time for a population,
of mammal prefer to mate
with less-colorful males. the slower the population can evolve.
What will probably happen
to the proportion of colorful COMPETITION FOR MATES
males in the population with
time? Organisms that reproduce sexually have to compete
with one another for mates. For example, many female
birds prefer to mate with colorful males. This means that
colorful males have more offspring than less-colorful
males. In most organisms, color is a genetic trait that is
passed on to offspring. Therefore, colorful male birds are
likely to produce colorful offspring. Over time, the pro-
portion of colorful birds in the population will increase.
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How Does Natural Selection Make New Species?

The formation of a new species as a result of evolution
is called speciation. Three events often lead to specia-
tion: separation, adaptation, and division. READING CHECK
5. Define Write the
SEPARATION definition of speciation in
Speciation may begin when a part of a population your own words.
becomes separated from the rest. This can happen in many
ways. For example, a newly formed canyon, mountain
range, or lake can separate the members of a population.
ADAPTATION
After two groups have been separated, each group contin-
ues to be affected by natural selection. Different environmen-
tal factors may affect each population. Therefore, different
traits can be favored in each population. Over many genera-
tions, different traits may spread through each population. READING CHECK
6. Explain Why may
DIVISION separated populations
Natural selection can cause two separated populations develop different traits?
to become very different from each other. With time,
the members of the two populations may be unable to
mate successfully. The two populations may then be con-
sidered different species. The figure below shows how
species of Galápagos finches may have evolved through
separation, adaptation, and division.
1 Separation Some finches 2 Adaptation The finches on 3 Separation Some finches

left the South American main- the island reproduced. Over flew to a second island.
land and reached one of the time, they adapted to the envi-
Galápagos Islands. ronment on the island.
4 Adaptation These finches 5 Division After many 6 Speciation This process may TAKE A LOOK
reproduced on the second generations, the finches on have happened many times 7. Identify Where did all of
island. Over time, they the second island were as finches flew to the different
adapted to the second unable to successfully mate islands in the Galápagos. the finches on the Galápagos
island’s environment. with the finches on the first
island. The populations of
Islands originally come from?
finches on the two islands
had become different species.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
generation time the period between the birth speciation the formation of new species as a
of one generation and the birth of the next result of evolution
generation
1. List What are three events that can lead to speciation?
2. Infer What kinds of environmental factors may affect organisms that live on a
rocky beach? Give three examples.
3. Identify Give three examples of things that can cause groups of individuals to
become separated.
4. Explain Why can insects adapt to pesticides quickly? Give two reasons.
5. Apply Concepts Which of the organisms described below can probably evolve
more quickly in response to environmental changes? Explain your answer.
Organism Generation time Average number of offspring

per generation
A 6 years 50
B 2 years 100
C 10 years 5

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SECTION
1 Evidence of the Past

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 3d, 5b, 5c
these questions:
• What are fossils?
• What is the geologic time scale?
• How have conditions on Earth changed with time?
What Are Fossils?

In 1995, geologist Paul Sereno found a dinosaur skull in STUDY TIP
a desert in Africa. The skull was 1.5 m long. The dinosaur Organize After you read this
it came from may have been the largest land predator that section, make a Concept Map
using the vocabulary terms
ever existed! from the section.
Scientists like Paul Sereno look for clues to help
them learn what happened on Earth in the past. These
scientists are called paleontologists. Paleo means “old,”
and onto means “life.” Therefore, paleontologists study
“old life,” or life that existed in the past. One of the most
important ways paleontologists learn about the past is by
studying fossils. READING CHECK
A fossil is the traces or remains of an organism that have 1. Define What is a
been preserved over thousands of years. Some fossils form paleontologist?
when an organism’s body parts, such as shells or bones, are
preserved in rock. Other fossils are signs, such as imprints,
that an organism once existed. The figure below shows one
way that this kind of fossil can form.
1 An organism dies and
is buried by sediment,
such as mud or clay.
TAKE A LOOK
2 After the organism dies, its body rots
2. Infer If a paleontologist
away. An imprint, or mold, is left found the cast of this fossil,
in the sediment. The mold has the would the paleontologist be
same shape as the organism’s body. able to tell what the inside
of the organism looked like?
3 Over time, the mold fills with a differ-
ent kind of sediment. The sediment
forms a cast of the organism. The
sediment can turn into rock, preserv-
ing the cast for millions of years.

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SECTION 1 Evidence of the Past continued
How Do Scientists Know the Ages of Fossils?

There are two main methods that scientists use to
learn how old a fossil is: relative dating and absolute dat-
ing. During relative dating, a scientist estimates how
READING CHECK old a rock or fossil is compared to other rocks or fossils.
3. Define What is relative Almost all fossils are found in a kind of rock called
dating? sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rocks form in layers. In
most bodies of sedimentary rock, the oldest layers are
found at the bottom. The newest layers are found at the
top. Scientists can use this information to estimate the
relative ages of fossils in the layers. Fossils in the bottom
layers are usually older than fossils in the top layers.
The second way that scientists learn the age of fossils
is by absolute dating. During absolute dating, scientists
learn the age of a fossil in years. Absolute dating is more
Critical Thinking precise than relative dating.
4. Compare How is absolute One kind of absolute dating uses atoms. Atoms are
dating different from relative tiny particles that make up all matter. Some atoms are
dating? Give two ways.
unstable and can decay, or break down. When an atom
decays, it becomes a different kind of atom. It may also
give off smaller particles, energy, or both. The new atom
that forms is stable—it does not decay.
Each kind of unstable atom decays at a certain rate.
This rate is called the atom’s half-life. Scientists know the
half-lives of many different kinds of unstable atoms. They
can measure the ratio of these unstable atoms to stable
atoms in a rock. They can use this ratio to calculate the
age of the rock and any fossils in it.
Ratio of unstable atoms to stable atoms
Rock One Two Three
Math Focus forms half-life half-lives

Time
half-lives
5. Read a Graph How does

the ratio of unstable to stable This figure shows how scientists can use half-lives to date
atoms change over time? rocks. After each half-life, the ratio of unstable to stable at-
oms in the rock decreases. Scientists can learn the age of the
rock by measuring the ratio of unstable to stable atoms in it.

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What Is the Geologic Time Scale?

Think about some important things that have happened
to you. You probably know the day, month, and year in
which many of these events happened. The divisions of the
calendar make it easy for you to remember these things.
They also make it easy for you to talk to someone else Critical Thinking
about things that happened in the past. 6. Predict Consequences
In a similar way, geologists use a type of calendar to All geologists use the same
basic geologic time scale.
divide the Earth’s history. This calendar is called the What might happen if every
geologic time scale. The Earth is very old. Therefore, the geologist used a different
divisions of time in the geologic time scale are very long. geologic time scale to study
Geologists use the geologic time scale to help make the Earth’s history? Explain
your answer.
sense of how life on Earth has changed. When a new fossil
is discovered, geologists figure out how old it is. Then, they
place it in the geologic time scale at the correct time. In this
way, they can construct a history of life on Earth. The figure
below shows part of the geologic time scale.
Era Period Millions of years ago

Cenozoic era
Quaternary 1.8
Tertiary 65.5
Mesozoic era
Cretaceous 146 Say It

Investigate Many geologic
Jurassic 200 time-scale divisions are named
after certain places on Earth.
Research one of the periods in
Triassic 251
the Paleozoic era to find out
Paleozoic era
where its name comes from.
Permian 299 Share your findings with a
small group.
Carboniferous 359
Devonian 416
Silurian 444
TAKE A LOOK
7. List Give the three
Ordovician 488 periods in the Mesozoic era
in order from oldest to most
Cambrian 542 recent.
Precambrian time
4,600

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STANDARDS CHECK How Do Geologists Divide the Geologic

LS 5c Extinction of a species Time Scale?
occurs when the environment
changes and the adaptive Many of the divisions of the geologic time scale are
characteristics of a species are based on information from fossils. As scientists dis-
insufficient to allow its survival.
Fossils indicate that many organ- cover new fossils, they may add information to the geo-
isms that lived long ago are logic time scale. For example, most fossils that have
extinct. Extinction of species is
common; most of the species been found are from organisms that have lived since
that have lived on Earth no Precambrian time. Therefore, little is known about life
longer exist.
on Earth before this time. As scientists find more fossils
Word Help: occur from Precambrian time, more information may be added
to happen
to the time scale.
Word Help: environment Most of the divisions in the geologic time scale mark
the surrounding natural
times when life on Earth changed. During many of these
conditions that affect an
organism times, species died out completely, or became extinct. A
mass extinction happens when many species go extinct
Word Help: insufficient
not enough
at the same time.
Scientists do not know what causes all mass extinc-
Word Help: survival tions. The table below gives some events that may cause
the continuing to live or
exist; the act of continuing mass extinctions.
to live
Event How it causes mass extinction
Word Help: indicate
to be or give a sign of; to Comet or meteorite impact can throw dust and ash into
show the atmosphere, causing global
cooling
8. Infer How could global
Many volcanic eruptions can throw dust and ash into
cooling cause a species to the atmosphere, causing global
go extinct? cooling
Changing ocean currents can cause climate change by

changing how heat is distributed
on Earth’s surface
How Has the Earth’s Surface Changed?

Geologists have found fossils of tropical plants in
Antarctica. These kinds of plants cannot live in Antarctica
today because the climate is too cold. The fossils show
that Antarctica’s climate must once have been warmer.
In the early 1900s, German scientist Alfred Wegener
studied the shapes of the continents and the fossils found
on them. From his observations, he proposed a hypothe-
sis that all the continents were once joined together. They
formed a large land mass called Pangaea. Since then, the
continents have moved over the Earth’s surface to their
present locations.

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Pangaea
Panthalassa
TAKE A LOOK
About 245 million years ago, all of the continents 9. Infer On the map, circle
were joined into one large land mass called the part of Pangaea that
Pangaea. It was surrounded by a huge sea called probably became the
Panthalassa, which is Greek for “all seas.”
continent of Africa.
MOVING CONTINENTS
In the 1960s and 1970s, new technology allowed geolo-
gists to learn more about the Earth’s crust. They found
that the crust is not one solid chunk of rock. Instead, it
is broken into many pieces called tectonic plates. These
plates move slowly over the Earth’s surface. Some of
the plates have continents on them. As the plates move,
the continents are carried along. The theory of how the
plates move is called the theory of plate tectonics. READING CHECK
10. Explain Why do
continents move?
African
plate The continents ride on tectonic
plates. The plates move slowly
South over the Earth’s surface.
American
plate
The theory of plate tectonics explains why fossils of tropi-

cal plants have been found in Antarctica. Millions of years
ago, Antarctica was located near the equator. Over time, the
plate containing Antarctica has moved to its current location.
EFFECTS OF PLATE MOTIONS ON LIVING THINGS

Sudden changes on Earth’s surface, such as a meteorite
impact, may cause mass extinctions. Slower changes, such
as tectonic plate movements, give populations of organ-
isms time to adapt. Geologists use fossils of organisms to
study how populations have adapted to changes on Earth.
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SECTION VOCABULARY
absolute dating any method of measuring the geologic time scale the standard method used
age of an event or object in years to divide the Earth’s long natural history into
extinct describes a species that has died out manageable parts
completely plate tectonics the theory that explains how
fossil the trace or remains of an organism that large pieces of the Earth’s outermost layer,
lived long ago, most commonly preserved in called tectonic plates, move and change shape
sedimentary rock relative dating any method of determining
whether an event or object is older or younger
than other events or objects
1. Define Write your own definition for geologic time scale.
2. List Give three things that can cause mass extinctions.
3. Compare Which fossil in the rock layers below is probably the oldest? Explain
your answer.
Fossil A
Fossil B
Fossil C
4. Explain Describe one way that a fossil can form.

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SECTION
2 Eras of the Geologic Time Scale

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1b, 3d, 5a, 5b, 5c
these questions:
• What kinds of organisms evolved during Precambrian
time?
• What kinds of organisms evolved during the
Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras?
What Happened During Precambrian Time?

Remember that geologists divide the Earth’s history STUDY TIP
into four main parts. These parts are Precambrian time, Organize As you read this
the Paleozoic era, the Mesozoic era, and the Cenozoic section, make a chart showing
the kinds of organisms that
era. During each part of Earth’s history, different species evolved during each of the four
arose and evolved. main parts of Earth’s history.
Precambrian time was the longest part of Earth’s his-
tory. It lasted from the time the Earth formed, 4.6 billion
years ago, until about 542 million years ago. Life on Earth
began during this time.
Scientists think that the early Earth was very different Math Focus
than the Earth today. On the early Earth, the atmosphere 1. Calculate About how
long did Precambrian time
contained very little oxygen. It was made mostly of car- last? Round your answer to
bon dioxide, water vapor, and nitrogen gas. In addition, the nearest hundred million
volcanic eruptions, meteorite and comet impacts, and years.
severe storms were common. There was no ozone layer,
so more ultraviolet radiation reached the Earth’s surface.
Scientists think that life developed from simple chemi-
cals in the oceans and the atmosphere. According to this
hypothesis, energy from radiation and storms caused
these chemicals to react. The reactions produced more
complex molecules. These complex molecules combined
to produce structures such as cells. READING CHECK
2. Identify How do scientists
think complex molecules
This is what formed on the early Earth?
the early Earth
may have
looked like. An
artist drew this
picture based
on information
from scientists.

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SECTION 2 Eras of the Geologic Time Scale continued
PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND OXYGEN

The first living things on Earth were probably prokaryotes,
or single-celled organisms without nuclei. These early organ-
isms did not need oxygen to survive. However, more than
3 billion years ago, organisms called cyanobacteria began
to develop. Cyanobacteria perform photosynthesis. During
photosynthesis, a living thing uses sunlight, water, and carbon
READING CHECK dioxide to produce food and oxygen.
3. Define What is As the cyanobacteria carried out photosynthesis, they
photosynthesis? released oxygen into the atmosphere. This caused the
amount of oxygen in the atmosphere to increase.
Some of the oxygen formed the ozone layer in the
upper atmosphere. The ozone layer absorbs much of the
ultraviolet radiation from the sun. Ultraviolet radiation
is harmful to most living things. Before the ozone layer
formed, life existed only in the oceans and underground.
The new ozone layer reduced the radiation reaching Earth’s
surface. As a result, organisms were able to live on land.
Radiation
Atmosphere
Ozone
TAKE A LOOK
4. Explain Where did the
oxygen come from that
formed the ozone layer?
Cyanobacteria released oxygen into the atmosphere during photosynthesis.

Some of this oxygen formed the ozone layer, which absorbs much of the
harmful radiation from the sun.
MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS
About 2 billion years ago, single-celled organisms that
were larger and more complex than prokaryotes evolved.
These organisms were eukaryotes. They had nuclei
and other complex structures in their cells. These early
eukaryotic cells probably evolved into organisms with
many cells.

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What Happened During the Paleozoic Era?

The Paleozoic era began about 542 million years ago. It
ended about 251 million years ago. Paleozoic comes from
Greek words meaning “ancient life.” The Paleozoic era is the
second-longest part of the Earth’s history. However, it was
less than 10% as long as Precambrian time.
Paleozoic era TAKE A LOOK

Permian 299
5. List Give the six periods
in the Paleozoic era in order
from oldest to most recent.
Carboniferous 359
Devonian 416
Silurian 444
Ordovician 488
Cambrian 542
LIFE IN THE PALEOZOIC ERA

Rocks from the Paleozoic era contain many fossils of
multicellular organisms, or organisms with many cells.
These organisms all evolved during the Paleozoic era. Most
of the organisms that lived during the early Paleozoic era
lived in the oceans. Some of the animals include sponges,
corals, snails, clams, fishes, and sharks. READING CHECK
During the Paleozoic era, plants and animals began to 6. Identify Where did most
live on land. By the end of the era, forests of giant ferns, animals live during the early
club mosses, and conifers covered much of the Earth. Paleozoic?
All of the major plant groups except for flowering plants
developed during the Paleozoic. These plants provided
food and shelter for animals.
Fossils indicate that crawling insects were some of the
first animals to live on land. By the end of the Paleozoic,
amphibians, reptiles, and winged insects had evolved. READING CHECK
7. Identify What kinds of
THE END OF THE PALEOZOIC animals were probably the
The end of the Paleozoic is marked by the largest first to live on land?
known mass extinction. During this extinction, as many
as 90% of marine species died out. Scientists are not sure
what caused this extinction.

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Mesozoic era
Cretaceous 146
Jurassic 200
Triassic 251
What Happened During the Mesozoic Era?

The Mesozoic era lasted from about 251 million years
ago to about 65.5 million years ago. Mesozoic comes from
Greek words that mean “middle life.” Many species of
reptiles evolved during the Mesozoic era. They became
the dominant, or main, organisms on Earth. The Mesozoic
READING CHECK era is sometimes called the “Age of Reptiles.”
8. Explain Why is the
Mesozoic era sometimes LIFE IN THE MESOZOIC ERA
called the “Age of Reptiles”? Dinosaurs are the most well-known reptiles that
evolved during the Mesozoic. They dominated the Earth
for about 150 million years. As you may know, there were
many different species of dinosaurs. Some were taller
than a 10-story building. Others were as small as modern
chickens.
Critical Thinking In addition to dinosaurs, the first birds and mammals
9. Infer Scientists sometimes evolved during the Mesozoic. In fact, many scientists
call birds “living dinosaurs.” think that birds evolved from some kinds of dinosaurs.
Why do you think this is? The most important land plants during the early
Mesozoic era were conifers. These conifers formed huge
forests. Flowering plants evolved later in the Mesozoic.
THE END OF THE MESOZOIC ERA

About 65.5 million years ago, dinosaurs and many
other species became extinct. Most scientists think that
this extinction was caused by the impact of a large mete-
READING CHECK orite or comet.
The impact produced huge amounts of dust and ash.
10. Identify What do most
scientists think caused the This blocked sunlight from reaching Earth’s surface. It
extinction of the dinosaurs? also caused global temperatures to drop for many years.
Without sunlight, plants began to die. Plant-eating dino-
saurs soon died out because they had nothing to eat.
Then, meat-eating dinosaurs died out.

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What Has Happened During the Cenozoic Era?

The Cenozoic era began about 65.5 million years ago
and continues today. Cenozoic comes from Greek words
meaning “recent life.” During the Cenozoic era, mammals
have become the dominant organisms. Therefore, the
Cenozoic era is sometimes called the “Age of Mammals.”
Cenozoic era
TAKE A LOOK
Quaternary 1.8 11. Identify How long ago
did the Cenozoic era start?
Tertiary 65.5
Scientists have more information about the Cenozoic

era than about any of the other parts of Earth’s history.
Fossils of organisms from this era formed more recently
than fossils from earlier times. Therefore, most fossils of
organisms from the Cenozoic era are near the surface.
This makes them easier to find. In addition, the fos-
sils from the Cenozoic era are less likely to have been
destroyed by weathering and erosion. READING CHECK
12. Describe Give two
LIFE IN THE CENOZOIC ERA reasons that scientists know
During the early parts of the Cenozoic era, most mam- more about the Cenozoic era
than about other times in
mals were small. They lived in forests. Later in the era, Earth’s history.
larger mammals evolved. These included mastodons,
saber-toothed cats, camels, and horses. Some had long
legs for running. Some had special teeth for eating certain
kinds of food. Some had large brains.
We are currently living in the Cenozoic era. Humans
evolved during this era. The environment, landscapes,
and organisms around us today are part of this era.
The climate has changed many times during the
Cenozoic era. During some periods of time, the climate
was much colder than it is today. These periods of time
are known as ice ages. During ice ages, ice sheets and
glaciers grew larger. Many organisms migrated toward
the equator to survive the cold. Others adapted to the
cold. Some species became extinct.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
Cenozoic era the current geologic era, which Paleozoic era the geologic era that followed
began 65.5 million years ago; also called the Precambrian time and that lasted from
Age of Mammals 542 million to 251 million years ago
Mesozoic era the geologic era that lasted from Precambrian time the interval of time in the
251 million to 65.5 million years ago; also geologic time scale from Earth’s formation
called the Age of Reptiles to the beginning of the Paleozoic era, from
4.6 billion to 542 million years ago
1. List Give the four main parts of Earth’s history in order from oldest to most
recent.
2. Identify During which era did multicellular organisms evolve?
3. Compare Give three ways the early Earth was different from the Earth today.
4. Describe How did the Earth’s atmosphere change because of cyanobacteria?
5. Identify What kind of event marks the end of both the Paleozoic era and the
Mesozoic era?
6. Infer Why might birds and mammals have been more likely than reptiles to sur-
vive the events that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs?
7. Describe What happens during an ice age?

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SECTION
3 Humans and Other Primates

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 3d, 5a, 5b, 5c
these questions:
• What are two features of primates?
• How have hominids changed through time?
How Are Humans Similar to Apes?

Humans, apes, and monkeys share many common STUDY TIP
features. In addition, scientists have found many fossils Summarize As you read this
of organisms with features of both humans and apes. section, make a timeline that
Therefore, scientists agree that humans, apes, and mon- shows how hominids have
changed over time.
keys share a common ancestor. The species of humans,
apes, and monkeys that are alive today all evolved from
a single, earlier species. This species probably lived more
STANDARDS CHECK
than 45 million years ago.
LS 5a Millions of species of
Humans, monkeys, apes, and lemurs are all part of animals, plants, and microorgan-
isms are alive today. Although
a group of mammals called primates. There are two different species might look dis-
features that primates share. First, a primate’s eyes are similar, the unity among organ-
isms becomes apparent from an
located at the front of its head. Both eyes look in the analysis of internal structures,
same direction. This gives the primate binocular, or the similarity of their chemical
processes, and the evidence of
three-dimensional, vision. common ancestry.
A second feature primates share is flexible fingers.
Almost all primates have opposable thumbs. This means a whole that is built or put
that the thumb can move to touch each finger. It is not together from parts
fixed in place like the toes of a dog or cat. Opposable
Word Help: process
thumbs help primates grip objects firmly. a set of steps, events, or
changes
Word Help: evidence

A primate’s eyes both information showing
point in the same
direction. This gives whether an idea or belief is
the primate three- true or valid
dimensional vision.
Primates have flexible
features that humans share
fingers. Almost all pri- with apes and monkeys?
mates, including humans
and these orangutans,
have opposable thumbs.
Most primates also have
opposable big toes, al-
though humans do not.

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SECTION 3 Humans and Other Primates continued
THE FIRST PRIMATES

The ancestors of primates probably lived at the same
time as the dinosaurs. They probably lived in trees and ate
insects. They were small and looked similar to mice. The first
primates evolved during the early Cenozoic era. About 45
million years ago, primates with larger brains evolved. These
primates were the first to share features with monkeys, apes,
READING CHECK and humans.
2. Identify When did the APES AND CHIMPANZEES
first primates evolve? The chimpanzee is a kind of ape. Scientists think that the
chimpanzee is the closest living relative of humans. This does
not mean that humans evolved from chimpanzees. It means
that humans and chimpanzees share a more recent common
ancestor than humans and other apes. Between 30 million
and 6 million years ago, ancestors of humans, chimpanzees,
READING CHECK and other apes began to evolve different features.
3. Identify What organism do HOMINIDS
scientists think is the closest Humans are part of a group of primates called hominids.
living relative of humans?
The hominid family includes only humans and their human-
like ancestors. Humans are the only species of hominids that
are still living.
The main feature that separates hominids from other
primates is bipedalism. Bipedalism means “walking on two
feet.” Humans are bipedal. Other primates are not bipedal.
They mainly move around with all four limbs touching the
ground.
The skeletons of humans and gorillas are similar.
However, they are not exactly the same.
The pelvis of this

Spine
human is vertical.
It helps to hold the
human upright. The
human’s spine is
curved in an “S”
shape. The human’s
arms are shorter
than its legs.
Spine
Pelvis
TAKE A LOOK Pelvis
4. Compare How is the shape

of a human spine different
from that of a gorilla?
The pelvis of this gorilla tilts the
gorilla’s upper body forward. A goril-
la’s spine is curved in a “C” shape.
The gorilla’s arms are long and touch
the ground as it moves.

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How Have Hominids Changed Through Time?

Scientists continue to find fossils of hominids. These
fossils help scientists piece together the hominid fam-
ily tree. As scientists find more fossils, they will better
understand how modern humans evolved.
THE EARLIEST HOMINIDS

The earliest hominids had some humanlike features. Like
all hominids, they could walk upright. They also had smaller
teeth, flatter faces, and larger brains than earlier primates.
The oldest hominid fossils are more than 7 million
years old. They have been found in Africa. Therefore,
scientists think that hominids first evolved in Africa. READING CHECK
5. Explain Why do
scientists think that hominids
first evolved in Africa?
TAKE A LOOK
6. Apply Concepts Did the
hominid that made these
prints walk on two feet or
four? Explain your answer.
These are footprints from an early hominid. They are about
3.6 million years old. Anthropologist Mary Leaky discovered
these footprints in Tanzania, Africa.
Scientists have classified many early hominids as aus-

tralopithecines. Australopithecines were apelike homi-
nids. They had slightly larger brains than apes and may
have used simple stone tools.
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A VARIETY OF EARLY HOMINIDS

Many australopithecines and other types of hominids
lived at the same time, just as many species of apes live
today. Some australopithecines had slender bodies. They
had humanlike jaws and teeth but small, apelike skulls.
They probably lived in forests and grasslands. Scientists
think that some of these australopithecines were the
READING CHECK ancestors of modern humans.
7. Identify What type of Some early hominids had large bodies and massive teeth
hominid do scientists think and jaws. They had fairly small brains. They probably lived in
was the ancestor of modern tropical forests. Scientists think that these large-bodied homi-
humans?
nids were probably not the ancestors of modern humans.
THE GROUP HOMO

About 2.4 million years ago, a new group of hominids
evolved. These hominids were similar to the slender
australopithecines, but were more humanlike. They had
larger and more complex brains, rounder skulls, and flat-
ter faces. They were probably scavengers, eating many
different kinds of food. They may have migrated or
READING CHECK changed the way they lived to adapt to climate change.
8. Compare How were These new hominids were members of the group
the hominids that evolved Homo, which includes modern humans. Fossil evidence
2.4 million years ago shows that several different species of Homo may have
different from earlier
lived at the same time on several continents. One of these
australopithecines?
species was Homo habilis, which evolved about 2.4 mil-
lion years ago. Another species, Homo erectus, evolved
about 1.8 million years ago. Members of the Homo erectus
species could grow as tall as modern humans.
This is an artist’s idea of

what Homo erectus looked
like. Artists and scientists
work together to produce
models like this. They used
information from bones to
TAKE A LOOK infer what Homo erectus
9. Explain How do may have looked like.
scientists infer what early
hominids looked like?

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When Did Modern Humans Evolve?

Until about 30,000 years ago, two types of hominids Critical Thinking
may have lived in the same areas at the same time. Both 10. Infer What kinds of
had large brains and made advanced tools, clothing, and evidence may scientists have
art. Scientists think that one of these early hominids was used to determine that early
hominids used tools and
the same species as modern humans. wore clothing?
NEANDERTHALS
One type of recent hominid is known as the Neanderthal.
Neanderthals lived in Europe and western Asia. They may
have evolved as early as 230,000 years ago. Neanderthals
hunted large animals, made fires, and wore clothing. They
may have cared for their sick and buried their dead. About
30,000 years ago, Neanderthals disappeared. Scientists do
not know why they went extinct.
HOMO SAPIENS
Modern humans are members of the species Homo
sapiens. The earliest members of Homo sapiens prob-
ably evolved in Africa 150,000 to 100,000 years ago. Some
members of this species migrated out of Africa between
100,000 and 40,000 years ago. Compared to Neanderthals,
Homo sapiens have smaller and flatter faces and more
rounded skulls. Homo sapiens is the only species of hom-
inid that is still alive. READING CHECK
Like modern humans, early Homo sapiens produced 11. Identify How many
large amounts of art. They made sculptures, carvings, species of Homo are still
and paintings. Scientists have also found preserved vil- alive?
lages and burial grounds from early Homo sapiens. These
remains show that these early humans had an organized
and complex society, like humans today.
This photo shows a museum

recreation of early Homo sapiens.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
hominid a type of primate characterized by Homo sapiens the species of hominids that
bipedalism, relatively long lower limbs, and includes modern humans and their closest
lack of a tail; examples include humans and ancestors and that first appeared about
their ancestors 100,000 to 150,000 years ago
primate a type of mammal characterized by
opposable thumbs and binocular vision
1. Identify What feature separates hominids from other primates?
2. Identify When did humans, chimpanzees, and other apes begin to evolve different
features?
3. Describe Give three features of the australopithecines that scientists think

evolved into modern humans.
4. List Give three species of Homo and tell when each evolved.
5. Compare How are Homo sapiens different from Neanderthals? Give two ways.
6. Explain How do scientists know that many species of hominids once existed?
7. Infer What advantages could larger brains have given hominids? Give three examples.

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SECTION
1 Sorting It All Out

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 5a
these questions:
• What is classification?
• How do scientists classify organisms?
• How do scientists name groups of organisms?
Why Do We Classify Things?

Imagine that you lived in a tropical rain forest and had STUDY TIP
to get your own food, shelter, and clothing from the for- Organize As you read, make
est. What would you need to know to survive? You would a diagram to show the eight-
need to know which plants were safe to eat and which level system of organization.
were not. You would need to know which animals you
could eat and which ones could eat you. In other words,
you would need to study the organisms around you and Say It
put them into useful groups. You would classify them. Discuss With a partner,
Biologists use a classification system to group the describe some items at
home that you have put into
millions of different organisms on Earth. Classification groups. Explain why you
is putting things into groups based on characteristics grouped them and what
the things share. Classification helps scientists answer characteristics you used.
several important questions:
• What are the defining characteristics of each species?
• When did the characteristics of a species evolve?
• What are the relationships between different species?
How Do Scientists Classify Organisms?

What are some ways we can classify organisms?
Perhaps we could group them by where they live or how
they are useful to humans. Throughout history, people
have classified organisms in many different ways.
In the 1700s, a Swedish scientist named Carolus
Linnaeus created his own system. His system was based
on the structure or characteristics of organisms. With READING CHECK
his new system, Linnaeus founded modern taxonomy. 1. Explain How did
Taxonomy is the science of describing, classifying, and Linnaeus classify organisms?
naming organisms.

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SECTION 1 Sorting It All Out continued
CLASSIFICATION TODAY
Taxonomists use an eight-level system to classify
Critical Thinking living things based on shared characteristics. Scientists
2. Infer What is the main also use shared characteristics to describe how closely
difference between organisms related living things are.
that share many characteristics The more characteristics organisms share, the more
and organisms that do not?
closely related they may be. For example, the platypus,
brown bear, lion, and house cat are thought to be related
because they share many characteristics. These animals
all have hair and mammary glands, so they are grouped
together as mammals. However, they can also be classi-
fied into more specific groups.
BRANCHING DIAGRAMS
Shared characteristics can be shown in a branching
diagram. Each characteristic on the branching diagram
is shared by only the animals above it. The characteristics
found higher on the diagram evolved more recently than
the characteristics below them.
In the diagram below, all of the animals have hair and
mammary glands. However, only the brown bear, lion,
and house cat give birth to live young. More recent organ-
isms are at the ends of branches high on the diagram. For
example, according to the diagram, the house cat evolved
READING CHECK more recently than the platypus.
3. Identify On a branching
diagram, where would you
see the characteristics that
evolved most recently?
Platypus Brown bear Lion House cat
Ability
to purr
Retractable
claws
Giving birth to live young
TAKE A LOOK Hair, mammary glands

4. Identify According to the
diagram, which organisms This branching diagram shows the similarities and differences between four kinds
evolved before the lion? of mammals. The bottom of the diagram begins in the past, and the tips of the
Circle these organisms. branches end in the present.

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What Are the Levels of Classification?

Scientists use shared characteristics to group
organisms into eight levels of classification. At each level
of classification, there are fewer organisms than in the
level above. A domain is the largest, most general level of
classification. Every living thing is classified into one of
three domains.
Species is the smallest level of classification. A species
is a group of organisms that can mate and produce fertile
offspring. For example, dogs are all one species. They
can mate with one another and have fertile offspring. The
figure on the next page shows each of the eight levels of
classification.
TWO-PART NAMES
We usually call organisms by common names. For
example, “cat,” “dog,” and “human” are all common
names. However, people who speak a language other
than English have different names for a cat and dog.
Sometimes, organisms are even called by different names
in English. For example, cougar, mountain lion, and puma
are three names for the same animal! READING CHECK
Scientists need to be sure they are all talking about the 5. List What are two problems
same organism. They give organisms scientific names. with common names?
Scientific names are the same in all languages. An
organism has only one scientific name.
Scientific names are based on the system created
by Linnaeus. He gave each kind of organism a two-part
name. The first part of the name is the genus, and the
second part is the species. All genus names begin with a
capital letter. All species names begin with a lowercase
letter. Both words in a scientific name are underlined or
italicized. For example, the scientific name for the Asian
elephant is Elephas maximus. READING CHECK
6. Identify What are the two
Two-part parts of a scientific name?
name
Genus: species:
Elephas maximus

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Levels of Classification of the House Cat

Kingdom Animalia: All animals are in the kingdom Animalia.
Phylum Chordata: All animals in the phylum Chordata have a hollow nerve cord.
Most have a backbone.
Class Mammalia: Animals in the class Mammalia have a backbone. They also
nurse their young.
Order Carnivora: Animals in the order Carnivora have a backbone and nurse their
young. They also have special teeth for tearing meat.
Family Felidae: Animals in the family Felidae are cats. They have a backbone,
nurse their young, have special teeth for tearing meat, and have retractable
claws.
TAKE A LOOK
7. Identify Which level
contains organisms that
are more closely related: a
phylum or a class? Genus Felis: Animals in the genus Felis share traits with other animals in the
same family. However, these cats cannot roar; they can only purr.
8. Describe How does the

number of organisms change
from the level of kingdom to
the level of species?
Species Felis catus: The species Felis catus is the common house cat. The house
cat shares traits with all of the organisms in the levels above the species level,
but it also has unique traits.

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What Is a Dichotomous Key?

What could you do if you found an organism that you
did not recognize? You could use a special guide called
a dichotomous key. A dichotomous key is set of paired
statements that give descriptions of organisms. These Critical Thinking
statements let you rule out out certain species based on 9. Infer Why couldn’t one
characteristics of your specimen. There are many dichot- single dichotomous key be
used for all of the organisms
omous keys for many different kinds of organisms. You
on Earth?
could even make your own!
In a dichotomous key, there are only two choices at
each step. To use the key, you start with the first pair of
statements. You choose the statement from the pair that
describes the organism. At each step, the key may iden-
tify the organism or it may direct you to another pair of
statements. By working through the statements in order,
you can identify the organism.
Dichotomous Key to 10 Common

Mammals in the Eastern United States
1. a. This mammal flies. Its “hand” forms a wing. little brown bat
b. This mammal does not fly. It’s “hand” does not Go to step 2.
form a wing.
2. a. This mammal has no hair on its tail. Go to step 3.
b. This mammal has hair on its tail. Go to step 4.
3. a. This mammal has a short, naked tail. eastern mole
b. This mammal has a long, naked tail. Go to step 5.
4. a. This mammal has a black mask across its face. raccoon
b. This mammal does not have a black mask across Go to step 6.
its face.
5. a. This mammal has a tail that is flat and paddle shaped. beaver
b. This mammal has a tail that is not flat or paddle opossum
shaped.
6. a. This mammal is brown and has a white underbelly. Go to step 7.
b. This mammal is not brown and does not have a Go to step 8.
white underbelly.
7. a. This mammal has a long, furry tail that is black on longtail weasel
the tip.
b. This mammal has a long tail that has little fur. white-footed mouse
8. a. This mammal is black and has a narrow white striped skunk
stripe on its forehead and broad white stripes on TAKE A LOOK
its back. 10. Identify Use this dichot-
b. This mammal is not black and does not have Go to step 9. omous key to identify the
white stripes.
two animals shown.
9. a. This mammal has long ears and a short, cottony tail. eastern cottontail
b. This mammal has short ears and a medium-length woodchuck
tail.

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Section 1 Review NSES LS 5a
SECTION VOCABULARY
classification the division of organisms into groups, taxonomy the science of describing, naming,
or classes, based on specific characteristics and classifying organisms
dichotomous key an aid that is used to identify
organisms and that consists of the answers to
a series of questions
1. List Give the eight levels of classification from the largest to the smallest.
2. Identify According to the branching diagram below, which characteristic do ferns

have that mosses do not?
Moss Fern Pine tree Hibiscus
Flowers
Seeds
Tissues that transport materials
Ability to live on land
3. Analyze Which species in the diagram above is most similar to the hibiscus?
Which is the least similar?
4. Identify What are the two parts of a scientific name?
5. Infer Could you use the dichotomous key in this section to identify a species of
lizard? Explain your answer.

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SECTION
2 Domains and Kingdoms

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1f, 2a, 4b, 4c, 5b
these questions:
• How are prokaryotes classified?
• How are eukaryotes classified?
How Do Scientists Classify Organisms?

For hundreds of years, all organisms were classified STUDY TIP
as either plants or animals. However, as more organisms List As you read this section,
were discovered, scientists found some organisms that did make a list of the domains
and kingdoms scientists use
not fit well into these two kingdoms. Some animals, for to classify organisms.
example, had characteristics of both plants and animals.
What would you call an organism that is green and
makes its own food? Is it a plant? What if the organism
moved and could also eat other organisms? Plants gener-
ally do neither of these things. Is the organism a plant or
an animal?
Members of genus Euglena have

characteristics of both plants and animals.
The organism above belongs to genus Euglena. Its

members show all of the characteristics just described.
As scientists discovered organisms, such as Euglena, Critical Thinking
that didn’t fit easily into existing groups, they created 1. Apply Concepts In which
new ones. As they added kingdoms, scientists found that domain would multicellular
organisms be classified?
members of some kingdoms were closely related to
members of other kingdoms. Today, scientists group
kingdoms into domains.
All organisms on Earth are grouped into three
domains. Two domains, Bacteria and Archaea, are made
up of prokaryotes. The third domain, Eukarya, is made
up of all the eukaryotes. Scientists are still working to
describe the kingdoms in each of the three domains.
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How Are Prokaryotes Classified?

A prokaryote is a single-celled organism that does not have
a nucleus. Prokaryotes are the oldest group of organisms on
Earth. They make up two domains: Archaea and Bacteria.
DOMAIN ARCHAEA
Domain Archaea is made up of prokaryotes. The cell
walls and cell membranes of archaea are made of different
substances than those of other prokaryotes. Many archaea
can live in extreme environments where other organisms
could not survive. Some archaea can also be found in more
READING CHECK moderate environments, such as the ocean.
2. Compare How are
members of Archaea different DOMAIN BACTERIA
from other prokaryotes? All bacteria belong to domain Bacteria. Bacteria can
be found in the air, in soil, in water, and even on and
inside the human body!
READING CHECK We often think of bacteria as bad, but not all bacteria
3. Explain Are all are harmful. One kind of bacterium changes milk into
bacteria harmful? Explain yogurt. Escherichia coli is a bacterium that lives in human
your answer. intestines. It helps break down undigested food and pro-
duces vitamin K. Some bacteria do cause diseases, such as
pneumonia. However, other bacteria make chemicals that
can help us fight bacteria that cause disease.
TAKE A LOOK
4. Apply Concepts What
kind of prokaryotes do you
think could live in this spring?
The Grand Prismatic
Spring in Yellowstone
National Park contains
water that is about 90°C
(190°F). Most organisms
would die in such a hot
environment.

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How Are Eukaryotes Classified?

Organisms that have cells with membrane-bound
organelles and a nucleus are called eukaryotes. All
eukaryotes belong to domain Eukarya. Domain Eukarya STANDARDS CHECK
includes the following kingdoms: Protista, Fungi, Plantae, LS 5a Biological evolution
accounts for the diversity of
and Animalia. species developed through
gradual processes over many
generations. Species acquire
many of their unique
characteristics through biological
adaptation, which involves
Protista Plantae Fungi Animalia the selection of naturally occur-
ring variations in populations.
Biological adaptations include
changes in structures, behaviors,
or physiology that enhance sur-
vival and reproductive success in
a particular environment.
Word Help: selection

the process of choosing
This branching diagram shows the
four kingdoms in domain Eukarya.
Word Help: variation
a difference in the form or
function
Domain
Eukarya
5. Identify Based on the
branching diagram, which
KINGDOM PROTISTA two kingdoms in Eukarya
evolved most recently?
Members of kingdom Protista are either single-celled or
How do you know?
simple multicellular organisms. They are commonly called
protists. Scientists think that the first protists evolved from
ancient bacteria about 2 billion years ago. Much later, plants,
fungi, and animals evolved from ancient protists.
Kingdom Protista contains many different kinds of
organisms. Some, such as Paramecium, resemble animals.
They are called protozoa. Plantlike protists are called
algae. Some algae, such as phytoplankton, are single cells.
Others, such as kelp, are multicellular. Multicellular slime
molds also belong to kingdom Protista.
Paramecium

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KINGDOM FUNGI
Molds and mushrooms are members of kingdom Fungi.
Some fungi (singular, fungus) are unicellular. That is, they are
single-celled organisms. Yeast is unicellular. Most other fungi
are multicellular. Unlike plants, fungi do not perform
photosynthesis. However, they also do not eat food, as
animals do. Instead, fungi use digestive juices to break down
READING CHECK materials in the environment and absorb them.
6. Describe How do fungi
get food?
Amanita is a poisonous fungus. You

should never eat wild fungi.
KINGDOM PLANTAE
Although plants differ in size and appearance, most
people can easily identify the members of kingdom Plantae.
Kingdom Plantae contains organisms that are eukaryotic,
have cell walls, and make food by photosynthesis. Most
plants need sunlight to carry out photosynthesis. Therefore,
plants must live in places where light can reach.
The food that plants make is important for the plants
and also for other organisms. Many animals, fungi, protists,
and bacteria get nutrients from plants. When they digest
the plant material, they get the energy stored by the plant.
Plants also provide homes for other organisms.
Math Focus
7. Calculate The average
student’s arms extend about
1.3 m. How many students
would have to join hands to
form a human chain around
a giant sequoia? The giant sequoia
is one of the largest
members of kingdom
Plantae. A giant
sequoia can measure
30 m around the
base and grow more
than 91 m tall!

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KINGDOM ANIMALIA
Kingdom Animalia contains complex, multicellular
organisms. Organisms in kingdom Animalia are com-
monly called animals. The following are some character-
istics of animals:
• Their cells do not have cell walls.
• They are able to move from place to place.
• They have sense organs that help them react quickly to
their environment.
TAKE A LOOK
8. Identify Which animal
characteristic from above can
be seen in this bald eagle?
STRANGE ORGANISMS
Some organisms are not easy to classify. For example,
some plants can eat other organisms to get nutrition as
animals do. Some protists use photosynthesis as plants
do but also move around as animals do.
Critical Thinking
9. Apply Concepts To get
nutrients, a Venus’ flytrap
uses photosynthesis and
traps and digests insects.
Its cells have cell walls. Into
Red Cup Sponge
which kingdom would you
place this organism? Explain
your answer.
What kind of organism is this red cup sponge? It does

not have sense organs and cannot move for most of its
life. Because of this, scientists once classified sponges as
plants. However, sponges cannot make their own food as
plants do. They must eat other organisms to get nutrients.
Today, scientists classify sponges as animals. Sponges are
usually considered the simplest animals.
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SECTION VOCABULARY
Animalia a kingdom made up of complex, Fungi a kingdom made up of nongreen, eukaryotic
multicellular organisms that lack cell walls, can organisms that have no means of movement,
usually move around, and quickly respond to reproduce by using spores, and get food by
their environment breaking down substances in their surroundings
Archaea in a modern taxonomic system, a domain and absorbing the nutrients
made up of prokaryotes (most of which are Plantae a kingdom made up of complex,
known to live in extreme environments) that are multicellular organisms that are usually green,
distinguished from other prokaryotes by have cell walls made of cellulose, cannot move
differences in their genetics and in the makeup around, and use the sun’s energy to make sugar
of their cell wall; this domain aligns with the by photosynthesis
traditional kingdom Archaebacteria Protista a kingdom of mostly one-celled eukaryotic
Bacteria in a modern taxonomic system, a organisms that are different from plants, animals,
domain made up of prokaryotes that usually bacteria, and fungi
have a cell wall and that usually reproduce
by cell division. This domain aligns with the
traditional kingdom Eubacteria
Eukarya in a modern taxonomic system, a
domain made up of all eukaryotes; this
domain aligns with the traditional kingdoms
Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia
1. Compare What is one major difference between domain Eukarya and domains
Bacteria and Archaea?
2. Explain Why do scientists continue to add new kingdoms to their system of

classification?
3. Analyze Methods Why do you think Linnaeus did not include classifications for
archaea and bacteria?
4. Apply Concepts Based on its characteristics described at the beginning of this sec-
tion, in which kingdom would you classify Euglena?

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SECTION
1 Bacteria and Archaea

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1b, 1c, 2a, 3a, 3b, 4b
these questions:
• What are bacteria and archaea?
• What are the characteristics of bacteria?
• How do archaea and bacteria differ?
What Are Bacteria and Archaea?

Organisms are grouped by traits they have in com- STUDY TIP
mon. All living things can be grouped into one of three Underline Use colored
domains: Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukarya. pencils to underline the
characteristics of bacteria in
All organisms in domain Eukarya are eukaryotes. red, characteristics of archaea
Each cell of a eukaryote has a nucleus and membrane- in blue, and characteristics
bound organelles. All organisms in domains Bacteria and shared by both in green.
Archaea are prokaryotes. A prokaryote is an organism
that is single-celled and has no nucleus.
Although many prokaryotes live in groups, they are
single organisms that can move, get food, and make cop-
ies of themselves. Most prokaryotes are very small and
cannot be seen without a microscope. However, you can
see some very large bacteria with your naked eye. READING CHECK
characteristics of prokaryotes?
Prokaryotes Eukaryotes
• single-celled • single-celled or multicellular
• no nucleus • nucleus
• no membrane-bound organelles • membrane-bound organelles
Domain Bacteria Domain Archaea Domain Eukarya
What Characteristics Do Archaea and

Bacteria Share?
READING CHECK
NO NUCLEUS 2. Describe What does the

DNA of a prokaryote look like?
Prokaryotes do not store their DNA in a nucleus as
eukaryotes do. Their DNA is stored as a circular loop
inside the cell.
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SECTION 1 Bacteria and Archaea continued
REPRODUCTION
Prokaryotes copy themselves, or reproduce, by a pro-
cess called binary fission. Binary fission is reproduction
in which a single-celled organism splits into two single-
celled organisms. Before a prokaryote can reproduce, it
must make a copy of its loop of DNA. After the cell splits,
READING CHECK the two new cells are identical to the original cell.
3. Identify How do
prokaryotes reproduce? Binary Fission
1 The cell grows.
2 The cell makes a copy of

its DNA. Both copies attach
to the cell membrane.
3 The DNA and its copy

separate as the cell
grows larger.
TAKE A LOOK 4 The cells separate.

Each new cell has a
4. Describe After binary copy of the DNA.
fission, how do the two cells
compare to the original cell?
What Are Some Characteristics of Bacteria?

Most of the prokaryotes that scientists have found are
bacteria. Domain Bacteria has more individual members
than domains Archaea and Eukarya combined have.
Bacteria can be found almost everywhere.

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SHAPE
Most bacteria are one of three shapes: bacilli, cocci,
and spirilla. Bacilli are rod-shaped. Cocci are spherical.
Spirilla are long and spiral-shaped. Different shapes help
bacteria survive. Most bacteria have a stiff cell wall that
gives them their shape. READING CHECK
Some bacteria have hairlike parts called flagella 5. List What are three
(singular, flagellum). A flagellum works like a tail to push common shapes of bacteria?
a bacterium through fluids.
The Most Common Shapes of Bacteria
Bacilli are rod shaped. They have a Cocci are spherical. They do not
large surface area, which helps them dry out as quickly as rod-shaped
take in nutrients. However, a large bacteria.
surface area causes them to dry out
quickly.
TAKE A LOOK
6. Compare What advantage
do cocci have over bacilli?
7. Compare What advantage

do bacilli have over cocci?
Spirilla are long and spiral-shaped.

They have flagella at both ends.
These tail-like structures help the
bacteria move through fluids.

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ENDOSPORES
Most bacteria do well in warm, moist places. Some
species of bacteria die in dry and cold surroundings.
However, some bacteria form endospores to survive
these kinds of conditions. An endospore is a thick,
protective covering that forms around the DNA of a
bacterium. The endospore protects the DNA from
STANDARDS CHECK changes in the environment. When conditions are good,
LS 4b Populations of organisms the endospores break open, and the bacteria begin to grow.
can be categorized by the
functions they serve in an
ecosystem. Plants and some
microorganisms are producers— CLASSIFICATION
they make their own food. All Scientists can classify bacteria by the way the bacteria
animals, including humans, are
consumers, which obtain their get food. There are three ways for bacteria to get food:
food by eating other organisms. consume it, decompose it, or produce it.
Decomposers, primarily bacteria
and fungi, are consumers that
use waste materials and dead
• Consumers eat other organisms.
organisms for food. Food webs • Decomposers eat dead organisms or waste.
identify the relationship among
producers, consumers, and • Producers make their own food. Some bacteria can
decomposers in an ecosystem.
make food using the energy from sunlight.
Word Help: categorized
to put into groups or
classes
8. List Name three roles

bacteria can play in an
ecosystem.
Decomposers, such as the ones help-

ing to decay this leaf, return nutrients
to the soil. This allows other living
things to use those nutrients.
CYANOBACTERIA
Cyanobacteria are producers. These bacteria have a
green pigment called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll traps the
energy from the sun. The cell uses this energy to make food.
Some scientists think that billions of years ago, bacteria
similar to cyanobacteria began to live inside larger cells.
According to this hypothesis, the bacteria made food for
itself and the larger cells. In return, the larger cells
protected the bacteria. This relationship may have led to
the first plant cells on Earth.
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How Do Archaea Differ from Bacteria?

Like bacteria, archaea are prokaryotes. However,
archaea are different from bacteria. For example, not all
archaea have cell walls. When they do have them, the cell
walls are made of different materials than the cell walls
of bacteria. READING CHECK
There are three types of archaea: heat lovers, salt 9. Identify What is one
lovers, and methane makers. Heat lovers live in hot ocean difference between archaea
vents and hot springs. They usually live in water that is and bacteria?
60°C to 80°C. However, they have been found in living in
water as hot as 250°C.
Salt lovers live where there are high levels of salt, such
as the Dead Sea. Methane makers give off methane gas.
Methane makers often live in swamps. They can also live
inside animal intestines.
TAKE A LOOK
10. Identify What type of
archaea do you think would
live in this swamp?
HARSH ENVIRONMENTS
Although bacteria can be found almost anywhere,
archaea can live in places where even bacteria cannot
Critical Thinking
11. Infer What kind of
survive. For example, many archaea live in places with prokaryote would most likely
little or no oxygen. Many can also survive very high tem- be found near vents at the
peratures and pressures. bottom of the ocean with
extremely high temperatures?
Scientists have found archaea in the hot springs at Explain your answer.
Yellowstone National Park and beneath 430 m of ice in
Antarctica. Archaea have even been found 8 km below
the surface of the Earth! Even though they can be found
in harsh environments, many archaea also live in more
moderate environments, such as the ocean.
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Section 1 Review NSES LS 1b, 1c, 2a, 3a, 3b, 4b
SECTION VOCABULARY
binary fission a form of asexual reproduction prokaryote an organism that consists of a single
in single-celled organisms by which one cell cell that does not have a nucleus
divides into two cells of the same size
endospore a thick-walled protective spore that
forms inside a bacterial cell and resists harsh
conditions
1. List What are the three domains that include all living things?
2. Compare Fill in the Venn Diagram to compare bacteria and archaea.
3. Describe How do some scientists think the first plants appeared on Earth?
4. List Name three kinds of archaea.
5. Infer Do you think it would be possible to find bacteria and archaea living in the
same environment? Explain your answer.

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SECTION
2 Bacteria’s Role in the World

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1f
these questions:
• How are some bacteria helpful?
• How are some bacteria harmful?
Are All Bacteria Harmful?

Bacteria are everywhere. They live in our water, our STUDY TIP
food, and our bodies. Some bacteria cause disease. Outline As you read, make
However, most of the types of bacteria are helpful to an outline of this section. Use
the header questions to help
organisms and the environment. Some bacteria move you make your outline.
nitrogen throughout the environment. Other bacteria help
recycle dead animals and plants. Still other bacteria are
used to help scientists make medicines. Bacteria help us
every day. Say It
Discuss Does it surprise you
How Are Bacteria Helpful to Plants? to learn that not all bacteria
are harmful? What were some
Plants need nitrogen to live. Although nitrogen makes things you used to believe
up about 78% of the air, plants cannot use this nitrogen about bacteria? With a partner,
directly. They need to take in a different form of nitrogen. talk about how your view of
bacteria has changed.
Bacteria in the soil take nitrogen from the air and change
it into a form that plants can use. This process is called
nitrogen fixation.
Bacteria’s Role in the Nitrogen Cycle
Most animals get the nitrogen they

need by eating plants.
Nitrogen in the air

enters the soil.
Bacteria are found in the TAKE A LOOK

soil and in nodules on the 1. Explain How do most
roots of plants. The bacteria animals get the nitrogen that
change nitrogen into a form they need?
that plants can use.

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SECTION 2 Bacteria’s Role in the World continued
How Are Bacteria Helpful to the Environment?

Bacteria are useful for recycling nutrients and cleaning
up pollution. In nature, bacteria break down dead plants
and animals. Breaking down dead matter helps recycle
Math Focus the nutrients so they can be used by other organisms.
2. Calculate An ounce Some bacteria are used to fight pollution.This process
(1 oz) is equal to about 28 g.
If 1 g of soil contains 25 is called bioremediation. Bioremediation means using
billion bacteria, how many microorganisms, such as bacteria, to clean up harmful
bacteria are in 1 oz of soil? chemicals. Bioremediation is used to clean up oil spills
and waste from cities, farms, and industries.
How Are Bacteria Helpful to People?
MAKING FOOD
Many of the foods you eat are made with the help of
bacteria. Bacteria are commonly used in dairy products.
Every time you eat cheese, yogurt, buttermilk, or sour
cream, you are also eating bacteria. These products are
made using milk and bacteria. Bacteria change the sugar
in milk, called lactose, into lactic acid. Lactic acid adds
flavor to the food and preserves it.
Bacteria are used to make

many kinds of food.
MAKING MEDICINES
What’s the best way to fight bacteria that cause dis-
ease? Would you believe that the answer is to use other
bacteria? An antibiotic is a medicine that can kill bacte-
ria and other microorganisms. Many antibiotics are made
by bacteria.
READING CHECK
3. Explain What does GENETIC ENGINEERING
genetic engineering let
scientists do? When scientists change an organism’s DNA, it is called
genetic engineering. For example, scientists have put
genes from different organisms into bacteria. The added
DNA gives the bacterium instructions for making differ-
ent proteins. Genetic engineering lets scientists make
products that are hard to find in nature.
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SECTION 2 Bacteria’s Role in the World continued
Genes from the Xenopus

frog were used to pro-
duce the first genetically
engineered bacteria.
Scientists have used genetic engineering to produce Critical Thinking

insulin. The human body needs insulin to break down 4. Infer Why do you think it
and use sugar. People who have a disease called diabe- is helpful to engineer bacte-
tes cannot make enough insulin. In the 1970s, scientists ria to produce insulin?
found a way to put genes into bacteria so that the bacte-
ria would produce human insulin.
How Can Bacteria Be Harmful?

Some bacteria can be harmful to people and other
organisms. Bacteria that cause disease are called
pathogenic bacteria. Pathogenic bacteria get inside a
host organism and take nutrients from the organism’s
cells. Pathogenic bacteria can harm the organism. Today,
people protect themselves from some bacterial diseases
by vaccination. Many bacterial infections can be treated
with antibiotics. READING CHECK
Bacteria can cause disease in other organisms as well 5. Identify What can be used
as people. Bacteria can rot or discolor a plant and its fruit. to treat bacterial infections?
To stop this, plants are sometimes treated with antibiotics.
Scientists also try to grow plants that have been genetically
engineered to resist bacteria that cause disease.
Vaccines can protect you

from bacterial diseases such
as tetanus and diphtheria.

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Section 2 Review NSES LS 1f
SECTION VOCABULARY
antibiotic medicine used to kill bacteria and pathogenic bacteria bacteria that cause disease
other organisms
bioremediation the biological treatment of
hazardous waste by living organisms
1. Define What is nitrogen fixation?
2. Complete Fill in the process chart for the nitrogen cycle. Be sure to describe
what is happening during each step.
Nitrogen from the

air passes into the
soil.
3. Explain What are two ways that bacteria are helpful to other living things?
4. Explain What is genetic engineering?
5. Explain How do pathogenic bacteria harm an organism?
6. Identify Relationships Legumes, which include peanuts and beans, are good
nitrogen-fixers. Legumes are also a good source of amino acids. What chemical
element would you expect to find in amino acids?

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SECTION
3 Viruses
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1f, 2a
these questions:
• What is a virus?
• How does a virus survive?
• How do viruses make more of themselves?
What Is a Virus?
Most people have either had chickenpox or seen some- STUDY TIP
one with the disease. Chickenpox is caused by a virus. A Compare As you read, make
virus is a tiny particle that gets inside a cell and usually a Venn Diagram to compare
viruses and bacteria.
kills it. Many viruses cause diseases, such as the common
cold, the flu, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome
(AIDS). Viruses are smaller than bacteria and can only be
seen with a microscope. Viruses can also change quickly.
These traits make it hard for scientists to fight viruses. READING CHECK
1. Explain Why is it difficult
Are Viruses Living? for scientists to fight viruses?
Like living things, viruses have protein and genetic
material. However, viruses are not alive. A virus cannot
eat, grow, or reproduce like a living thing. For a virus to
function, it needs to get inside a living cell. Viruses use
cells as hosts. A host is a living thing that a virus lives on
or in. A virus uses a host cell to make more viruses. STANDARDS CHECK
LS 2a Reproduction is a character-
istic of all living systems; because
no living organism lives forever,
reproduction is essential to the
continuation of every species.
Some organisms reproduce asexu-
ally. Others reproduce sexually.
2. List Give three reasons

that viruses are not consid-
ered living things.
Viruses are not cells. They have genetic material, but they do not
have cytoplasm or organelles.

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SECTION 3 Viruses continued
What Is the Structure of a Virus?

Every virus is made up of genetic material inside a
protein coat. The protein coat protects the genetic
material and helps the virus enter a cell.
How Are Viruses Grouped?

Viruses can be grouped in several ways. These include
shape and type of genetic material. The genetic material
in viruses is either RNA or DNA. RNA is made of only
one strand of nucleotides. DNA is made of two strands of
nucleotides. The viruses that cause chickenpox and warts
have DNA. The viruses that cause colds, flu, and AIDS
READING CHECK have RNA.
3. Identify What two The Basic Shapes of Viruses
kinds of genetic material can
viruses have?
Crystals Spheres
The polio virus is Influenza viruses look
shaped like the like spheres. HIV, the
crystals shown here. virus that causes AIDS,
also has this structure.
TAKE A LOOK
4. Identify What shape are
viruses that attack bacteria? Cylinders Spacecraft
The tobacco mosaic One group of viruses
virus is shaped like a attacks only bacteria.
cylinder and attacks Many of these look
tobacco plants. almost like spacecraft.
How Do Viruses Make More Viruses?

READING CHECK
5. Identify Name one way THE LYTIC CYCLE
viruses are like living things.
Like living things, viruses make more of themselves.
However, viruses cannot reproduce on their own. They
attack living cells and turn them into virus factories. This
process is called the lytic cycle.
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SECTION 3 Viruses continued
The Lytic Cycle

1 The virus finds and joins itself to
2 The virus enters the cell, or
the virus’s genetic material is
Math Focus
6. Calculate If you enlarged
a host cell. injected into the cell.
an average virus 600,000
times, it would be about the
size of a small pea. How tall
would you be if you were
enlarged 600,000 times?
4 The host cell dies when the

3 Once the virus’s genes are inside, new viruses break out of it.
they take control of the host cell The new viruses look for host
and turn it into a virus factory. cells, and the cycle continues.
TAKE A LOOK
7. Explain What happens
to a host cell when the new
viruses are released?
THE LYSOGENIC CYCLE

Some viruses don’t go right into the lytic cycle. These
viruses put their genetic material inside a host cell, but
new viruses are not made. As the host cells divides, the
genetic material of the virus is passed to the new cells.
This is called the lysogenic cycle. The host cells can carry
the genes of the virus for a long time. When the genes do
become active, the lytic cycle begins.
How Can You Stop Viruses?

Antibiotics cannot destroy viruses. However, scientists Critical Thinking
have made some medicines called antiviral medications. 8. Infer Why shouldn’t you
These medicines stop viruses from reproducing in their take antibiotics to treat a
cold?
host. Most diseases caused by viruses do not have cures.
It is best to try to stop a virus from entering your body.
Washing your hands helps you avoid some viruses. The
vaccinations some children get also help to prevent viral
infections.

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Section 3 Review NSES LS 1f, 2a
SECTION VOCABULARY
host an organism from which a parasite takes virus a microscopic particle that gets inside a cell
food or shelter and often destroys the cell
1. Compare How are viruses similar to living things?
2. Describe What is the structure of a virus?
3. List List four shapes that viruses may have.
4. Summarize Complete the process chart to show the steps of the lytic cycle.
The virus attaches to a host cell.
The new viruses break out of the host cell, and the host cell dies. The new viruses look for hosts.
5. Explain Why do viruses need hosts?
5. Compare How is the lysogenic cycle different from the lytic cycle?
6. List Name two ways to prevent a viral infection.

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SECTION
1 Protists
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1b, 1c, 1f, 2a, 4b, 5a
these questions:
• How are protists different from other organisms?
• How do protists get food?
• How do protists reproduce?
What Are Protists?

Protists are members of the kingdom Protista. They are STUDY TIP
a very diverse group of organisms. Most are single-celled, but List As you read, make a
some have many cells. Some are single-celled but live in colo- table showing the ways
different protists can obtain
nies. Members of the kingdom Protista have many different food and reproduce.
ways of getting food, reproducing, and moving.
Protists are very different from plants, animals, and fungi.
They are also very different from each other. Scientists group
protists together because they do not fit into any other king-
dom. However, they do share a few characteristics:
• They are eukaryotic (each of their cells has a nucleus).
• They are less complex than other eukaryotic organisms.
• They do not have specialized tissues. Critical Thinking
Zooflagellate Pretzel slime mold 1. Infer Are protists
prokaryotes or eukaryotes?
Sea lettuce
Paramecium
Protists have many different shapes.
How Do Protists Get Food?

Some protists can make their own food. Other protists
need to get their food from other organisms or from the
environment. Some protists use more than one method of
getting food.
Interactive Textbook 155 Protists and Fungi
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SECTION 1 Protists continued
AUTOTROPHS
Some protists are producers because they make their
own food. The cells of these protists have structures
called chloroplasts, which capture energy from the sun.
Protists use this energy to produce food in a process
called photosynthesis. Plants use the same process to
make their own food. Producers are also known as
READING CHECK autotrophs. Autos is Greek for “self.”
autotroph? HETEROTROPHS
Some protists cannot make their own food. They are
called heterotrophs. Heteros is Greek for “different.” There
are several ways that protist heterotrophs can obtain food.
• Consumers eat other organisms, such as bacteria,
yeasts, or other protists.
• Decomposers break down dead organic matter.
• Parasites are organisms that feed on or invade other
living things. The organism a parasite invades is called a
READING CHECK host. Parasites usually harm their hosts.
3. List What are the three
kinds of protist heterotrophs? How Do Protists Reproduce?
Like all living things, protists reproduce. Some protists
reproduce asexually, and some reproduce sexually. Some
protists reproduce asexually at one stage in their life
cycle and sexually at another stage.
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
Most protists reproduce asexually. In asexual repro-
duction, only one parent is needed to make offspring.
These offspring are identical to the parent.
• In binary fission, a single-celled protist divides into
two cells.
• In multiple fission, a single-celled protist divides into more
than two cells. Each new cell is a single-celled protist.
Math Focus
4. Calculate If seven
individuals of genus Euglena
reproduce at one time, how
many individuals will result?
Members of the genus Euglena reproduce by
dividing lengthwise during fission.

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SECTION 1 Protists continued
SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
Sexual reproduction requires two parents. The offspring Critical Thinking
have new combinations of genetic material. The two protists 5. Apply Concepts Are
below are reproducing by conjugation. During conjugation, the offspring produced by
two organisms join and exchange genetic material. Then conjugation genetically
identical to their parents?
they divide to produce four new protists. Explain your answer.
Protists of the genus Paramecium can reproduce by

conjugation, a kind of sexual reproduction.
Some protists can reproduce both sexually and

asexually. For example, some can reproduce asexually STANDARDS CHECK
LS 2a Reproduction is a
when environmental conditions are good. When conditions characteristic of all living systems;
become difficult, such as when there is little food, the because no living organism lives
forever, reproduction is essential to
protists reproduce sexually. This allows the offspring to the continuation of every species.
get new combinations of traits that might be helpful under Some organisms reproduce asexu-
ally. Others reproduce sexually.
difficult conditions.
6. Explain How does
sexual reproduction during
What Is a Reproductive Cycle? times of difficult conditions
Some protists have complex reproductive cycles. help protist offspring?
These protists may change forms many times. For exam-
ple, Plasmodium vivax is one of the protists that cause
the disease malaria. P. vivax is a parasite. It needs both
humans and mosquitoes to reproduce. Its reproductive
cycle is shown below.
a An infected mosquito bites a human and
releases Plasmodium vivax into the blood-
e In the mosquito, stream.
the P. vivax
matures into its
original form. b P. vivax invades liver
The cycle then cells and reproduces.
Then it enters the
repeats.
bloodstream again in
a new form.
c P. vivax invades red blood TAKE A LOOK

cells and reproduces. 7. Identify Inside the human
d A mosquito bites When the red blood body, where does P. vivax
a human and cells burst open, P. vivax reproduce?
picks up P. vivax. enters the bloodstream in
another new form.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
heterotroph an organism that gets food by parasite an organism that feeds on an organism
eating other organisms or their byproducts and of another species (the host) and that usually
that cannot make organic compounds from harms the host; the host never benefits from
inorganic materials the presence of the parasite
host an organism from which a parasite takes protist an organism that belongs to the kingdom
food or shelter Protista
1. List Name three traits protists have in common.
2. Identify What kind of reproduction results in offspring that are different from
their parents? What kind of reproduction results in offspring that are identical to
their parents?
3. Apply Concepts Why are mosquito control programs used to prevent the spread
of malaria?
4. List Name four ways protists obtain food.
5. Explain Some scientists think kingdom Protista should be divided into several
kingdoms. What do you think is the reason for this?

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SECTION
2 Kinds of Protists
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1b, 1f, 3a, 5a
these questions:
• How are protists classified?
• What structures do protists use to move?
How Do Scientists Classify Protists?

Protists are hard to classify, or group, because they STUDY TIP
are a very diverse group of organisms. Scientists are still Organize As you read this
learning how protists are related to each other. One way section, make a table that
describes each type of pro-
scientists classify protists is by their shared traits. Using tist, how it gets food, and if
this method, scientists classify protists into three groups: and how it moves around.
producers, heterotrophs that can move, and heterotrophs
that cannot move. However, these groups do not show
how protists are related to each other.
Which Protists Are Producers?

Protist producers are known as algae (singular, alga). Like
plants, algae have chloroplasts. Recall that chloroplasts con-
tain a green pigment called chlorophyll that captures energy
from the sun. During photosynthesis, protists use this energy,
carbon dioxide, and water to make food. Most algae also
have other pigments that give them different colors. READING CHECK
Almost all algae live in water. Some are single-celled, 1. Identify What are protist
and some are made of many cells. Many-celled algae are producers called?
called seaweeds. They usually live in shallow water and
can grow to be many meters long.
Free-floating, single-celled algae are called
phytoplankton. They are too small to be seen without Critical Thinking
a microscope. They usually float near the surface of the 2. Compare What is the
water. They provide food and oxygen for other organisms. difference between seaweeds
and phytoplankton?
Diatoms are a kind of plankton.

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SECTION 2 Kinds of Protists continued
RED ALGAE
Most of the world’s seaweeds are red algae. Their cells
contain chlorophyll, but a red pigment gives them their
color. Most red algae live in tropical oceans. They can
thrive in very deep water. Their red pigment allows them
READING CHECK to absorb the light that filters into deep water.
function of red pigment in GREEN ALGAE
red algae? Green algae are the most diverse group of protist pro-
ducers. They are green because chlorophyll is their main
pigment. Most live in water or moist soil, but they can
also live in melting snow, on tree trunks, and inside other
organisms. Many are single-celled. Some have many cells
and can grow to be eight meters long. Some individual
cells live in groups called colonies.
TAKE A LOOK
4. Infer Is Volvox single-celled
or multicellular? Explain your
answer.
Volvox is a green alga that grows in round colonies.
BROWN ALGAE
Most of the seaweeds found in cool climates are
brown algae. These algae have chlorophyll and a yellow-
brown pigment. Brown algae live in oceans. They attach
READING CHECK to rocks or form large floating groups called beds.
5. Identify In what type Brown algae can grow to be very large. Some grow
of climate are brown algae 60 m in just one season. That is about as long as 20 cars!
likely to be found? Only a brown alga’s top is exposed to sunlight. This part
of the alga makes food through photosynthesis. The food
is carried to parts of the algae that are too deep in the
water to get sunlight.
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DIATOMS
Diatoms make up a large percentage of phytoplankton.
Most are single-celled protists found in both salt water and
fresh water. They get their energy from photosynthesis.
Diatoms are enclosed in thin, two-part shells. The shell is
made of a glass-like substance called silica. READING CHECK
6. Identify What substance
DINOFLAGELLATES makes up the thin shells of
Most dinoflagellates are single-celled. They generally diatoms?
live in salt water, but a few species live in fresh water, or
even in snow. Dinoflagellates spin through the water using
whiplike structures called flagella (singular, flagellum).
Most dinoflagellates get their energy from photosynthesis.
However, a few are consumers, decomposers, or parasites.
EUGLENOIDS
Euglenoids are single-celled protists. They move
through the water using flagella. Most have two flagella,
one long and one short. They cannot see, but they have
eyespots that sense light. A special structure called a
contractile vacuole removes excess water from the cell.
Euglenoids do not fit well into any one protist group
because they can get their food in several ways. Many
euglenoids are producers. When there is not enough light
to make food, they can be heterotrophs. Some euglenoids
are full-time consumers or decomposers. READING CHECK
7. Explain Why don’t
euglenoids fit well into any
Structure of Euglenoids one group of protists?
Nucleus Flagella
Chloroplast
Eyespot
Contractile
vacuole

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Which Heterotrophs Can Move?

Heterotrophic protists that can move are sometimes
called protozoans. They are usually single-celled consum-
ers or parasites. They move using special structures, such
READING CHECK as pseudopodia, flagella, or cilia.
8. Identify What is another
name for heterotrophic AMOEBAS
protists that can move? Amoebas are soft, jelly-like protozoans. Many amoebas
are found in fresh water, salt water, and soil. Amoebas have
contractile vacuoles to get rid of excess water. They move
and catch food using pseudopodia (singular, pseudopod).
Pseudopodia means “false feet.” The figure below shows
how an amoeba uses pseudopodia to move.
How Amoebas
Move Pseudopod
1 An amoeba extends
a new pseudopod
from part of its cell.
Contractile
vacuole
2 The rest of the

TAKE A LOOK cell flows into the
9. Infer Are pseudopodia new pseudopod.
fixed structures? Explain your
answer.
3 Other pseudopodia
retract.
Some amoebas are consumers that eat bacteria and

smaller protists. Some are parasites that get their food
by invading other organisms. These include the amoebas
that live in human intestines and cause a painful disease
called amoebic dysentery.
Amoebas also use pseudopodia to catch food. When
an amoeba senses food, it moves toward it using its pseu-
dopodia. It surrounds the food with pseudopodia to form
a food vacuole. Enzymes move into the vacuole to digest
food. The digested food then passes into the amoeba.
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Food
vacuole
An amoeba uses pseudopodia to catch food.
SHELLED AMOEBA-LIKE PROTISTS

Some amoeba-like protists have an outer shell. They
move by poking pseudopodia out of pores in the shells.
Some, such as foraminiferans, have snail-like shells.
Others, such as radiolarian, look like glass ornaments. READING CHECK
kinds of shelled amoeba-like
protists?
Radiolarians have shells.
ZOOFLAGELLATES
Zooflagellates are heterotrophic protists that move by
waving flagella back and forth. Some live in water. Others
live in the bodies of other organisms.
Some zooflagellates are parasites that cause disease.
People who drink water containing the zooflagellate
Giardia lamblia can get severe stomach cramps.
READING CHECK
Some zooflagellates live in mutualism with other
11. Define What is
organisms. In mutualism, two different organisms live mutualism?
closely together and help each other survive. The zoofla-
gellate shown on the next page lives in the gut of ter-
mites. The organisms help each other. The zooflagellate
helps the termite digest wood, and the termite gives the
protist food and a place to live.
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Structure of Flagellates
Nucleus
Flagella
TAKE A LOOK
12. Apply Concepts Is this
organism a prokaryote or
a eukaryote? Explain your
answer.
CILIATES
Ciliates are complex protists. They have hundreds of
tiny, hairlike structures called cilia. The cilia beat back
and forth very quickly to move the ciliate forward. Cilia
also sweep food toward the ciliate’s food passageway.
A Paramecium is a kind of ciliate. It has several
important features:
• a large nucleus, called a macronucleus, that controls
the cell’s functions
• a smaller nucleus, called a micronucleus, that can pass
genes to another Paramecium during sexual reproduction
• a food vacuole, where enzymes digest food
• an anal pore, where food waste is removed from the cell
READING CHECK • a contractile vacuole to remove excess water
13. Identify What structure Structure of Paramecium
in a Paramecium is used to Cilia
exchange genes with another
Paramecium during sexual Macronucleus
reproduction?
Contractile
vacuole
Food vacuole
Micronucleus
Food passageway
Anal pore

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Which Heterotrophs Cannot Move?

Not all protist heterotrophs can move. Some of these
are parasites. Others in this group only move at certain
phases in their life cycles.
SPORE-FORMING PROTISTS
Many spore-forming protists are parasites. They
absorb nutrients from their hosts. Spore-forming protists
have complicated life cycles that usually include two or
more hosts. For example, the spore-forming protists that
cause malaria use mosquitoes and humans as hosts.
WATER MOLDS
Most water molds are small, single-celled protists. They
live in water, moist soil, or other organisms. Some water
molds are decomposers. Many water molds are parasites.
Their hosts can be living plants, animals, algae, or fungi.
SLIME MOLDS
Slime molds live in cool, moist places. They look like Critical Thinking
colorful globs of slime. At certain phases of their life 14. Identify What is one
cycles, slime molds can move using pseudopodia. Some characteristic that slime
live as a giant cell with many nuclei at one stage of life. molds, at certain phases of
their life cycles, share with
Some live as single-celled organisms. Slime molds eat amoebas?
bacteria and yeast. They also surround bits of rotting
matter and digest them.
When water or nutrients are hard to find, slime molds
grow stalk-like structures with round knobs on top. The
knobs are called sporangia, and they contain spores.
Spores are small reproductive cells covered by a thick
cell wall. The spores can survive for a long time without
water or nutrients. When conditions improve, the spores
develop into new slime molds. READING CHECK
Sporangia 15. Explain How can spores
help a species of slime mold
The sporangia of a slime mold survive difficult conditions?
contain spores.

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Section 2 Review NSES LS 1a, 1b, 1f, 3a, 5a
SECTION VOCABULARY
algae eukaryotic organisms that convert the phytoplankton the microscopic, photosynthetic
sun’s energy into food through photosynthesis organisms that float near the surface of marine
but that do not have roots, stems, or leaves or fresh water
(singular, alga)
1. List Name three kinds of protists that use flagella to move.
2. Organize Fill in the Venn Diagram below to organize the different kinds of
protists based on how they get food. Remember that some protists can get food
in more than one way.
Producers Heterotrophs
3. List Give two examples of each of the following: protist producers, heterotrophs
that can move, and heterotrophs that cannot move.
4. Identify What are two ways amoebas use pseudopodia?

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SECTION
3 Fungi
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1b, 1d, 1f, 2a, 4b, 5a
these questions:
• What are the characteristics of fungi?
• What are the four groups of fungi?
What Are Fungi?

Fungi (singular, fungus) are everywhere. The mushrooms STUDY TIP
on pizza are a type of fungus. The yeast used to make bread Compare Make a chart
is also a fungus. If you have ever had athlete’s foot, you can showing how fungi in each
group reproduce.
thank a fungus for that, too.
Fungi are so different from other organisms that
they are placed in their own kingdom. There are many
different shapes, sizes, and colors of fungi, but they have
several characteristics in common.
• They are eukaryotic. (Their cells have nuclei.) Critical Thinking
• They are heterotrophs. (They cannot make their own food.) 1. Compare What are two
ways that fungi differ from
• Their cells have rigid cell walls. plants?
• They have no chlorophyll.
• They produce reproductive cells called spores.
Straight coral fungus
Bird’s nest fungus

Say It
Describe Where have you
seen fungi before? What did
they look like? With a partner,
describe any fungi you have
seen.

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SECTION 3 Fungi continued
The mycelium of a fungus

is underground. It is made
up of hyphae.
Hyphae
STANDARDS CHECK
LS 4b Populations of organ-
isms can be categorized by
the functions they serve in an Some fungi are single cells, but most are made of many
ecosystem. Plants and some mi- cells. Many-celled fungi are made up of chains of cells
croorganimsms are producers—
they make their own food. All called hyphae (singular, hypha). A hypha is a thread-like
animals, including humans, are filament. The cells in these filaments have openings in
consumers, which obtain their
food by eating other organisms. their cell walls. These openings allow cytoplasm to move
between cells.
use waste materials and dead Most of the hyphae that make up a fungus grow
organisms for food. Food webs
identify the relationship among together to form a twisted mass called the mycelium.
producers, consumers, and de- The mycelium is generally the largest part of the fungus.
composers in an ecosystem.
It grows underground.
Word Help: categorize
to put into groups or
classes
How Do Fungi Get Nutrients?
Fungi are heterotrophs, which means they feed on other
Word Help: function organisms. Unlike other heterotrophs, however, fungi can-
use or purpose
not catch or surround food. They must live on or near their
2. List What are three ways food supply. They secrete digestive juices onto food and
that fungi can get food?
absorb the nutrients from the dissolved food.
Most fungi are decomposers. They feed on dead plant
or animal matter. Some fungi are parasites. Some live
in mutualism with other organisms. For example, some
fungi grow on or in the roots of a plant. This relationship
is called a mycorrhiza. The plant provides nutrients to
the fungus. The fungus helps the plant absorb minerals
and protects it from some diseases.
How Do Fungi Reproduce?

Reproduction in fungi can be asexual or sexual. Many
fungi reproduce using spores. Spores are small reproduc-
tive cells or structures that can grow into a new fungus.
They can be the formed by sexual or asexual reproduc-
tion. Many spores have thick cell walls that protect them
from harsh environments.
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ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
Asexual reproduction can occur in several ways.
Some fungi produce spores. The spores are light and
easily spread by the wind. Asexual reproduction can also
happen when hyphae break apart. Each new piece can
become a new fungus. Single-celled fungi called yeasts
reproduce through a process called budding. In budding,
a new cell pinches off from an existing cell. READING CHECK
3. List What are three types
SEXUAL REPRODUCTION of asexual reproduction in
In sexual reproduction, special structures form to fungi?
make sex cells. The sex cells join to produce sexual
spores that grow into a new fungus.
This puffball is releasing

sexual spores that can grow
into new fungi.
What Are the Four Kinds of Fungi?

Scientists classify fungi based on the shape of the
fungi and the way they reproduce. There are four main
groups of fungi: threadlike fungi, sac fungi, club fungi,
and imperfect fungi.
THREADLIKE FUNGI
Have you ever seen fuzzy black mold growing on
bread? A mold is a shapeless, fuzzy fungus. Most thread-
like fungi live in the soil and are decomposers. However,
some are parasites.
Threadlike fungi can reproduce asexually. Structures
called sporangia (singular, sporangium) produce spores.
When sporangia break open, they release the spores into
the air. READING CHECK
Threadlike fungi can also reproduce sexually. Hyphae 4. Define What are
from two different individuals can join together and grow sporangia?
into specialized sporangia. These sporangia can survive in
the cold and with little water. When conditions improve,
these specialized sporangia release spores that can grow
into new fungi.
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TAKE A LOOK
5. Circle On the figure, circle These groups of sporangia are magnified. Each tiny, round sporangium
one sporangium. contains thousands of spores.
SAC FUNGI
Sac fungi are the largest group of fungi. Members of
this group include yeasts, mildew, truffles, and morels.
Sac fungi can reproduce both asexually and sexually.
Usually they use asexual reproduction. When they do
reproduce sexually, they form a sac called an ascus.
READING CHECK Sexual spores develop inside the ascus.
6. Identify How do sac Most sac fungi are multicellular. However, yeasts are
fungi usually reproduce? single-celled sac fungi. When yeasts reproduce asexually,
they use a process called budding. In budding, a new cell
pinches off from an existing cell.
Yeasts are the only fungi that

reproduce by budding.
Yeasts use sugar as food and produce carbon dioxide

and alcohol as waste. Because of this, humans use yeasts
to make products such as alcohol and bread. Bread
dough rises because of trapped bubbles of waste carbon
READING CHECK
dioxide from the yeast.
7. List Name three ways
Some sac fungi are used to make vitamins and anti-
humans use sac fungi.
biotics. Others cause plant diseases. One of these dis-
eases, Dutch elm disease, has killed millions of elm trees.
Humans can use some sac fungi, such as morels and
truffles, as food.
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Morels are only part of a larger sac fungus. They are the reproductive part
of a fungus that lives under the soil.
CLUB FUNGI
Mushrooms are the most familiar club fungi. Other
club fungi include bracket fungi, smuts, rusts, and Say It
puffballs. Bracket fungi grow on wood and form small Investigate Use your
shelves or brackets. Smuts and rusts are common plant school’s media center to
research a bracket, rust, or
parasites that can attack corn and wheat. smut club fungus. Learn
about where the fungus lives
and how it gets nutrients.
Describe this fungus to your
class.
Bracket fungi look like shelves on trees. The underside

of the bracket contains spores,
Club fungi reproduce sexually. They grow special

hyphae that form clublike structures called basidia (sin-
gular, basidium). Sexual spores develop on the basidia.
The spore-producing part of the organism is the only
part of a mushroom that is above the ground. Most of the
organism is underground. READING CHECK
The most familiar mushrooms are called gill fungi. 8. Identify What part of a
The basidia of these mushrooms develop in structures mushroom grows above the
ground?
called gills, under the mushroom cap. Some gill fungi are
the edible mushrooms sold in supermarket. However,
other gill fungi are extremely poisonous.
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TAKE A LOOK
9. Infer Does this picture Witch’s hat fungus
show the largest part of the is a gill fungus.
fungus? Explain your answer.
IMPERFECT FUNGI
This group includes all of the fungi that do not fit into
the other groups. Imperfect fungi do not reproduce sexually.
This group includes some fungi that are harmful to humans
and some that are useful.
STANDARDS CHECK
Most imperfect fungi are parasites that cause diseases
LS 1f Disease is the breakdown
in structures or functions of an in plants and animals. One kind of imperfect fungus
organism. Some diseases are causes a skin disease called athlete’s foot. Another kind
the result of intrinsic failures of
the system. Others are the result of imperfect fungus produces aflatoxin. Aflatoxin is a
of damage by infection by other poison that can cause cancer. Some imperfect fungi are
organisms.
used to make medicines, including the antibiotic penicil-
10. Identify Name two lin. Other imperfect fungi are used to produce cheeses
diseases that can be
caused by an imperfect and soy sauce.
fungus.
The fungus Penicillium produces a

substance that kills certain bacteria.
What Are Lichens?

A lichen is the combination of a fungus and an alga.
The alga lives inside the cell walls of the fungus. This
creates a mutualistic relationship. In a mututalistic rela-
READING CHECK tionship, both organisms benefit from living closely with
11. Identify What two kinds of another species. Even though lichens are made of two
organisms make up a lichen?
different organisms, scientists give lichens their own sci-
entific names. This is because the two organisms together
function like one organism.
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Critical Thinking
12. Infer How do you think
a fungus and an alga evolved
to live together?
Wolf lichen
Christmas lichen
British soldier
lichen
These are some of the many types of lichens.
The fungus and alga that make up a lichen benefit each

other. Unlike fungi alone, lichens are producers. The algae
in the lichens produce food through photosynthesis. Algae
alone would quickly dry out in a dry environment. Fungi,
however, have protective walls that keep moisture inside
the lichen. This allows lichens to live in dry environments.
Lichens need only air, light, and minerals to grow. They
can grow in very dry and very cold environments. They
can even grow on rocks. Lichens are important to other
organisms because they can help form soil. As they grow
on a rock, lichens produce acid. The acid breaks down
the rock. Soil forms from bits of rock and dead lichens. READING CHECK
Once soil forms, plants can move into the area. Animals 13. Explain How do lichens
that eat the plants can also move into the area. make soil?
Lichens are sensitive to air pollution. Because of this,

they are good ecological indicators. This means that if
lichens start to die off in an area, there may be something
wrong in the environment.

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Section 3 Review NSES LS 1a, 1b, 1d, 1f, 2a, 4b, 5a
SECTION VOCABULARY
fungus an organism whose cells have nuclei, mold in biology, a fungus that looks like wool or
rigid cell walls, and no chlorophyll and that cotton
belongs to the kingdom Fungi mycelium the mass of fungal filaments, or
hypha a nonreproductive filament of a fungus hyphae, that forms the body of a fungus
lichen a mass of fungal and algal cells that grow spore a reproductive cell or multicellular struc-
together in a symbiotic relationship and that ture that is resistant to stressful environmental
are usually found on rocks or trees conditions and that can develop into an adult
without fusing with another cell
1. List What are the four groups of fungi?
2. Explain How does a mycorrhiza help both the plant and the fungus?
3. Identify Relationships How are a hypha and a mycelium related?
4. Identify What part of a club fungus grows above the ground? What part grows
below the ground?
5. Explain What is the function of sporangia?
6. Compare How are lichens different from fungi?
7. Compare What is the difference between a lichen and a mycorrhiza?
8. Identify Which group of fungi forms basidia during sexual reproduction?

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SECTION
1 What Is a Plant?
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 2b, 4c, 5a
these questions:
• What characteristics do all plants share?
• What are two differences between plant cells and
animal cells?
What Are the Characteristics of Plants?

A plant is an organism that uses sunlight to make food. STUDY TIP
Trees, grasses, ferns, cactuses, and dandelions are all Organize As you read, make
types of plants. Plants can look very different, but they all a diagram to show the major
groups of plants. Be sure to
share four characteristics. include the characteristics of
each group.
Plants
make their are covered have a two-stage

have cell walls
own food by a cuticle life cycle
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Plants make their own food from carbon dioxide,
water, and energy from sunlight. This process is called
photosynthesis. Photosynthesis takes place in special
organelles called chloroplasts. Inside the chloroplasts, a
green pigment called chlorophyll collects energy from the
sun for photosynthesis. Chlorophyll is what makes most
plants look green. Animal cells do not have chloroplasts. READING CHECK
1. Define What is chlorophyll?
CUTICLES
Every plant has a cuticle that covers and protects it.
A cuticle is a waxy layer that coats a plant’s leaves and
stem. The cuticle keeps plants from drying out by keep-
ing water inside the plant.
CELL WALLS
How do plants stay upright? They do not have skeletons,
as many animals do. Instead, each plant cell is surrounded
by a stiff cell wall. The cell wall is outside the cell mem-
brane. Cell walls support and protect the plant cell. Animal
cells do not have cell walls.
Interactive Textbook 175 Introduction to Plants
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SECTION 1 What Is a Plant? continued
Structures in a Plant Cell

Chloroplast Chloroplasts contain
Large central vacuole chlorophyll. Chlorophyll captures
A vacuole stores water energy from the sun. Plants use this
and helps support energy to make food.
the cell.
TAKE A LOOK
2. Identify What structure in
a plant cell stores water?
Cell membrane
Cell wall The cell wall The cell membrane sur-
3. Identify Where is rounds a plant cell and
surrounds the cell mem-
chlorophyll found? brane. It supports and lies under the cell wall.
protects the plant cell.
TWO-STAGE LIFE CYCLE

Many organisms, including plants, produce offspring
when a sperm joins with an egg. This is called sexual
reproduction. In animals, sexual reproduction happens in
every generation. However, plants do not produce sperm
and eggs in every generation.
Instead, plants have a two-stage life cycle. This means
that they need two generations to produce eggs and sperm.
In the sporophyte stage, a plant makes spores. A spore is
a cell that can divide and grow into a new plant. This new
plant is called a gametophyte. In the gametophyte stage,
the plants produce sperm and eggs. The sperm and eggs
READING CHECK must join to produce a new sporophyte.
4. List What are the two
stages of the plant life cycle? What Are the Main Groups of Plants?
There are two main groups of plants: vascular and
nonvascular. A vascular plant has specialized vascular
tissues. Vascular tissues move water and nutrients from
one part of a plant to another. A nonvascular plant does
not have vascular tissues to move water and nutrients.
The Main Groups of Plants
Nonvascular Plants Vascular Plants
Mosses, liverworts, Seedless plants Seed plants
and hornworts
Ferns, horsetails, Nonflowering Flowering
and club mosses
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SECTION 1 What Is a Plant? continued
NONVASCULAR PLANTS
Nonvascular plants depend on diffusion to move water
and nutrients through the plant. In diffusion, water and
nutrients move through a cell membrane and into a cell.
Each cell must get water and nutrients from the environ-
ment or a cell that is close by.
Nonvascular plants can rely on diffusion because they Critical Thinking
are small. If a nonvascular plant were large, not all of its 5. Apply Concepts Do you
cells would get enough water and nutrients. Most nonvas- think a sunflower is a
gymnosperm or an angio-
cular plants live in damp areas, so each of their cells is
sperm? Explain your answer.
close to water.
VASCULAR PLANTS
Many of the plants we see in gardens and forests are
vascular plants. Vascular plants are divided into two
groups: seedless plants and seed plants. Seed plants are STANDARDS CHECK
divided into two more groups—flowing and nonflower- LS 5a Millions of species of ani-
ing. Nonflowering seed plants, such as pine trees, are mals, plants, and microorganisms
called gymnosperms. Flowering seed plants, such as species might look dissimilar, the
magnolias, are called angiosperms. unity among organisms becomes
apparent from an analysis of in-
ternal structures, the similarity of
How Did Plants Evolve? their chemical processes, and the
evidence of common ancestry.
What would you see if you traveled back in time
about 440 million years? The Earth would be a strange, Word Help: evidence
information showing
bare place. There would be no plants on land. Where did whether an idea is true or
plants come from? valid
The green alga in the figure below may look like a plant, 6. List Give three rea-
but it is not. However, it does share some characteristics sons scientists think plants
with plants. Both algae and plants have the same kind of evolved from an ancient
chlorophyll and make their food by photosynthesis. Like green algae.
plants, algae also have a two-stage life cycle. Scientists
think these similarities mean that plants evolved from a
species of green algae millions of years ago.
A modern green alga and plants,

such as ferns, share several
characteristics. Because of this,
scientists think that both types
of organisms shared an ancient
ancestor.

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Section 1 Review NSES LS 1a, 2b, 4c, 5a
SECTION VOCABULARY
angiosperm a flowering plant that produces nonvascular plant the three groups of plants
seeds within a fruit (liverworts, hornworts, and mosses) that lack
gymnosperm a woody, vascular seed plant specialized conducting tissues and true roots,
whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary stems, and leaves
or fruit vascular plant a plant that has specialized
tissues that conduct materials from one part
of the plant to another
1. Explain What are the two main differences between a plant cell and an animal cell?
2. Organize Fill in each box in the figure below with one of the main characteristics
of plants.
Plants
3. Predict What would happen to a plant if its chloroplasts stopped working? Explain
your answer.
4. Compare What is the main difference between vascular and nonvascular plants?

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SECTION
2 Seedless Plants
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1c, 2b, 5c
these questions:
• What are the differences between seedless vascular
plants and nonvascular plants?
• How can plants reproduce without seeds?
What Are Seedless Plants?

When you think of plants, you probably think of plants STUDY TIP
that make seeds, such as flowers and trees. However, Organize As you read this
there are many plants that don’t make seeds. section, make a chart that
compares vascular plants and
Remember that plants are divided into two main nonvascular plants.
groups: nonvascular plants and vascular plants. All non-
vascular plants are seedless, and some vascular plants
are seedless, as well.
What Are the Features of Nonvascular Plants?
Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts are types of non- Critical Thinking
vascular plants. Remember that nonvascular plants do 1. Apply Concepts Why
wouldn’t you expect to see
not have vascular tissue to deliver water and nutrients. nonvascular plants in the
Instead, each plant cell gets water and nutrients directly desert?
from the environment or from a nearby cell. Therefore,
nonvascular plants usually live in places that are damp.
Nonvascular plants do not have true stems, roots, or
leaves. However, they do have features that help them to
get water and stay in place. For example, a rhizoid is a
rootlike structure that holds some nonvascular plants in
place. Rhizoids also help plants get water and nutrients. READING CHECK
Nonvascular plants 2. List What are two
• have no vascular tissue functions of the rhizoid?
• have no true roots, stems, leaves, or seeds
• are usually small
• live in damp places
REPRODUCTION IN NONVASCULAR PLANTS

Like all plants, nonvascular plants have a two-stage life
cycle. They have a sporophyte generation, which produces
spores, and a gametophyte generation, which produces
eggs and sperm. Sperm from these plants need water so
they can swim to the eggs. Nonvascular plants can also
reproduce asexually, that is, without eggs and sperm.
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SECTION 2 Seedless Plants continued
c Spores land in a moist

Moss Life Cycle place, crack open, and grow
b The sporophyte into leafy gametophytes.
releases spores
Gametophyte
into the air.
Spores
Sporophyte
Male
a The fertilized egg grows into Female
a sporophyte. The sporo-
phyte grows from the Gametophyte
top of the gametophyte.
TAKE A LOOK Egg
3. Identify Are the male Fertilized egg Sperm
Sporophyte
and female gametophytes
separate plants or part of the
d Sperm swim through water
same plant? from the male gametophyte
to fertilize the egg at the top
of the female gametophyte.
IMPORTANCE OF NONVASCULAR PLANTS

Nonvascular plants are usually the first plants to live in
Critical Thinking a new environment, such as newly exposed rock. When
4. Apply Concepts Why do these plants die, they break down and help form a thin
you think nonvascular plants layer of soil. Then plants that need soil in order to grow
can be the first plants to can move into these areas.
grow in a new environment?
Some nonvascular plants are important as food or
nesting material for animals. A nonvascular plant called
peat moss is important to humans. When it turns to peat,
it can be burned as a fuel.
What Are the Features of Seedless

Vascular Plants?
Vascular plants have specialized tissues that carry water
and nutrients to all their cells. These tissues generally
make seedless vascular plants larger than nonvascular
plants. Because they have tissues to move water, vascular
READING CHECK plants do not have to live in places that are damp.
5. Explain How do the cells
Many seedless vascular plants, such as ferns, have
of a seedless vascular plant a structure called a rhizome. The rhizome is an under-
get water? ground stem that produces new leaves and roots.
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SECTION 2 Seedless Plants continued
REPRODUCTION IN SEEDLESS VASCULAR PLANTS

The life cycles of vascular plants and nonnvascular
plants are similar. Sperm and eggs are produced in game-
tophytes. They join to form a sporophyte. The sporophyte
produces spores. The spores are released. They grow into
new gametophytes. READING CHECK
Seedless vascular plants can also reproduce asexually 6. Identify What do spores
in two ways. New plants can branch off from older plants. grow into?
Pieces of a plant can fall off and begin to grow as new plants.
Fern Life Cycle
c Spores land on moist Gametophyte

soil and grow into
gametophytes.
Spores Sperm
TAKE A LOOK
Egg
7. Apply Concepts Does this
figure show sexual or asexual
Female
Male
reproduction? Explain your
d A sperm swims answer.
through water to
fertilize an egg.
b The sporophyte
releases spores Fertilized egg
into the air. Sporophyte
a The fertilized egg grows

into a sporophyte.
IMPORTANCE OF SEEDLESS VASCULAR PLANTS

Did you know that seedless vascular plants that lived
300 million years ago are important to people today?
After these ancient ferns, horsetails, and club mosses
died, they formed coal and oil. Coal and oil are fossil
fuels that people remove from Earth’s crust to use for
energy. They are called fossil fuels because they formed
from plants (or animals) that lived long ago. READING CHECK
Another way seedless vascular plants are important 8. Explain Where does coal
is they help make and preserve soil. Seedless vascular come from?
plants help form new soil when they die and break down.
Their roots can make the soil deeper, which allows other
plants to grow. Their roots also help prevent soil from
washing away.
Many seedless vascular plants are used by humans. Ferns
and some club mosses are popular houseplants. Horsetails
are used in some shampoos and skincare products.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
rhizoid a rootlike structure in nonvascular plants rhizome a horizontal underground stem that
that holds the plants in place and helps plants produces new leaves, shoots, and roots
get water and nutrients
1. Compare What are two differences between a rhizoid and a rhizome?
2. Explain In which generation does sexual reproduction occur? Explain your answer.
3. Compare Use a Venn Diagram to compare vascular and nonvascular plants.
4. Describe What are two ways in which seedless nonvascular plants reproduce
asexually?
5. Apply Concepts Nonvascular plants are usually very small. How does their struc-
ture limit their size?

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SECTION
3 Seed Plants
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 2b, 2c, 2d, 4b, 4c,
these questions: 4d, 5b
• How are seed plants different from seedless plants?

• What are the parts of a seed?
• How do gymnosperms and angiosperms reproduce?
What Are Seed Plants?

Think about the seed plants that you use during the STUDY TIP
day. You probably use dozens of seed plants, including Organize As you read this
the food you eat and the paper you write on. Seed plants section, make cards showing
the parts of the life cycle of
include trees, such as oaks and pine trees, as well as seed plants. Practice arrang-
flowers, such as roses and dandelions. Seed plants are ing the cards in the correct
one of the two main groups of vascular plants. sequence.
Like all plants, seed plants have a two-stage life cycle.
However, seed plants differ from seedless plants, as TAKE A LOOK
shown below. 1. Compare How do the
gametophytes of seedless
plants differ from those of
Seedless plants Seed plants
seed plants?
They do not produce seeds. They produce seeds.
The gametophyte grows as The gametophyte lives

an independent plant. inside the sporophyte.
Sperm need water to Sperm are carried to the

swim to the eggs. eggs by pollen.
Seed plants do not depend on moist habitats for reproduc-

tion, the way seedless plants do. Because of this, seed plants
can live in many more places than seedless plants can. Seed
plants are the most common plants on Earth today.
What Is a Seed?
A seed is a structure that feeds and protects a young
plant. It forms after fertilization, when a sperm and an
egg join. A seed has the following three main parts:
READING CHECK
• a young plant, or sporophyte
2. Identify What process
• cotyledons, early leaves that provide food for the must occur before a seed can
young plant develop?
• a seed coat that covers and protects the young plant
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SECTION 3 Seed Plants continued
A seed contains stored

food and a young
TAKE A LOOK plant, or sporophyte.
A seed is surrounded
3. Label Label the parts of a and protected by a
seed with these terms: young seed coat.
plant, seed coat, cotyledon.
ADVANTAGES OF HAVING SEEDS

STANDARDS CHECK Seeds have some advantages over spores. For example,
LS 5b Biological evolution when the young plant inside a seed begins to grow, it uses
species developed through the food stored in the seed. In contrast, the spores of
gradual processes over many seedless plants don’t have stored food to help a new plant
generations. Species acquire many
of their unique characteristics grow. Therefore, they will live only if they start growing
through biological adaptation, when and where there are enough resources available.
which involves the selection of
naturally occurring variations in Another advantage is that seeds can be spread by ani-
populations. Biological adapta- mals. The spores of seedless plants are usually spread by
tions include changes in structures,
behaviors, or physiology wind. Animals often spread seeds more efficiently than
that enhance survival and
reproductive success in a
the wind spreads spores. Therefore, seeds that are spread
particular environment. by animals are more likely to find a good place to grow.
Word Help: diversity
variety What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?
Word Help: process
Seed plants are divided into two main groups:
a set of steps, events, or gymnosperms and angiosperms. Gymnosperms are non-
changes flowering plants, and angiosperms are flowering plants.
Word Help: survival
the continuing to live or GYMNOSPERMS
exist Gymnosperms are seed plants that do not have flow-
4. Identify What are two ers or fruits. They include plants such as pine trees and
advantages seeds have redwood trees. Many gymnosperms are evergreen, which
over spores?
means that they keep their leaves all year. Gymnosperm
seeds usually develop in a cone, such as a pine cone.
Pine cone
Seeds

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REPRODUCTION IN GYMNOSPERMS
The most well-known gymnosperms are the conifers.
Conifers are evergreen trees and shrubs, such as pines,
spruces, and firs, that make cones to reproduce. They
have male cones and female cones. Spores in male cones
develop into male gametophytes, and spores in female
cones develop into female gametophytes. The gameto-
phytes produce sperm and eggs.
A pollen grain contains the tiny male gametophyte.
The wind carries pollen from the male cones to the
female cones. This movement of pollen to the female
cones is called pollination. Pollination is part of sexual
reproduction in plants. READING CHECK
After pollination, sperm fertilize the eggs in the female 5. Explain How is
cones. A fertilized egg develops into a new sporophyte gymnosperm pollen carried
inside a seed. Eventually, the seeds fall from the cone. If from one plant to another?
the conditions are right, the seeds will grow into plants.
The Life Cycle of a Pine Tree
Gametophyte
Fertilized egg
c Sperm and Egg
eggs are
produced in
the cones.
Female cone
Pollen
TAKE A LOOK
(cutaway view)
Male cone d Wind carries pollen
to the egg. A sperm
(cutaway view)
from a pollen grain
6. Explain Does this picture
fertilizes the egg. show an example of sexual
or asexual reproduction?
b Spores are
produced.
Explain.
Male cones Seed
They grow into
gametophytes.
a The seed contains a young

Female cones sporophyte, which grows
into an adult sporophyte.
Sporophyte
IMPORTANCE OF GYMNOSPERMS
Gymnosperms are used to make many products, such
as medicines, building materials, and household products.
Some conifers produce a drug used to fight cancer. Many
trees are cut so that their wood can be used to build homes
and furniture. Pine trees make a sticky substance called
resin. Resin can be used to make soap, paint, and ink.

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What Are Angiosperms?

Angiosperms are seed plants that produce flowers and
fruit. Maple trees, daisies, and blackberries are all examples
Math Focus of angiosperms. There are more angiosperms on Earth than
7. Calculate Percentages any other kind of plant. They can be found in almost every
More than 265,000 species
of plants have been discov- land ecosystem, including grasslands, deserts, and forests.
ered. About 235,000 of those
species are angiosperms. TWO KINDS OF ANGIOSPERMS
What percentage of plants
are angiosperms? There are two kinds of angiosperms: monocots and dicots.
These plants are grouped based on how many cotyledons, or
seed leaves, the seeds have. Monocots have seeds with one
cotyledon. Grasses, orchids, palms, and lilies are all monocots.
Monocots
Leaves with
parallel veins
Flower
parts in
threes One cotyledon
(seed leaf)
Bundles of
vascular tissue
are scattered.
Dicots have seeds with two cotyledons. Roses, sun-

flowers, peanuts, and peas are all dicots.
Dicots
Leaves with
branching veins
Flower
parts in
Two cotyledons
fours or
(seed leaves)
fives
Bundles of
vascular tissue
are in a ring.
Monocots Dicots
flower parts in fours or fives
leaves with parallel veins
two cotyledons
TAKE A LOOK
8. Complete Fill in the table
to show the differences bundles of vascular tissue scattered
between monocots and dicots.

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REPRODUCTION IN ANGIOSPERMS
In angiosperms, pollination takes place in flowers.
Some angiosperms depend on the wind for pollination.
Others rely on animals such as bees and birds to carry
pollen from flower to flower.
Angiosperm seeds develop inside fruits. Some fruits
and seeds, like those of a dandelion, are made to help
the wind carry them. Other fruits, such as blackberries,
attract animals that eat them. The animals drop the seeds
in new places, where they can grow into plants. Some
fruits, such as burrs, travel by sticking to animal fur. READING CHECK
9. Identify Where do
angiosperm seeds develop?
TAKE A LOOK
10. Identify How are the
fruits of this dandelion spread?
Each of the fluffy structures on this dandelion is actually a fruit. Each of the
fruits contains a seed.
IMPORTANCE OF ANGIOSPERMS
Like many other plants, flowering plants provide food for
animals. A mouse that eats seeds and berries uses flowering
plants directly as food. An owl that eats a field mouse uses
flowering plants indirectly as food. Flowering plants can
also provide food for the animals that pollinate them.
People use flowering plants, too. Major food crops,
Say It
Describe Think of all the
such as corn, wheat, and rice, come from flowering products you used today that
plants. Many flowering trees, such as oak trees, can be came from angiosperms.
used for building materials. Plants such as cotton and Describe to the class five
items you used in some way
flax are used to make clothing and rope. Flowering plants and what kind of angiosperm
are also used to make medicines, rubber, and perfume oils. they came from.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
pollen the tiny granules that contain the male pollination the transfer of pollen from the
gametophyte of seed plants male reproductive structures to the female
reproductive structures of seed plants
1. Compare How are the gametophytes of seed plants different from the gameto-
phytes of seedless plants?
2. Describe What happens during pollination?
3. Compare Use a Venn Diagram to compare gymnosperms and angiosperms.
4. List What are the three main parts of a seed? What does each part do?
5. Identify In what structure do gymnosperm seeds usually develop?
6. Identify What two structures are unique to angiosperms?

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SECTION
4 Structures of Seed Plants

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 2b, 3d, 4c, 5b
these questions:
• What are the functions of roots and stems?
• What is the function of leaves?
• What is the function of a flower?
What Structures Are Found in a Seed Plant?

Remember that seed plants include trees, such as oaks STUDY TIP
and pine trees, as well as flowers, such as roses and dan- List As you read this section,
delions. Seed plants are one of the two main groups of make a chart listing the
structures of seed plants and
vascular plants. their functions.
You have different body systems that carry out many
functions. Plants have systems too. Vascular plants have
a root system, a shoot system, and a reproductive system.
A plant’s root and shoot systems help the plant to get
water and nutrients. Roots are often found underground.
Shoots include stems and leaves. They are usually found
above ground. READING CHECK
1. Identify What are the
three main parts of a seed
plant?
Onion Dandelion
Carrots
The roots of plants absorb and store water and nutrients.

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SECTION 4 Structures of Seed Plants continued
VASCULAR TISSUE
Like all vascular plants, seed plants have special-
STANDARDS CHECK ized tissues that move water and nutrients through the
LS 1a Living systems at all lev- plant. There are two kinds of vascular tissue: xylem and
els of organization demonstrate
the complementary nature of phloem. Xylem moves water and minerals from the roots
structure and function. Impor- to the shoots. Phloem moves food molecules to all parts
tant levels of organization for
structure and function include of the plant. The vascular tissues in the roots and shoots
cells, organs, tissues, organ are connected.
systems, whole organisms, and
ecosystems.

What Are Roots?
the way in which a whole Roots are organs that have three main functions:
is put together
• to absorb water and nutrients from the soil
Word Help: function
use or purpose
• to hold plants in the soil
• to store extra food made in the leaves
2. Describe What are the
functions of xylem and
phloem?
Roots have several structures that help them do these
jobs. The epidermis is a layer of cells that covers the
outside of the root, like skin. Some cells of the epidermis,
called root hairs, stick out from the root. These hairs
expose more cells to water and minerals in the soil. This
helps the root absorb more of these materials.
Roots grow longer at their tips. A root cap is a group
of cells found at the tip of a root. These cells produce a
slimy substance. This helps the root push through the soil
as it grows.
Critical Thinking The Parts of a Root
3. Apply Concepts What do
you think happens to water
and minerals right after they
are absorbed by roots?
Xylem
Phloem
TAKE A LOOK
4. Identify Where is the
vascular tissue located in this
root?
Root
cap

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TYPES OF ROOT SYSTEMS

There are two kinds of root systems: taproot systems
and fibrous root systems. A taproot system has one main
root, or taproot, that grows downward. Many smaller roots
branch from the taproot. Taproots can reach water deep
underground. Carrots are plants that have taproot systems.
A fibrous root system has several roots that spread
out from the base of a plant’s stem. The roots are usually
the same size. Fibrous roots usually get water from near
the soil surface. Many grasses have fibrous root systems.
What Are Stems?

A stem is an organ that connects a plant’s roots to its
leaves and reproductive structures. A stem does the fol-
lowing jobs: READING CHECK
• Stems support the plant body. Leaves are arranged 5. Define What is a stem?
along stems so that each leaf can get sunlight.
• Stems hold up reproductive structures such as flowers.
This helps bees and other pollinators find the flowers.
• Stems carry materials between the root system and the
leaves and reproductive structures. Xylem carries water
and minerals from the roots to the rest of the plant.
Phloem carries the food made in the leaves to roots and
other parts of the plant.
• Some stems store materials. For example, the stems of
cactuses can store water.
HERBACEOUS STEMS
There are two different types of stems: herbaceous
and woody. Herbaceous stems are thin, soft, and flexible.
Flowers, such as daisies and clover, have herbaceous
stems. Many crops, such as tomatoes, corn, and beans,
also have herbaceous stems.
TAKE A LOOK
6. Compare Examine this
figure and the pictures of
woody stems on the next
Phloem
page. How are herbaceous
and woody stems similar?
Xylem
Herbaceous stems are thin and flexible

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WOODY STEMS
Other plants have woody stems. Woody stems are stiff
and are often covered by bark. Trees and shrubs have
woody stems. The trunk of a tree is actually its stem!
Critical Thinking Trees or shrubs that live in areas with cold winters
7. Infer How do you think grow mostly during the spring and summer. During the
growth rings can be used to winter, these plants are dormant. This means they are
tell how old a tree is? not growing or reproducing. Plants that live in areas with
wet and dry seasons are dormant during the dry season.
When a growing season starts, the plant produces
large xylem cells. These large cells appear as a light-
colored ring when the plant stem is cut. In the fall, right
before the dormant period, the plant produces smaller
xylem cells. The smaller cells produce a dark ring in the
stem. A ring of dark cells surrounding a ring of light cells
makes up a growth ring. The number of growth rings can
show how old the tree is.
Growth
TAKE A LOOK ring
8. Compare How are
herbaceous and woody
stems different? Phloem
Xylem
Woody stems are usually thick and stiff.
What Are Leaves?

FUNCTION OF LEAVES
Leaves are organs, too. The main function of leaves is to
make food for the plant. The leaves are where most photo-
synthesis happens. Chloroplasts in the leaf cells trap energy
from sunlight. The leaves also absorb carbon dioxide from
the air. They use this energy, carbon dioxide, and water to
READING CHECK make food.
9. Identify What is the main All leaf structures are related to the leaf’s main job, pho-
function of a leaf? tosynthesis. A cuticle covers the surfaces of the leaf. It pre-
vents the leaf from losing water. The epidermis is a single
layer of cells beneath the cuticle. Tiny openings in the epi-
dermis, called stomata (singular, stoma), let carbon dioxide
enter the leaf. Guard cells open and close the stomata.

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Structure of a Leaf
Cuticle Upper epidermis
Palisade layer
TAKE A LOOK
Spongy layer 10. Explain Is this plant
vascular or nonvascular?
Lower epidermis Explain your answer.
Xylem
Vascular tissue
Phloem
Cuticle
Stoma Guard cells
LEAF LAYERS
Most photosynthesis takes place in the two layers in the
middle of the leaf. The upper layer, called the palisade layer,
contains many chloroplasts. Sunlight is captured in this layer.
The lower layer, called the spongy layer, has spaces between
the cells, where carbon dioxide can move. The spongy layer
also has the vascular tissues that bring water to the leaves
and move food away.
LEAF SHAPES
Different kinds of plants can have different shaped leaves.
Leaves may be round, narrow, heart-shaped, or fan-shaped.
Leaves can also be different sizes. The raffia palm has leaves Say It
that may be six times longer than you are tall! Duckweed is a Describe Some people are
tiny plant that lives in water. Its leaves are so small that sev- allergic to poison ivy. They can
get a rash from touching its
eral of them could fit on your fingernail. Some leaves, such as leaves. Some other plants can
those of poison ivy below, can be made of several leaflets. be poisonous to eat. Are there
any other plants you know
of that can be poisonous to
touch or eat? Describe some
of these plants to a partner.
This is one poison ivy

leaf. It is made up of
three leaflets

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What Are Flowers?

All plants have reproductive structures. In angio-
sperms, or flowering plants, flowers are the reproductive
structures. Flowers produce eggs and sperm for sexual
READING CHECK reproduction.
11. Identify For which
group of plants are flowers PARTS OF A FLOWER
the reproductive structures? There are four basic parts of a flower: sepals, petals,
stamens, and one or more pistils. These parts are often
arranged in rings, one inside the other. However, not all
flowers have every part.
Different species of flowering plants can have different
flower types. Flowers with all four parts are called perfect
flowers. Flowers that have stamens but no pistils are male.
Flowers that have pistils but no stamens are female.
TAKE A LOOK
12. Label As you read, fill Parts of a Flower
in the missing labels on the
diagram.
13. Identify What two parts

make up the stamen?
Anther Stigma
14. Identify What three Stamen Style Pistil
Filament
parts make up the pistil? Ovary
Ovule
SEPALS
Sepals are leaves that make up the outer ring of
flower parts. They are often green like leaves, but they
may have other colors. Sepals protect and cover the
flower while it is still a bud. When the flower begins to
open, the sepals fold back, so the petals can be seen.
PETALS
Petals are leaflike parts of a flower. They make up
the next ring inside of the sepals. Petals are sometimes
brightly colored, like the petals of poppy flowers or
roses. Many plants need animals to help spread their pol-
len. These colors help attract insects and other animals.
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STAMENS
A stamen is the male reproductive structure of a flower.
Structures on the stamen called anthers produce pollen.
Pollen contains the male gametophyte, which produces
sperm. The anther rests on a thin stalk called a filament. READING CHECK
15. Identify What is the
PISTILS male reproductive structure
A pistil is the female reproductive structure. The tip of a flower?
of the pistil is called the stigma. The long, thin part of the
pistil is called the style. The rounded base of the pistil is
called the ovary. The ovary contains one or more ovules.
Each ovule contains an egg.
TAKE A LOOK
16. Label Label the female
reproductive structures in this
picture.
Pollinators brush pollen onto the style, and sperm

from inside the pollen travel down the style to the ovary.
One sperm can fertilize the egg of one ovule. After fer-
tilization, an ovule develops into a seed. The ovary sur-
rounding the ovule develops into a fruit.
IMPORTANCE OF FLOWERS
Flowers are important to plants because they help Say It
plants reproduce. They are also important to animals, Discuss What is your favor-
ite flower? Have you ever
such as insects and bats, that use parts of flowers for
seen any unusual flowers in
food. Humans also use flowers. Some flowers, such as nature? In groups of two or
broccoli and cauliflower, can be eaten. Others, such as three, discuss your experi-
chamomile, are used to make tea. Flowers are also used ences with flowers.
in perfumes, lotions, and shampoos.
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Section 4 Review NSES LS 1a, 1d, 2b, 3d, 4c, 5b
SECTION VOCABULARY
ovary in flowering plants, the lower part of a sepal in a flower, one of the outermost rings of
pistil that produces eggs in ovules modified leaves that protect the flower bud
petal one of the usually brightly colored, stamen the male reproductive structure of a
leaf-shaped parts that make up one of the flower that produces pollen and consists of an
rings of a flower anther at the tip of a filament
phloem the tissue that conducts food in vascular xylem the type of tissue in vascular plants that
plants provides support and conducts water and
pistil the female reproductive part of a flower nutrients from the roots
that produces seeds and consists of an ovary,
style, and stigma
1. Label Label the parts of this flower.
2. Compare How do taproot and fibrous root systems differ?
3. Describe What are the three functions of a stem?
4. List What are the four main organs of a flowering seed plant?

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SECTION
1 Photosynthesis
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1c, 3c, 4c
these questions:
• How do plants make food?
• How do plants get energy from food?
• How do plants exchange gases with the environment?
What Is Photosynthesis?
Many organisms, including humans, have to eat to get STUDY TIP
energy. Plants, however, are able to make their own food. Outline As you read, outline
Plants make their food by a process called photosynthesis. the steps of photosynthesis.
Use the questions in the
During photosynthesis, plants use carbon dioxide, water, section titles to help you
and energy from sunlight to make sugars. make your outline.
How Do Plants Get Energy from Sunlight?

Plant cells have organelles called chloroplasts.
Chloroplasts capture the energy from sunlight. Inside
a chloroplast, membranes called grana contain chloro-
phyll. Chlorophyll is a green pigment that absorbs light
energy. Many plants look green because chlorophyll
reflects the green wavelengths of light. READING CHECK
1. Define What is
Chloroplast chlorophyll?
The grana in chloroplasts contain
chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is a pigment
that absorbs sunlight.
Grana
Plant cell
Chloroplasts
TAKE A LOOK
2. Identify Where is
chlorophyll found in a
plant cell?

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SECTION 1 Photosynthesis continued
How Do Plants Make Sugar?

During photosynthesis, plants take in water and car-
bon dioxide and absorb light energy. Plants use the light
energy captured by chlorophyll to help form glucose mol-
ecules. Glucose is the sugar that plants use for food. In
addition to producing sugar, plants give off oxygen during
READING CHECK photosynthesis.
3. Identify What are two The following chemical equation summarizes
products of photosynthesis? photosynthesis:
light energy
6CO2 + 6H2O C6H12O6 + 6O2
(carbon dioxide) (water) (glucose) (oxygen)
Light
energy
Carbon
dioxide Oxygen
Sugar is
made in
the leaves.
STANDARDS CHECK Water

LS 1c Cells carry on the many
functions needed to sustain life.
They grow and divide, thereby
During photosynthesis, plants take in carbon dioxide and water and
absorb light energy. They make sugar and release oxygen.
requires that they take in nutri-
ents, which they use to provide
energy for the work cells do and How Do Plants Get Energy from Sugar?
to make the materials that a cell
or an organism needs.
Glucose molecules store energy. To use this energy, a
plant cell needs its mitochondria to break down the glu-
4. Identify Which cell cose. This process of breaking down food molecules to
structures release the
energy stored in sugar? get energy is called cellular respiration. During cellular
respiration, cells use oxygen to break down food mol-
ecules. Like all cells, plant cells then use the energy from
food to do work.
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SECTION 1 Photosynthesis continued
How Does a Plant Take in the Gases It Needs?

Plants take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen.
These gases move into and out of the leaf through open-
ings called stomata (singular, stoma). Stomata allow Critical Thinking
gases to move through the plant’s cuticle, the waxy layer 5. Predict What do you
that prevents water loss. Each stoma is surrounded by think would happen if a plant
two guard cells. The guard cells act like double doors by had no stomata?
opening and closing a stoma.

Water vapor also moves out of the leaf through
stomata. The loss of water from leaves is called
transpiration. Stomata open to allow carbon dioxide to
enter a leaf. They close to prevent too much water loss.
Cuticle
Vascular
tissue
TAKE A LOOK
6. Identify Circle the guard
Stoma cells in this picture. What is
CO2 enters their function?
through stoma. Cuticle
H2O and O2 exit through stoma.
Why Is Photosynthesis Important?

Plants, along with many bacteria and protists that also Say It
use photosynthesis, form the bases of most food chains Describe Think of all the
on Earth. During photosynthesis, plants store light energy ways in which photosynthesis
is important to you. Describe
as chemical energy. Animals get this energy when they eat to the class three ways you
plants. Other animals get energy from plants indirectly. depend on photosynthesis.
They eat the animals that eat plants. Most organisms could
not survive without photosynthetic organisms.
READING CHECK
Photosynthesis is also important because it produces
7. Complete During
oxygen. Recall that cellular respiration requires oxygen photosynthesis, plants store
to break down food. Most organisms, including plants light energy as
and animals, depend on cellular respiration to get energy
from their food. Without the oxygen produced during
.
photosynthesis, most organisms could not survive.

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Section 1 Review NSES LS 1a, 1c, 3c, 4c
SECTION VOCABULARY
cellular respiration the process by which cells stoma one of many openings in a leaf or a stem
use oxygen to produce energy from food of a plant that enable gas exchange to occur
chlorophyll a green pigment that captures light (plural, stomata)
energy for photosynthesis transpiration the process by which plants
photosynthesis the process by which plants, release water vapor into the air through
algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon stomata; also the release of water vapor into
dioxide, and water to make food the air by other organisms
1. Explain Why does chlorophyll look green?
2. Identify What is the role of mitochondria in plants? In what process do they

take part?
3. Compare Complete the chart below to show the relationship between photosyn-
thesis and cellular respiration.
Photosynthesis Cellular respiration

Cells break down food to provide
energy.
Oxygen is produced.
4. Identify What two structures in plant leaves help prevent the loss of water?
5. Explain Why are photosynthetic organisms, such as plants, so important to life

on Earth?
6. Explain If plants need to take in carbon dioxide, why don’t they keep their sto-
mata open all the time?

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SECTION
2 Reproduction of Flowering Plants

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 2a, 2b, 2d, 5b
these questions:
• What are pollination and fertilization?
• How do seeds and fruits form?
• How can flowering plants reproduce asexually?
What Are Pollination and Fertilization?

Flowering plants are most noticeable to us when they STUDY TIP
are in bloom. As flowers bloom, they surround us with Summarize As you read,
bright colors and sweet fragrances. However, flowers are write out or draw the steps of
pollination and fertilization.
not just for us to enjoy. They are the structures for sexual
reproduction in flowering plants. Pollination and fertiliza-
tion take place in flowers.
Pollination and Fertilization
1 Pollen grains land on the stigma

and begin to grow pollen tubes.
Stigma
Pollen
Anther tube
Pollen
Sperm
Style
Ovary
TAKE A LOOK
1. Identify Circle the part of
the flower where pollination
Ovary Ovule occurs.
Ovule containing
2. Identify Draw an arrow
2 Sperm travel down egg
pollen tubes and to show where fertilization
fertilize the eggs. will take place.
Sexual reproduction begins in flowers when wind

or animals move pollen from one flower to another.
Pollination occurs when pollen from an anther lands
on a stigma. Each pollen grain grows a tube through the
style to the ovary. The ovary has ovules, each of which
contains an egg. Fertilization occurs when a sperm joins
with the egg inside an ovule.

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SECTION 2 Reproduction of Flowering Plants continued
What Happens After Fertilization?

a A mature plant produces a flower. b After fertilization,
each ovule within
Pollination and fertilization take place.
the ovary contains a
fertilized egg.
STANDARDS CHECK
LS 2a Reproduction is a
characteristic of all living sys-
tems; because no living organ-
ism lives forever, reproduction is
essential to the continuation of
every species. Some organisms
reproduce asexually. Others repro-
duce sexually.
Ovary
3. Explain Where do seeds
and fruits come from?
Ovule
c Petals and
stamens
fall away.
e Each seed contains

a tiny plant. If a
TAKE A LOOK seed sprouts, or
d The ovary becomes the
fruit, and each ovule
4. Identify In step C, begins to grow,
becomes a seed. After
circle the structures that will it can become a
the fruit ripens, seeds
new plant.
become seeds. are dispersed.
THE FUNCTIONS OF FRUITS

When people think of fruit, they often think of apples
or bananas. However, many things we call vegetables,
such as tomatoes or green beans, are also fruits! A fruit is
the ovary of the flower that has grown larger.
Fruits have two major functions. They protect seeds
READING CHECK
while the seeds develop. Fruits also help a plant spread
5. List What are two
its seeds to new environments. For example, an animal
functions of a fruit?
might eat a fruit and drop the seeds far from the parent
plant. Fruits such as burrs spread when they get caught
in an animal’s fur. Other fruits are carried to new places
by the wind or even by water.

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SECTION 2 Reproduction of Flowering Plants continued
How Do Seeds Grow into New Plants?

The new plant inside a seed, called the embryo, stops
growing once the seed is fully developed. However, the
seed might not sprout right away. To sprout, most seeds
need water, air, and warm temperatures. A seed might
become dormant, or inactive, if the conditions are not
right for a new plant to grow. For example, if the environ-
ment is too cold or too dry, a young plant will not survive. READING CHECK
Dormant seeds often survive for long periods of time 6. Explain Why would a
during droughts or freezing weather. Some seeds actually seed become dormant?
need extreme conditions, such as cold winters or forest
fires, to germinate, or sprout.
Seeds grow into new plants. First,

the roots begin to grow. Then, the
shoots grow up through the soil.
TAKE A LOOK
7. Identify Which part of a
new plant grows first?
How Else Can Flowering Plants Reproduce?

Flowering plants can also reproduce asexually, or without
flowers. In asexual reproduction, sperm and eggs do not join.
A new plant grows from a plant part such as a root or stem.
These plant parts include plantlets, tubers, and runners.
Three Structures for Asexual Reproduction
Critical Thinking
8. Infer When would asexual
reproduction be important
for the survival of a flowering
plant?
Kalanchoe produces A potato is a tuber, or The strawberry plant

plantlets along the underground stem. The produces runners, or
edges of their leaves. “eyes” of potatoes are stems that grow along
The plantlets will fall off buds that can grow into the ground. Buds along
and take root in the soil. new plants. the runners take root
and grow into new
plants.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
dormant describes the inactive state of a
seed or other plant part when conditions are
unfavorable to growth
1. Apply Concepts Is fertilization part of asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction?

2. Compare What is the difference between pollination and fertilization?
3. Summarize Complete the Process Chart below to summarize how sexual

reproduction produces new plants.
A mature plant produces flowers.
Eggs are fertilized.
4. Identify Name two environmental conditions that can cause a seed to become
dormant.
5. List What are three structures a flowering plant can use to reproduce asexually?
6. Infer Why do you think roots are the first part of a plant to grow?

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SECTION
3 Plant Development and Responses

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 2b, 2c, 3a, 3c, 3d, 5b
these questions:
• How do plants respond to the environment?
• Why do some trees lose their leaves?
How Do Plants Respond to the Environment?

What happens when you get cold? Do you shiver? Do STUDY TIP
your teeth chatter? These are your responses to an envi- Summarize With a partner,
take turns summarizing the
ronmental stimulus such as cold air. A stimulus (plural,
text under each header.
stimuli) is anything that causes a reaction in your body.
Plants also respond to environmental stimuli, but not to
the same ones we do and not in the same way. Plants
respond to stimuli such as light and the pull of gravity. READING CHECK
Some plants respond to a stimulus, such as light, by 1. Define What is a stimulus?
growing in a particular direction. Growth in response to a
stimulus is called a tropism. A tropism is either positive
or negative. Plant growth toward a stimulus is a positive
tropism. Plant growth away from a stimulus is a negative
tropism.
PLANT GROWTH IN RESPONSE TO LIGHT

Recall that plants need sunlight in order to make food.
What would happen to a plant that could get light from only
one direction, such as through a window? To get as much
light as possible, it would need to grow toward the light.
This growth in response to light is called phototropism.
TAKE A LOOK
2. Explain Place an X on the
picture to show where the
light must be coming from.

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SECTION 3 Plant Development and Responses continued
PLANT GROWTH IN RESPONSE TO GRAVITY

Gravity can change the direction in which a plant’s
roots and shoots grow. Most shoot tips grow upward,
away from the center of Earth. Most root tips grow down-
ward, toward the center of Earth. If a plant is placed on
its side or turned upside down, the roots and shoots will
change direction. Shoots will turn to grow away from
the Earth. Roots will turn to grow toward the Earth. This
response is called gravitropism.
Critical Thinking Gravitropism

3. Apply Concepts Look at
the plant on the left. Draw an To grow away from the pull of
gravity, this plant has
arrow on the flower pot to grown upward.
show the direction the roots
are probably growing.
TAKE A LOOK
4. Explain Look at the plant
on the right. What do you
think made its stem bend?
What Happens to Plants When Seasons

Change?
Have you ever noticed that some plants will drop their
leaves in the fall even before the weather turns cool?
How do the plants know that fall is coming? We often
notice the changing seasons because the temperature
changes. Plants, however, respond to change in the length
of the day.
Math Focus SHORT DAY AND LONG DAY PLANTS

5. Calculate It must be dark Days are longer in summer and shorter in winter. The
for 70% of a 24-hour period change in amount of daylight is a stimulus for many plants.
before a certain plant will
bloom. How many hours of Some plants that bloom in winter, such as poinsettias,
daylight does this plant need need shorter periods of daylight to reproduce. They are
to bloom? called short-day plants. Others, such as clover, reproduce
in spring or summer. They are called long-day plants.

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SECTION 3 Plant Development and Responses continued
EFFECT OF SEASONS ON LEAF COLOR

The leaves of some trees may change color as seasons
change. As the days shorten in fall, the chlorophyll in
leaves breaks down. This makes the orange and yellow
pigments in the leaves easier to see. During the summer,
chlorophyll hides other pigments.
Amount of Leaf Pigment Based on Season
Summer Fall
TAKE A LOOK
6. Identify Which pigment’s
Amount
Amount
level decreases between
summer and fall?
Pigment color Pigment color 7. Identify Which pigments’

levels will stay the same
Chlorophyll Chlorophyll between summer and fall?
Yellow pigment Yellow pigment
Orange pigment Orange pigment
LOSS OF LEAVES
Every tree loses leaves throughout its life. Leaves are
shed when they become old. For example, pine trees lose
some of their leaves, or needles, year-round. Because
leaves are lost and replaced throughout the year, the tree
always has some leaves. These trees are called evergreen.
A leaf of an evergreen tree is covered with a thick cuticle.
The cuticle protects the leaf from cold and dry weather.
Deciduous trees lose all their leaves at about the same Say It
time each year. This generally happens as days shorten. Describe What is your
favorite kind of tree? Use the
The loss of leaves helps these plants survive cold or dry Internet or reference books
weather. In colder areas, deciduous trees usually lose to find out if the tree is ever-
their leaves before winter begins. In areas that have wet green or deciduous. Describe
to the class what the tree
and dry seasons, deciduous trees lose their leaves before
looks like and where it lives.
the dry season.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
tropism growth of all or part of an organism in
response to an external stimulus, such as light
1. Compare What is the difference between a negative tropism and a positive tropism?
2. Explain What happens when a plant gets light from only one direction?
3. Define What is gravitropism?
4. Identify What stimulus causes seasonal changes in many plants?
5. Compare What is the difference between short-day plants and long-day plants?
6. Explain Why do leaves look green during the summer even though they have
orange and yellow pigments?
7. Explain Many evergreen trees live in areas with long, cold winters. How can they
keep their leaves all year?

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SECTION
1 What Is an Animal?
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1b, 1d, 2a, 2b, 4b, 5a
these questions:
• What do all animals have in common?
• What are vertebrates and invertebrates?
What Are Animals?

What do you think of when you hear the word animal? STUDY TIP
You may think of a dog or cat. You may think of giraffes Outline As you read, make
or grizzly bears. Would you think of a sponge? an outline descrbing the
characteristics of animals. Be
How many kinds of animals are in the picture below? sure to include examples of
You may be surprised to learn that feather stars and coral each characteristic.
are animals. Some animals have four legs and fur. Other
animals have wings and feathers. Some animals are so
small that they can only be seen with a microscope. Other
animals are bigger than a bus. Scientists have named more
than 1 million species of animals. However, there are still Critical Thinking
millions of species that have not been named. 1. Infer Why do you think
there are many species of
animals that have not been
named?
Feather star Fish
Coral
Although the feather star and coral look like plants, they
are actually animals.
CHARACTERISTICS OF ANIMALS
Animals may look very different from one another, but
they all have some things in common. While other organisms
have some of these characteristics, only animals have all five: Say It
1. They are multicellular. Describe Choose your
favorite animal. Describe to
2. Almost all can reproduce sexually. the class how this animal
shows the five characteristics
3. They have specialized parts. of animals.
4. They can move.
5. They eat other organisms.
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SECTION 1 What Is an Animal? continued
MULTICELLULAR
All animals are multicellular. This means they are made
of more than one cell. Your own body is made of trillions
of cells. Animal cells are eukaryotic, which means they
have a nucleus. Plants are also multicellular. However,
plant cells have cell walls and animal cells do not. Animal
READING CHECK cells are surrounded only by cell membranes.
2. Define What does
multicellular mean? REPRODUCTION
Most animals can reproduce sexually. They make sex
cells called eggs and sperm. When an egg and sperm join,
they form a new cell. This cell grows and divides to form
an embryo. An embryo is the early stage of development
of an organism. A few animals can reproduce asexually.
For example, flatworms called Planaria break off part of
their bodies to form offspring.
Head
Tail
TAKE A LOOK
3. Explain What happens to
the cells in an embryo as the Hind leg
embryo develops?
Front leg
Cells in the mouse embryo will differentiate as the mouse develops. These cells
will produce skin, muscles, nerves, and all the other parts of the mouse’s body.
CELL SPECIALIZATION
As a fertilized egg develops, it divides into many cells.
As the organism develops, its cells differentiate. When
cells differentiate, they develop different structures so
they can perform different functions. Some cells become
skin cells, while others become muscle or bone cells.
Groups of similar cells form tissues. For example, muscle
READING CHECK cells form muscle tissue.
4. Explain What happens Tissues can group together to form organs. An organ is
when cells differentiate? a group of tissues that carry out a special job in the body.
Your heart, lung, and kidneys are all organs. Each organ
in an animal’s body does different jobs. The figure on the
next page shows some of the organs in a shark’s body.
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Stomach
Gills
Brain
Eye
STANDARDS CHECK
LS 4b Populations of
organisms can be categorized
by the functions they serve in
an ecosystem. Plants and some
Heart microorganisms are producers—
Liver they make their own food. All
animals, including humans, are
Like most animals, sharks have organs for digestion, circulation, and consumers, which obtain their
sensing the environment. food by eating other organisms.
MOVEMENT and fungi, are consumers that
Most animals can move from place to place. They can organisms for food. Food webs
fly, run, swim, or jump. Some animals use movements to identify the relationship among
producers, consumers, and
find food, shelter, and mates. However, not all animals can decomposers in an ecosystem.
move their entire lives. For example, young sea anemones
Word Help: categorize
swim to find their food. As adults, sea anemones attach to
to put in groups or classes
rocks or the ocean floor and wait for food to drift by.
Word Help: function
use or purpose
EATING
Unlike plants, animals cannot make their own food. 5. Explain Are animals
producers or consumers?
They are consumers. A consumer must eat other Explain your answer.
organisms to survive. Some animals eat plants or parts of
plants. Some animals eat other animals.
What Are the Two Main Groups of Animals?
VERTEBRATES
Most animals don’t look like humans. However,
humans are part of a group of animals called vertebrates.
A vertebrate is an animal that has a backbone or spine.
Vertebrates include fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds,
and mammals. Humans are a kind of mammal.
INVERTEBRATES
Although you are probably more familiar with ver-
tebrates, most animals are actually invertebrates.
Invertebrates are animals without a backbone. Insects,
READING CHECK
snails, jellyfish, and worms are examples of invertebrates.
6. Complete Most animals
More than 95% of all animals are invertebrates. In fact,
beetles make up more then 30% of all animal species! on Earth are
.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
consumer an organism that eats other embryo a plant or animal at an early stage of
organisms or organic matter development
1. Identify What is the largest group of invertebrates on Earth?
2. Summarize Use the organizer below to show the five characteristics of animals.
Characteristics of Animals
3. Apply Concepts Like animals, plants are multicellular and have specialized parts.
Why are these considered characteristics of animals?
4. Explain An adult sea anemone cannot move. Why is it considered an animal?
5. Compare What is the main difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?

Give an example of each kind of animal.

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SECTION
2 Animal Behavior
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 5b
these questions:
• How do learned and innate behaviors differ?
• What types of behaviors do animals use to survive?
What Is Behavior?
Suppose you look out a window and see a bird flying STUDY TIP
away from a tree. Is the bird leaving a nest to look for Summarize Make combina-
food? Is it escaping from danger? tion notes describing
different survival behaviors
An animal may run or hide from an enemy. It may also and examples of each.
search for food and look for a safe place to build its home.
All of these activities are called behaviors. Behavior is the STANDARDS CHECK
way an organism acts in different situations. Animals can LS 3c Behavior is one kind of
response an organism can make
be born with some behaviors. They may also learn other to an internal or environmental
behaviors as they grow. stimulus. A behavioral response
requires coordination and
communication at many levels,
What Are The Two Main Types of Behavior? including cells, organ systems,
and whole organisms. Behavioral
Innate behaviors are behaviors that an animal does response is a set of actions
determined in part by heredity
automatically. Animals are born with innate behaviors. and in part from experience.
For example, puppies like to chew and bees know how to
1. Compare How do
fly. Some innate behaviors begin when the animal is born. innate behaviors and
Newborn whales, for example, can swim. Other innate learned behaviors differ?
behaviors begin months or years after an animal is born.
Animals can also learn a behavior. A learned behavior is
a behavior that develops with experience or from watching
other animals. For example, humans are born with an abil-
ity to speak. However, we must learn a language in order to
speak. Humans are not the only animals that can learn.
TAKE A LOOK
A male bowerbird collects colorful 2. Identify If this bowerbird
objects for its nest. These objects collected objects for its nest
attract a female bowerbird.
without ever doing it before
or seeing another bird do it,
what type of behavior is the
bird showing?

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What Are Some Survival Behaviors?

Animals use their behaviors to survive. To stay alive and
pass on its genes, an animal has to do many things. It must
find food and a place to live. It also must protect itself against
predators. Animals also find mates so that they can have off-
spring. Some survival behaviors are described below.
FINDING FOOD
Different kinds of animals use different behaviors to
find food. Some animals, such as koalas, climb trees to
get their food. Other animals, such as tigers, chase prey.
Animals that eat other animals are called predators.
The animal being eaten is called the prey. So, if a frog
eats an insect, the frog is the predator and the insect is
the prey. If the frog is then eaten by a snake, the snake
READING CHECK becomes the predator and the frog is the prey.
3. Complete An animal
eaten by another animal is
called .
Chimpanzees make and use tools to get food out of hard-to-reach places.
CLAIMING TERRITORY
Sometimes, members of the same species must compete
for the same resources. These include food, mates, and
places to live. Since resources are often limited, animals
READING CHECK
must often fight for them. To avoid competing for resources
4. List What are three in one area, some animals claim territories.
resources animals of the same
species may compete for?
A territory is an area where one animal or a group of
animals live. These animals do not let any other members of
their species live there. For example, birds will often sing to
warn other birds not to enter their area. Animals use their
territories for mating, raising young, and finding food.
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PROTECTING THEMSELVES
Animals often have to protect their mates and offspring.
They also have to protect their resources, such as food and
mates. For example, a dog may growl when another animal
enters its territory. Male lions fight to defend mates. Some
birds, such as killdeer, will pretend to be hurt. This distracts
a predator so that it will not attack the bird’s young.
Animals often use their defensive behaviors to protect
themselves from being eaten. Rabbits will freeze to blend
into the background so that predators do not see them.
If a predator does see them, they will run. Some animals,
such as bees and wasps, will sting their attackers.
FINDING A MATE
For an individual’s genes to survive, the individual
must reproduce. For an animal to have offspring, it must
first find a mate. Some animals have special behaviors
that help them find mates. These behaviors are called
courtship. Some birds and fish build nests to attract a
mate. Other animals use special movements or sounds. READING CHECK
RAISING OFFSPRING name for behaviors that an
Following a courtship behavior and mating, offspring animal uses to find a mate?
are usually born. Some animals, such as caterpillars, can
take care of themselves as soon as they are born. However,
many young animals depend on their parents for survival.
Different animals take care of their young for different
amounts of time. Some adult birds bring food to their young
only until they can fly and get their own food. Other animals,
such as killer whales, spend years teaching their young how
to hunt for food.
TAKE A LOOK
6. Apply Concepts Is
hunting in killer whales a
learned or innate behavior?
Adult killer whales teach their young how to hunt in
the first years of life.

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What Do Animals Do As Seasons Change?

When seasons change, humans wear different clothes
and do different activities. Animals also act differently
during different seasons. During winter in some parts of
the world, animals need to protect themselves from the
cold. For example, frogs burrow into mud to stay warm.
Some animals, such as squirrels, store food to use in win-
ter. Different behaviors in different seasons help animals
READING CHECK adjust to the environment.
7. Explain Why do many
animals have different MIGRATION
behaviors in different seasons? Many animals avoid cold weather by traveling to
warmer places. When animals travel from one place to
another it is called migration. Animals migrate to find
food, water, and safe places to have offspring. Whales,
salmon, bats, and butterflies all migrate. When ani-
mals migrate, they use landmarks to find their way.
Landmarks are fixed objects, such as mountain ranges,
READING CHECK rivers, and stars, that animals use to find their way.
8. List Give three reasons
animals migrate. HIBERNATION
During winter, some animals hibernate. During
hibernation, an animal lowers its body temperature and
is inactive. When they are hibernating, animals will not
look for food or mates. Hibernating animals get nutrients
from stored body fat. Most hibernating animals, such as
mice, lower their heart rate and breathing. This lets their
bodies use less energy. Their body temperature also low-
ers to just above freezing.
TAKE A LOOK
9. Explain Do bears hiber-
nate? Explain your answer.
Bears do not actually hibernate. They slow their bodies down for
the winter, but their body temperatures do not drop as low as
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ESTIVATION
Some animals slow down their bodies when it is hot.
Desert squirrels and mice slow down their bodies during
the hottest part of summer. This lets them survive when Critical Thinking
there is little food or water. Reduced activity in the 10. Compare How is
summer or during hot periods is called estivation. hibernation different from
estivation?
How Do Animals Know When to Do
Certain Behaviors?
Animals need to keep track of time so that they know
when to store food or to migrate. An animal’s natural cycles
are called its biological clock. The biological clock is a con-
trol inside animals’ bodies. Animals often use the length of
the day and the temperature to set their biological clocks.
SHORT CYCLES
Some biological clocks keep track of daily cycles.
These daily cycles are called circadian rhythms. Most
animals, including humans, wake up and get sleepy at
about the same time each day and night. This is an
example of a circadian rhythm.
LONG CYCLES
Biological clocks can also control long cycles. Almost Math Focus
all animals have seasonal cycles, or cycles that change 11. Calculate Suppose
that an animal’s circadian
with the seasons. For example, many animals hibernate in rhythms tell it to eat a meal
one season and have offspring in another season. The start every 4 hours. How many
of migration is also controlled by seasonal changes. meals will that animal eat in
Biological clocks can also control changes inside an a day?
animal. For example, insects such as treehoppers go

through several changes during their lives. They start as
eggs, hatch as nymphs, and then develop into adults.
The treehopper’s biological

clock tells the animal when
to shed, or get rid of, its skin.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
circadian rhythm a biological daily cycle innate behavior an inherited behavior that does
estivation a period of inactivity and lowered not depend on the environment or experience
body temperature that some animals undergo learned behavior a behavior that has been
in summer as a protection against hot weather learned from experience
and lack of food territory an area that is occupied by one animal
hibernation a period of inactivity and lowered or a group of animals that do not allow other
body temperature that some animals undergo members of the species to enter
in winter as a protection against cold weather
and lack of food
1. Explain If humans are born with the ability to speak, why isn’t talking an
innate behavior?
2. List Name five survival behaviors.
3. Infer Can an animal be both a predator and prey? Explain your answer.
4. Explain When animals migrate, how do they find their way?
5. Apply Concepts People who travel to different time zones often suffer from jet lag.
Jet lag makes it hard for people to wake up or go to sleep at the right time. Why do
you think people get jet lag?
6. Identify Name two clues animals use to set their biological clocks.
7. Identify Give an example of a seasonal cycle controlled by a biological clock.

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SECTION
3 Social Relationships
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 3c, 3d, 4a
these questions:
• How do animals communicate?
• Why do some animals live in groups?
What Is Social Behavior?

Animals often interact with each other—in groups STUDY TIP
and one on one. They may work together or compete. Organize As you read, make
Maybe you have seen two dogs barking at each other. We a chart of the different ways
animals communicate. List an
may not know exactly why they behave this way, but it example from the text and add
is clear that they are interacting. These interactions are another example of your own.
called social behavior. Social behavior is the interaction
among animals that are the same species. Animals use
communication for their social interactions. READING CHECK
1. Define What is social
How Do Animals Communicate? behavior?
Imagine what life would be like if people could not
read or talk. There would be no telephones, no books,
no Internet, and no radios. Language is an important way
for people to communicate. In communication, a signal
is sent from one animal to another animal. The animal
that receives the signal then answers back. Humans are
the only animals that use complex words and grammar.
However, other animals do communicate.
Animals, including humans, can communicate by using
sound, touch, smells, and sight. Communication helps
animals survive. Many animals, such as wolves, commu-
nicate to defend a territory or to identify family members.
Animals also communicate to find food, to warn others of
danger, to frighten predators, and to find mates.
TAKE A LOOK
2. Apply Concepts Give
two possible reasons these
wolves could be howling.

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SECTION 3 Social Relationships continued
SOUND
Many animals communicate by making noises. Wolves
howl. Dolphins use whistles and make clicking noises. Male
birds often sing to attract mates or defend their territories.
Sound can travel over large distances. Animals such as
humpback whales and elephants use sounds to let others
Critical Thinking know where they are. Elephants make some sounds that
3. Infer Why do you think are too low for humans to hear. Although humans cannot
sound is a good way to hear them, elephants that are kilometers away can.
communicate for animals
that live in large areas?
Elephants communicate using

low-pitched sounds. When an
elephant makes these sounds,
the skin on its forehead flutters.
TOUCH
Animals may also touch to communicate. For example,
chimpanzees will groom each other. Grooming is when one
animal picks dirt out of another animal’s fur. Chimpanzees
use grooming to calm and comfort each other. With touch,
animals can also communicate friendship and support.
SMELL
Some animals, including humans, make chemicals called
pheromones. A pheromone is a chemical that an animal
uses to communicate with other members of its species.
Ants and other insects make several pheromones. Some
pheromones warn other ants of danger. Other pheromones
are used by insects to find mates. Some insects that live
READING CHECK
in colonies, such as fire ants, use pheromones to control
4. Define What are
pheromones?
which colony members can reproduce.
SIGHT
When you smile at a friend, you are using body language.
Body language is the movements made by an animal that
communicate an idea to another animal.
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When dogs want to play, they drop

down on their forelegs.
To scare others, an animal may ruffle its feathers, try

to look bigger, or show its teeth. Animals can also use
body language to show that they are friendly. The figure
above shows how a dog behaves when it wants to play.
Visual displays are also used in courtship. For example,
fireflies blink signals to attract each other.
Why Do Some Animals Live In Groups?

Some animals live in groups because it can be safer
than living alone. Group members can warn each other of Say It
danger. These animals work together to defend the entire Discuss Like many other
group. By hunting in groups, animals can kill larger ani- animals, humans also live in
groups. With your classmates,
mals than they could by themselves. discuss ways that living in
However, there are some problems caused by living groups is helpful to humans.
in a group. All the animals in a group must compete for Then, discuss ways that living
the same food, shelter, and mates. Sometimes groups of in groups can cause problems.
animals must move around to find enough food to feed

the group. Large groups of animals usually attract more
predators. Sickness and disease can also spread quickly
through a group.
A ground squirrel whistles a loud

alarm to alert the other ground
squirrels that danger is near.
TAKE A LOOK
5. Identify Which advantage
of living in a group does this
figure show?

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SECTION VOCABULARY
communication a transfer of a signal or mes- pheromone a substance that is released by the
sage from one animal to another that results body and that causes another individual of the
in some type of response same species to react in a predictable way
social behavior the interaction between animals
of the same species
1. Analyze In parts of Africa, lions and crocodiles may fight over prey. Why is this
not an example of social behavior?
2. List Name six reasons animals communicate.
3. Summarize Use the chart below to summarize the advantages and disadvantages
of living in a group.
Advantages of living in a group Disadvantages of living in a group
4. Analyze Imagine you are on a safari. You see a group of six lions feeding on a
dead zebra. As another animal moves closer, the lions stand up and growl. Name
some types of behaviors the lions are showing.
5. List What are the four ways animals communicate?

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SECTION
1 Simple Invertebrates
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1d, 1f, 2a, 3a, 3c, 5a
these questions:
• What are the characteristics of invertebrates?
• What are the four groups of simple invertebrates?
What Are Invertebrates?

About 96% of all animal species are invertebrates. An STUDY TIP
invertebrate is an animal that does not have a backbone. Outline As you read, make
Worms, jellyfish, octopuses, and butterflies are some exam- an outline of this section. Use
the header questions to help
ples of invertebrates. More than 1 million invertebrates have you make your outline.
already been named. Scientists think there are millions of
invertebrates that have not been found or named.
BODY PLANS
Invertebrates have three basic body plans: bilateral,
radial, or asymmetrical. Most animals have bilateral sym-
metry. The three basic body plans are decribed below.
Animal Body Plans
Bilateral Symmetry Radial Symmetry
This ant has bilateral symmetry. This sea star has radial symmetry.
The two sides of its body mirror Its body is organized around the
each other. On each side of its center, like spokes on a wheel.
body, the ant has one eye, one TAKE A LOOK
antenna, and three legs. 1. Describe What is bilateral
symmetry?
Asymmetry
This sponge is asymmetrical.

You cannot draw a straight line to
divide its body into equal parts. 2. Apply Concepts What
Its body is not organized around kind of symmetry does a
a center.
butterfly have?

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NEURONS AND GANGLIA

All animals, except sponges, have special tissues that
allow them to sense their environment. These tissues
make fibers called neurons. Neurons carry messages
around the body to control the animal’s actions. Simple
invertebrates have nerve cords. Nerve cords are bundles
of neurons that carry messages along a single path.
Some invertebrates have nerve cells called ganglia
(singular, ganglion). A ganglion is a mass of nerve cells
grouped together. Each ganglion controls a different part
of the body. The ganglia are connected by nerve cords. In
complex invertebrates, a brain controls the ganglia and
READING CHECK nerves throughout the body.
3. Identify In an inverte-
brate’s body, what connects GUTS
all the ganglia? Most animals digest food in a gut. A gut is a hollow
space lined with cells. The cells make chemicals to break
down food into small particles. The cells then absorb the
food particles.
In complex animals, the gut is inside a coelom. A
coelom is a body cavity that surrounds the gut. The
coelum keeps other organs, such as the heart, separated
from the gut. That way, movements in the gut do not
disturb the actions of other organs. In simple invertebrates,
the gut is not surrounded by a coelom.
Coelom Gut Earthworms have a coelom

filled with fluid. The gut is
TAKE A LOOK inside the coelom.
name of the body cavity that
surrounds the gut?
What Are Sponges?

Sponges are the simplest invertebrates. They are asym-
metrical. They have no tissues, gut, or neurons. Adult sponges
may move only a few millimeters each day or not all.
Scientists once thought sponges were plants. However,
because sponges cannot make their own food, they are
classified as animals.
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Water carries food into the

sponge through pores. Inside the
sponge, collar cells remove food
from the water. The water exits
through an osculum. Collar cells
line the central
cavity of a
sponge.
Osculum TAKE A LOOK
function of collar cells?
Pore cells have

Pores holes that let
water flow into
the sponge. 6. Identify Through what
Water flow structure does water leave a
sponge?
HOW SPONGES FEED

As shown above, a sponge has a special way of get-
ting food. Water flows into the body of a sponge through
pores. Pores are holes on the outside of a sponge. The
water flows into a cavity in the middle of the sponge.
Collar cells line this cavity. Collar cells take in tiny plants
and animals from the water and digest them. Water leaves
through a hole at the top of the sponge. This is called the STANDARDS CHECK
osculum. LS 2a Reproduction is a char-
acteristic of all living systems;
because no living organism lives
REGENERATION forever, reproduction is essential
Sponges have some unusual abilities. If a sponge to the continuation of every spe-
cies. Some organisms reproduce
is forced through a strainer, the cells can come back asexually. Others reproduce
sexually.
together to re-form a new sponge. If part of a sponge is
broken off, the missing part can grow back. This ability is 7. Apply Concepts When
called regeneration. A part of the sponge that is broken a new sponge grows from
a piece of sponge that has
off can also grow into a new sponge. This means sponges broken off, is this asexual
can use regeneration as a way to reproduce. or sexual reproduction?
SUPPORT IN A SPONGE BODY
Most sponges have skeletons that support their bod-
ies and protect them from predators. This skeleton is not
made of bones, however. It is made of small, hard fibers
called spicules. Some spicules are straight, some are
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What Are Cnidarians?

If you have ever been stung by a jellyfish, then you
have touched a cnidarian. Jellyfish are members of a
group of invertebrates that have stinging cells. Animals in
READING CHECK this group are called cnidarians.
8. Identify What do all Cnidarians have complex tissues and a gut for digest-
cnidarians have in common? ing food. They also have a system of nerve cells within
their bodies. When some cnidarians are broken into
pieces, the pieces can become new cnidarians.
TWO BODY FORMS

A cnidarian body can have one of two forms—medusa or
polyp. The medusa and the polyp forms are shown below.
Medusas swim through the water. Polyps usually attach to
a surface. Some cnidarians change forms during their lives.
However, many cnidarians are polyps for their whole lives.
Polyp
Medusa
TAKE A LOOK
symmetry do jellyfish have?
Both the medusa and the polyp forms of a jellyfish have radial symmetry
STINGING CELLS
All cnidarians have tentacles covered with stinging
cells. The touch from another organism activates these
stinging cells. Each stinging cell shoots a tiny spear into
the organism. Each spear carries poison. Cnidarians use
stinging cells to protect themselves and to catch food.
A tiny barbed spear When the tiny spear

is coiled inside is fired, the long
TAKE A LOOK each stinging cell. barbed strand is
10. List Name two reasons shot into the prey.
cnidarians use stinging cells.

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KINDS OF CNIDARIANS
There are three classes of cnidarians: hydrozoans,
jellyfish, and sea anemones and corals. The figure below
shows each type of cnidarian.
Hydrozoan
Jellyfish
TAKE A LOOK
11. Apply Concepts Which
of the cnidarians in this figure
have the polyp body form?
Sea anemone
Coral
Hydrozoans live in both freshwater and saltwater.

Most hydrozoans live as polyps their entire lives. Jellyfish
use their tentacles to catch fish and other invertebrates.
They spend most of their lives as medusas. Sea anemones
and corals spend their lives as polyps. Corals can build
large and colorful reefs.
What Are Flatworms?

When you think of worms, you probably think of earth-
worms. However, there are many other kinds of worms.
Many of them are too small to see without a microscope.
The simplest worms are the flatworms. READING CHECK
Flatworms are divided into three classes: planarians, 12. Identify What are the
flukes, and tapeworms. All flatworms have bilateral sym- simplest worms?
metry. Most flatworms have a head and two eyespots.
Some flatworms have a bump on each side of their heads.
These are called sensory lobes. The flatworm uses sensory
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PLANARIANS
Planarians are flatworms that live in fresh water or
damp places. As shown below, they have a head, eyespots,
and sensory lobes. Most planarians are predators. They
eat other animals or parts of animals and digest the food
in a gut. Planarians use their sensory lobes to find food.
READING CHECK Planarians also have a nervous system with a brain.
13. Explain What do
planarians use their sensory
lobe for?
Sensory
Eyespot lobe
Planarians are often about 15 mm long.
FLUKES
Flukes are parasites. A parasite is an organism that feeds
on another living thing. This organism is called the host.
Most flukes live and reproduce inside a host animal.
The fertilized eggs of a fluke pass out of the animal’s
body with its waste products. If these eggs infect water
or food, animals may eat them. These eggs would then
grow into new flukes inside these animals. Flukes have
no eyespots or sensory lobes. They use suckers to attach
to their hosts.
Flukes use suckers to

attach to their hosts.
Most flukes are just a
TAKE A LOOK few millimeters long.
14. Identify What structures
do flukes use to attach to a
host?
TAPEWORMS
Tapeworms are also parasites. Like flukes, tapeworms
live, feed, and reproduce inside a host. They have no
eyespots, sensory lobes, or gut. Tapeworms simply attach
to the intestines of their hosts and absorb nutrients.
Nutrients move directly through the tapeworm’s tissues.
Some tapeworms can live in humans.
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Critical Thinking
15. Compare How does the
size of a tapeworm compare
to the size of a planarian?
Tapeworms can grow very long. Some are longer than a bus!
What Are Roundworms?

Roundworms have bodies that are long, slim, and
round, like short pieces of spaghetti. Like other worms,
they have bilateral symmetry. Roundworms have a simple
nervous system and brain. READING CHECK
Most species of roundworms are very small. A single 16. Describe Describe the
rotten apple could contain 100,000 roundworms! These body of a roundworm.
tiny worms get nutrients by breaking down the tissues
of dead plants and animals. This process helps put some
nutrients back into the soil.
Some roundworms are parasites. Several roundworms,
such as pinworms and hookworms, can infect humans.
Humans can become infected with roundworms by eating
meat that has not been fully cooked. In humans, roundworms
can cause fever, tiredness, and digestive problems.
This hookworm is a tiny larva.

Even as an adult, it will be less
than 15 mm.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
coelom a body cavity that contains the internal gut the digestive tract
organs invertebrate an animal that does not have a
ganglion a mass of nerve cells backbone
1. Identify What do all invertebrates have in common?
2. List What are the four groups of simple invertebrates?
3. Explain How does the gut of a complex animal differ from that of a simple animal?
4. List Give two ways sponges use regeneration.
5. Identify What are the two cnidarian body forms?
6. Infer Why do you think it would be important to a parasite that its host survive?
7. Compare Complete the chart below to compare the different types of flatworms.
Type of flatworm Parasitic or Features

nonparasitic?
Planarians head, eyespots,
sensory lobes, brain
8. Explain Are all roundworms parasites? Explain your answer.

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SECTION
2 Mollusks and Annelid Worms

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 3a, 5a
these questions:
• What are the four features of mollusks?
• What are the three kinds of annelid worms?
What Are Mollusks and Annelid Worms?

Have you ever eaten clams? Have you ever seen earth- STUDY TIP
worms on the sidewalk after it rains? If so, then you have Underline As you read, use
already seen mollusks and annelid worms. These inverte- colored pencils to underline
the characteristics of mollusks
brates are more complex than the simple invertebrates. and annelid worms. Use one
For example, mollusks and annelid worms have circula- color for mollusks and another
tory systems that carry materials throughout their bodies. for annelid worms.
What Are Mollusks?

Snails, slugs, clams, oysters, squids, and octopuses are
all mollusks. Most mollusks live in the ocean. However,
some live in fresh water and some live on land.
There are three classes of mollusks: gastropods, bivalves,
and cephalopods. The gastropods include snails and slugs.
The bivalves include shellfish with two shells, such as clams
and oysters. Cephalopods include squids and octopuses. READING CHECK
1. Identify Which class of
HOW MOLLUSKS EAT mollusks do snails belong to?
Each kind of mollusk has its own way of eating. As shown
below, snails and slugs eat with a special organ called the
radula. The radula is a tongue covered with curved teeth.
It lets the animal scrape food off rocks, seaweed, or plants.
Clams and oysters use gills to filter tiny organisms from the
water. Squids and octopuses use tentacles to grab their food
and place it in their jaws.
The rows of teeth on a

slug’s radula help scrape
food from surfaces. This
TAKE A LOOK
radula has been magnified 2. Identify What is the
2,000 times. function of the radula?

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SECTION 2 Mollusks and Annelid Worms continued
GANGLIA AND BRAINS

All mollusks have complex ganglia. They have special
ganglia to control breathing, movement, and digestion.
Cephalopods have the most advanced nervous system
of all invertebrates. An octopus, for example, has a large
brain that connects all of its ganglia. Cephalopods are
READING CHECK thought to be the smartest invertebrates.
3. Identify Which group of
invertebrates has the most PUMPING BLOOD
advanced nervous systems? Unlike simple invertebrates, mollusks have a circulatory
system. The circulatory system moves materials through
the body in blood. Most mollusks have open circulatory
systems. In an open circulatory system, a heart pumps
blood through blood vessels that empty into spaces in the
Critical Thinking animal’s body. These spaces are called sinuses.
4. Infer What kind of Squids and octopuses have closed circulatory systems.
circulatory system do you have? In a closed circulatory system, a heart pumps blood
through a network of blood vessels that form a loop.
MOLLUSK BODIES
Although mollusks can look quite different from one
another, their bodies have similar parts. The body parts
of mollusks are described below.
Body Parts of Mollusks
Mollusks have a broad, muscular

foot. The foot helps the animals Snail
move. In gastropods, the foot
makes mucus that the animal
slides along.
The gills, gut, and other organs
form the visceral mass. It lies in
the center of the mollusk’s body.
A layer of tissue called the
TAKE A LOOK mantle covers the visceral mass.
5. Identify Which mollusk The mantle protects the bodies of
mollusks that do not have a shell.
does not have an obvious
shell? In most mollusks, the outside
of the mantle makes a shell.
The shell protects the mollusks
from predators. It also keeps land Clam
6. List What are two functions mollusks from drying out.
of a mollusk’s shell?
KEY
Foot Mantle Squid
Visceral mass Shell

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SECTION 2 Mollusks and Annelid Worms continued
What Are Annelid Worms?

The bodies of annelid worms are segmented. Annelid
worms are sometimes called segmented worms. A segment
is an identical, or almost identical, repeating body part.
Annelid worms are more complex than other worms.
They have a closed circulatory system. They also have a
complex nervous system with a brain. A nerve cord con-
nects the brain to a ganglion in each segment.
Annelid worms live in salt water, fresh water, or on
land. There are three kinds of annelid worms: earth-
worms, marine worms, and leeches. READING CHECK
EARTHWORMS kinds of annelid worms?
Earthworms are the most familiar annelid worms. An
earthworm has between 100 and 175 segments. Most seg-
ments look the same. However, some segments have special
jobs, such as eating and reproduction.
As they feed, earthworms break down plant and animal
matter in soil. They leave behind wastes called castings.
Castings make soil richer by adding nutrients near the sur-
face. Earthworms also improve soil by digging tunnels. These
tunnels let air and water reach down into the soil. READING CHECK
Except for the head, tail, and reproductive 8. Define What are castings?
segments, all of the segments of an earth-
worm are the same.
Head
Tail
Reproductive
segments
MARINE WORMS
Some worms live in the ocean. These marine worms
are called polychaetes. They are covered with hairlike
bristles and come in many bright colors. Marine worms
eat small animals and mollusks. Some also filter food
from the water.
LEECHES
Many people think of leeches as parasites that suck
other animals’ blood. This is true of some leeches.
However, not all leeches are parasites. Some feed on
dead animals. Others eat insects, slugs, and snails.
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SECTION VOCABULARY
closed circulatory system a circulatory system segment any part of a larger structure, such
in which the heart circulates blood through a as the body of an organism, that is set off by
network of blood vessels that form a closed natural or arbitrary boundaries
loop
open circulatory system a circulatory system
in which the circulatory fluid is not contained
entirely within vessels
1. Compare What is the difference between on open circulatory system and a closed
circulatory system?
2. List What are the four body parts that all mollusks have?
3. Summarize Complete the organizer below to show the classes of mollusks.
Three classes
of mollusks
Cephalopods
Snails Slugs
4. Describe Describe two ways earthworms improve soil.
7. Explain Are all leeches parasites? Explain your answer.

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SECTION
3 Arthropods
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 1f, 5a
these questions:
• What are the four main characteristics of arthropods?
• What are two types of metamorphosis in insects?
What Are the Characteristics of Arthropods?

How many animals do you think can live in one acre of STUDY TIP
land? If you could find all the arthropods in that acre, you Organize As you read, make
would count more than a million animals! a chart listing the different
kinds of arthropods, their
Arthropods are the largest group of animals on Earth. characteristics, and examples
Around 75% of all animal species are arthropods. Insects, of each.
spiders, crabs, and centipedes are all arthropods.
Arthropods share four characteristics:
READING CHECK
1. a segmented body with specialized parts
1. Identify What percentage
2. jointed limbs of all animals are arthropods?
3. an exoskeleton
4. a well-developed nervous system.
SEGMENTED AND SPECIALIZED PARTS

Like annelid worms, arthropods are segmented. Some
arthropods, such as centipedes, have segments that are
mostly the same. Only the head and tail segments are
different. However, most arthropods have segments with
specialized structures. These specialized structures can be
wings, antennae, gills, pinchers, and claws. As an arthropod
develops, some of its segments grow together. This forms
three main body parts: head, thorax, and abdomen.
Head
Thorax
Like most arthropods,

this dragonfly has a
Abdomen head, a thorax, and an TAKE A LOOK
abdomen. 2. Identify What are the
three main body parts of an
arthropod?

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SECTION 3 Arthropods continued
JOINTED LIMBS
Jointed limbs give arthropods their name. In Greek,
arthro means “joint” and pod means “foot.” Jointed limbs
are legs or other body parts that bend at the joints. Having
jointed limbs makes it easier for arthropods to move.
AN EXTERNAL SKELETON
Arthropods have an exoskeleton. An exoskeleton is
a hard outer layer that covers the body. It is made of pro-
tein and a substance called chitin. An exoskeleton does
some of the same things that an internal skeleton does. It
READING CHECK supports the body and allows the animal to move.
3. Identify What is an An exoskeleton also does things that an internal skele-
exoskeleton made of? ton cannot do. It can protect the animal’s body like a suit
of armor. By keeping water inside the body, the exoskel-
eton helps keep the animal from drying out.
The jointed limbs of a

ghost crab let it move
quickly across the sand.
The exoskeleton protects
the crab’s body from
drying out on land.
SENSING SURROUNDINGS
All arthropods have a head and a well-developed brain and
nerve cord. The nervous system receives information from
sense organs such as eyes and bristles. For example, taran-
tulas use bristles to detect movement and vibration. Some
arthropods have simple eyes that only allow them to see light.
Most arthropods have compound eyes. A compound eye is
READING CHECK an eye made of many identical light sensors.
eyes do most arthropods
have?
Compound eyes are made of many

light-sensitive units that work together.

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What Are the Different Kinds of Arthropods?

Arthropods are grouped by the kinds of body parts
they have. You can tell the difference between kinds of
arthropods by looking at how many legs, eyes, and anten-
nae they have. Arthropods include centipedes and milli-
pedes, crustaceans, arachnids, and insects.
CENTIPEDES AND MILLIPEDES

Centipedes and millipedes have many segments. Math Focus
Centipedes have two legs on each segment and milli- 5. Calculate If a millipede
has 752 legs, how many
pedes have four. segments does it have? If a
Centipedes and millipedes also have hard heads with centipede has 354 legs, how
one pair of antennae. An antenna is a feeler that senses many segments does it have?
touch, taste, or smell. Centipedes and millipedes also
have one pair of mandibles. Mandibles are mouthparts
that can stab and chew food.
Centipede Millipede
Centipedes eat other animals.

Millipedes eat plants.
CRUSTACEANS
Shrimp, barnacles, crabs, and lobsters are crustaceans.
Most crustaceans live in water. They have gills for breath-
ing, mandibles for eating, and two compound eyes. Each
eye is at the end of an eyestalk. Unlike other arthropods,
crustaceans have two pairs of antennae. READING CHECK
Antenna
difference between crustaceans
Eyestalk and other arthropods?
Antenna
Water fleas and lobsters are two kinds of crustaceans.

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ARACHNIDS
Spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks are arachnids.
Arachnids have two main body parts: the cephalothorax
and the abdomen. The cephalothorax is made of a head
and thorax. Most arachnids have eight legs and two sim-
ple eyes. They also have claw-like mouthparts called
READING CHECK chelicerae. Spiders use their chelicerae to catch insects.
Spiders can be helpful to humans becasue they kill
two main body parts of an many insect pests. Though some people are afraid of
arachnid? spiders, most spiders are not harmful. The mouthparts
of most spiders are too small to bite humans. However,
some spider bites do need medical treatment.
Ticks are parasites that feed on a host’s blood. These
animals are just a few millimeters long. They live in for-
ests, brushy areas, and even lawns. Some ticks carry dis-
eases, such as Lyme disease.
Abdomen
Arachnids have two

TAKE A LOOK main body parts.
8. Identify What are the They have special
mouthparts of an archnid mouthparts called
called? chelicerae.
Cephalothorax
Chelicerae
INSECTS
Insects make up the largest group of arthropods. The
only place on Earth where insects do not live is in the
oceans. Although some insects are pests, many insects are
helpful. Many flowering plants need insects to carry pollen.
Farmers depend on insects to pollinate fruit crops.
Say It All insects have three main body parts, six legs, and
Investigate Choose an two antennae. On their heads they have antennae and a
insect to research. Find out pair of compound eyes. They use mandibles for eating.
where it lives, what it eats,
and whether it is considered
Some insects have wings on their thorax.
helpful or harmful to hu-
mans. Present your findings
to the class.
Head
Thorax
Abdomen

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METAMORPHOSIS
As an insect develops, it changes form. This process
is called metamorphosis. Most insects, including but-
terflies, beetles, flies, wasps, and ants, go through com-
plete metamorphosis. Complete metamorphosis has four
stages, as shown below.
Stages of Complete Metamorphosis
e The adult butterfly pumps fluid

into its wings until the wings
are full-sized. The butterfly is
ready to fly.
d Adults body parts

replace the larval
body parts. The
adult splits open its
a An adult lays
eggs. An
chrysalis.
embryo forms
inside each egg.
c After molting, the

caterpillar makes a
TAKE A LOOK
chrysalis and be-
b A larva hatches from the 9. List What are the
egg. Butterfly and moth
comes a pupa. The
pupal stage may last
larvae are caterpillars. As four stages of complete
the caterpillar grows, it
for a few days or
sheds its outer layer sev-
metamorphosis?
several months.
eral times. This process is
called molting.
Critical Thinking
Some insects, such as grasshoppers and cockroaches,
go through incomplete metamorphosis. Incomplete
metamorphosis has three stages: egg, nymph, and adult. 10. Compare How is
Nymphs look like small adults. However, nymphs do not incomplete metamorphosis
different from complete
have wings. metamorphosis?
Stages of Incomplete Metamorphosis
Adult
Eggs
Nymph
Nymph
Nymph

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SECTION VOCABULARY
antenna a feeler that is on the head of an exoskeleton a hard, external, supporting
invertebrate, such as a crustacean or an insect, structure
that senses touch, taste, or smell metamorphosis a phase in the life cycle of
compound eye an eye composed of many light many animals during which a rapid change
detectors from the immature form of an organism to the
adult form takes place
1. Summarize Complete the organizer to name the four characteristics of arthropods.
Characteristics
of arthropods
2. Compare How is the body of an arachnid different from that of other arthropods?
3. Apply Concepts Scientists have discovered a new organism. They know it is an

arthropod because it has jointed legs and an exoskeleton. The organism also has
mandibles and two pairs of antennae. Should they classify this organism as an
insect or a crustacean? Explain your answer.
4. Explain How are spiders helpful to humans?
5. Identify What is the largest group of arthropods?

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SECTION
4 Echinoderms
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 3a, 5a
these questions:
• What are the characteristics of echinoderms?
• What are the five classes of echinoderms?
What Are Echinoderms?

Sea stars, sea urchins, and sand dollars are all echino- STUDY TIP
derms. Echinoderms are marine animals. They live on the Organize As you read this
section, make a Spider Map
sea floor in all parts of the world’s oceans. Some echino-
that shows the different
derms eat shellfish, some eat dead plants and animals, kinds of echinoderms.
and others eat algae.
SPINY SKINNED
Echinoderms have spines. In Greek, the name echinoderm
means “spiny skinned.” The spines of an echinoderm are
found on its skeleton. Echinoderms have an endoskeleton,
which is found inside their bodies. The spines grow from the
endoskeleton. The animal’s skin then covers the spines.
SYMMETRY
As echinoderms grow, their body symmetry changes.
When they are larvae, they have bilateral symmetry.
However, as adults, they have radial symmetry. READING CHECK
body symmetry does an adult
echinoderm have?
The sea urchin larva has bilat-
eral symmetry. The adult sea
urchin has radial symmetry.
Larva Adult
NERVOUS SYSTEM
Echinoderms have a simple nervous system. Around
the mouth is a circle of nerve fibers called the nerve ring.
In sea stars, a radial nerve runs along each arm to the READING CHECK
nerve ring. The radial nerves let a sea star move its arms. 2. Explain What do the
Sea stars have a simple eye at the tip of each arm. These radial nerves allow a sea
eyes sense light. Other cells that cover the sea star’s body star to do?
sense touch and chemical signals in the water.
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SECTION 4 Echinoderms continued
Nerve ring
Sea stars have a simple

nervous system.
TAKE A LOOK
Radial
3. Circle On the diagram, nerve
circle the areas where the
eyespots of a sea star are
found.
WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM

Only echinoderms have a water vascular system. A
water vascular system is a system of tubes filled with
fluid. Echinoderms use the water pressure in these tubes
to move, eat, breathe, and sense their environment.
Water Vascular System
a Water enters through holes in a flat

plate on top of the sea star. This
TAKE A LOOK
plate is called the sieve plate.
4. Identify Through what b The water flows through a tube to

the ring canal around the mouth.
structure does water enter
the water vascular system?
e Each tube foot con-
nects to an ampulla. c From the ring canal, the water flows
5. Explain What does a sea The ampulla controls into radial canals in the arms.
the water pressure in
star use its tube feet for? the tube foot. Changing d The radial canals connect to many
pressure makes a tube suckers called tube feet. Sea stars
foot extend and retract. use tube feet to move and to grip
food. Oxygen enters and wastes leave
through the thin walls of the tube feet.
What Are the Different Kinds of Echinoderms?

There are five main classes of echinoderms. Sea stars
are probably the most familiar class. The other classes
are brittle stars and basket stars, sea urchins and sand
dollars, sea lilies and feather stars, and sea cucumbers.
Sea stars, brittle stars, basket stars, and feather stars can
all grow back lost arms.
BRITTLE STARS AND BASKET STARS

Brittle stars and basket stars look like their close rela-
tives, sea stars. However, their arms are longer, thinner,
and smaller than those of sea stars.
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SECTION 4 Echinoderms continued
Basket star Critical Thinking

6. Infer Suppose you found
a brittle star that had four
long arms and one short one.
How could you explain this?
Brittle star
Basket stars and brittle stars move around more than other echinoderms do.
SEA URCHINS AND SAND DOLLARS

Sea urchins and sand dollars are round animals and
have no arms. Like sea stars, they use tube feet to move.
Sea urchins and sand dollars have shell-like endoskel-
etons. Sea urchins feed on algae they scrape from rocks.
Sand dollars eat tiny particles they find in sand.
TAKE A LOOK
functions of spines on sea
urchins and sand dollars?
Sea urchin Sand dollars
Sea urchins and sand dollars use their spines to protect themselves and to move.
SEA LILIES AND FEATHER STARS

Sea lilies and feather stars have 5 to 200 feathery arms.
They use these arms to catch pieces of food in the water.
A sea lily’s arms sit on top of a stalk, making the animal
look like a flower.
SEA CUCUMBERS
Unlike other echinoderms, sea cucumbers are long
and shaped like fat worms. They have soft, leathery bod-
ies and no arms. Like other echinoderms, sea cucumbers
move with tube feet.
TAKE A LOOK
8. Compare How are sea
cucumbers, sand dollars, and
sea urchins similar?
feather star Sea Cucumber

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SECTION VOCABULARY
endoskeleton an internal skeleton made of water vascular system a system of canals filled
bone or cartilage with a watery fluid that circulates throughout
the body of an echinoderm
1. Describe How does the body symmetry of an echinoderm change as the larva
develops into an adult?
2. List What are the four main features of a sea star’s nervous system?
3. List What are the five classes of echinoderms?
4. Compare How are sea cucumbers different from other echinoderms?
5. Explain How does a sea star get oxygen from the water?
6. Summarize Complete the Process Chart below to show how water moves through
the water vascular system.
The water flows through a tube to the ring canal.
The ampulla attached to each tube foot controls the water

pressure, which makes a tube foot extend and retract.

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SECTION
1 Fishes: The First Vertebrates

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 2a, 3a, 3b, 3c, 5a, 5c
these questions:
• What are the two main characteristics of vertebrates?
• What is the difference between an ectotherm and an
endotherm?
• What are the three classes of living fishes?
What Are Chordates?

Many of the animals you are most familiar with, STUDY TIP
including fishes, reptiles, and mammals, belong to phylum Compare After you read this
section, make a Concept Map
Chordata. Members of this phylum are called chordates.
using the vocabulary words
Some chordates may be less familiar to you. Lancelets and from this section.
tunicates are simple chordates.
Tunicates Lancelet
All chordates show four characteristics at some time in

their lives. Sometimes the characteristic is found only in
embryos.
• a tail
• a stiff flexible rod called the notocord that supports the
body
• a hollow nerve cord, called a spinal cord in vertebrates
• structures called pharyngeal pouches, found in embryos
that later become gills or other body parts READING CHECK
1. List What are the four
Chordate Body Parts characteristics shared by
chordates?
Tail
Hollow nerve
Notochord cord
Pharyngeal
pouches

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SECTION 1 Fishes: The First Vertebrates continued
What Are Vertebrates?

The largest group of chordates is the vertebrates.
Vertebrates are animals that have backbones. Fishes,
amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are vertebrates.
Vertebrates have two characteristics that lancelets and
tunicates do not have—backbones and heads protected by
skulls. A backbone is a strong, flexible column of bones
called vertebrae (singular vertebra). It protects the spinal
cord and helps support the rest of the body. The backbone
replaces the notocord in most vertebrates.
In vertebrate embryos, the backbone, the skull, and
the rest of the skeleton are made of cartilage. Cartilage is
the tough material that makes up the flexible parts of our
ears and nose. As most vertebrates grow, the cartilage is
READING CHECK
replaced by bone. Bone is much harder than cartilage.
2. Identify What material
makes up the skeleton of
Because bone is so hard, it can be fossilized easily.
vertebrate embryos? Scientists have discovered many fossils of vertebrates.
The fossils give scientists clues about how organisms are
related to one another and when some organisms evolved.
STANDARDS CHECK
LS 3b Regulation of an
The skull protects the head.
organism’s internal environment
involves sensing the internal
environment and changing
physiological activities to keep
conditions within the range Vertebrae of the backbone protect the
required to survive. spinal cord.
Word Help: environment

conditions that affect an
organism
3. Infer If an ectotherm’s
body temperature became
too high, what would it
need to do? Explain your How Do Vertebrates Keep Their Bodies at
answer.
the Right Temperature?
If an animal’s body is too hot or too cold, its cells
cannot work properly. Vertebrates control their body
temperatures in two ways.
Ectotherms depend on their surroundings to stay
warm. Their body temperatures change as the temperature
of the environment changes. Most fish, and almost
all amphibians and reptiles, are ectotherms. They are
sometimes called cold-blooded animals.
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Most fishes, including this leafy sea dragon, are ectotherms.
Endotherms generally have stable body temperatures,

even when the temperature of the environment
changes. They heat their bodies with energy from the
chemical reactions in their cells. Birds and mammals are
endotherms. They are sometimes called warm-blooded
animals. READING CHECK
4. Explain How do
What Are the Characteristics of Fishes? endotherms heat their
Fossil evidence shows that fish evolved about 500 bodies?
million years ago. They were the first vertebrates on Earth.
There are more than 25,000 species of fishes, and they
come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. All fishes share
several characteristics.
• a strong body for swimming, with muscles attached
to the backbone
• fan-shaped structures called fins that help fishes
swim, steer, stop, and balance
• scales to cover and protect the body
• gills
• senses of vision, hearing, and smell, including a
lateral line system
The lateral line is a row of tiny sense organs along READING CHECK
each side of the body. It detects water vibrations, such as 5. Identify What is the
those caused by other fish swimming by. function of the lateral line
Fish use gills to breathe. Water passes over the thin gill system?
membranes. Oxygen moves from the water to the blood.

Carbon dioxide moves from the blood to the water.
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6. Complete Fill in the
missing labels on the
diagram.
Fishes are many shapes and sizes, but all fish have gills, fins, and a tail.
How Do Fishes Reproduce?

Most fishes reproduce by external fertilization. The
female lays unfertilized eggs in the water, and the male
drops sperm on them.
Some fishes use internal fertilization. The male
deposits sperm inside the female. Usually, the female lays
fertilized eggs that have embryos inside. In some species,
the embryos develop inside the female.
What Are the Three Classes of Living Fishes?

There were once five classes of fishes, but two of them
are now extinct. The three classes of fishes living today are
jawless fishes, cartilaginous fishes, and bony fishes.
JAWLESS FISHES
The first fishes were probably jawless fishes. Today,
the two kinds of jawless fishes are hagfish and lampreys.
Hagfish and lampreys look like eels and have round
mouths without jaws. They do not need jaws because they
READING CHECK
do not bite or chew. Instead, they attach to other animals
7. Explain How do jawless and suck their blood and flesh.
fishes eat?
Jawless fishes share the following characteristics:
• no jaws
• a notocord
• a skeleton made of cartilage

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Jawless Fishes
Hagfish can tie their flexible bodies into

knots. They slide the knot from their
tails to their heads to remove slime from
their skin or to escape predators.
TAKE A LOOK
8. Identify Give two reasons
hagfish tie themselves in
knots.
Lampreys can live in salt water or

fresh water, but they must reproduce in
fresh water.
CARTILAGINOUS FISHES
In most vertebrates, soft cartilage in the embryo is
slowly replaced by bone. The skeletons of sharks, skates,
and rays, however, are cartilage, and never change to bone.
They are called cartilaginous fishes.
Cartilaginous fishes share the following characteristics:
• jaws
• a backbone
• a skeleton made of cartilage
Cartilaginous fishes store a lot of oil in their livers. Oil
is less dense than water and this helps cartilaginous fishes
float. However, they will sink if they stop swimming. Some
cartilaginous fishes must also keep swimming to move
water over their gills. Others can lie on the ocean floor and
pump water across their gills. READING CHECK
Cartilaginous Fish 9. Explain Do all
cartilaginous fishes need
to keep swimming in order
to breathe? Explain your
answer.
Skates lay eggs. They move Rays give birth to live young.
their fins up and down to Rays also use their fins to
swim. swim They feed on organisms
from the sea floor, such as
crabs and worms.
Sharks, such as this hammerhead

shark, rarely prey on humans. They
usually eat other fish.

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BONY FISHES
Critical Thinking Ninety-five percent of all fishes are bony fishes. This
10. Compare Give two group includes goldfish, tuna, trout, and catfish. Bony
differences between fishes have the following characteristics:
cartilaginous fishes and bony
fishes.
• jaws
• a backbone
• a skeleton made of bone
• a swim bladder
A swim bladder is a balloon-like organ filled with
gases. It is also called a gas bladder. The swim bladder
keeps bony fish from sinking. This lets them rest in one
place without swimming.
What Are the Two Main Groups of

Bony Fishes?
There are two main groups of bony fishes: ray-finned
fishes and lobe-finned fishes.
Almost all bony fishes are ray-finned fishes. Their fins
are supported by thin rays of bone. Eels, herrings, trout,
minnows, and perch are all ray-finned fishes.
Lobe-finned fishes have thick, muscular fins. There
are only seven species of lobe-finned fishes. Six of these
species are lungfishes. Lungfishes are lobe-finned fishes
with air sacs that can fill with air, like lungs. Scientists
think that one group of lobe-finned fishes were the
READING CHECK ancestors of amphibians.
11. Identify What group
of fishes do scientists think
Bony Fishes
were the ancestors of
amphibians?
Lungfishes live in shallow waters that

often dry up in the summer.
Masked butterfly fish live in warm
waters around coral reefs.
Pikes are fast predators. They move

in quick bursts of speed to catch fish
and invertebrates.

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How Are Fishes Related to Other

Vertebrates?
The Concept Map below shows how fishes are related
to each other and to other vertebrates and chordates.
Vertebrates are the largest group of chordates. Bony
fishes are the largest group of fishes. Ray-finned fishes
are the largest group of bony fishes. READING CHECK
largest group of fishes?
Chordates
Vertebrates
Lancelets,
Tunicates
Other
Vertebrates Fishes
Cartilaginous
Fishes
Jawless
Fishes
Bony
Fishes
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Lobe-Finned 13. Identify
Relationships Are lobe-
Fishes
finned fishes more closely
related to jawless fishes or
Ray-Finned lancelets?
Fishes

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SECTION VOCABULARY
ectotherm an organism that needs sources of lateral line a faint line visible on both sides of
heat outside of itself a fish’s body that runs the length of the body
endotherm an animal that can use body heat and marks the location of sense organs that
from chemical reactions in the body’s cells to detect vibrations in water
maintain a constant body temperature swim bladder in bony fishes, a gas-filled sac
gill a respiratory organ in which oxygen from the that is used to control buoyancy; also known
water is exchanged with carbon dioxide from as a gas bladder
the blood vertebrate an animal that has a backbone
1. Identify What are two characteristics that only vertebrates have?
2. List What are three structures shared by all fishes?
3. Explain What is the difference between external fertilization and

internal fertilization?
4. Compare Complete the table below to compare the three classes of living fishes.
Characteristic Jawless fishes Cartilaginous Bony fishes

fishes
Jaws
(yes or no?)
Structure for support

(notocord or backbone?)
Skeleton
(cartilage or bone?)
5. Identify In general, which groups of animals are ectotherms? Which groups are
endotherms?

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SECTION
2 Amphibians
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 2a, 3a, 3c, 3d, 5a, 5b
these questions:
• How do amphibians breathe?
• What are the three groups of amphibians?
• What is metamorphosis ?
What Are Amphibians?

Amphibians are animals that have lungs and legs and STUDY TIP
can live in water. A lung is a saclike organ that delivers Organize As you read this
oxygen from the air to the blood. section, make combination
Scientists think amphibians evolved from ancient lobe- notes to describe the differ-
ent groups of amphibians.
finned fishes. These fishes developed lungs that could
take oxygen from the air. They also had strong fins that
could have evolved into legs. Fossils show that the first
amphibians looked like a cross between a fish and a
salamander. READING CHECK
1. Describe What type of
What Are the Characteristics of Amphibians? animals do scientists think
Most amphibians must spend part of their lives in amphibians evolved from?
or near water. Most amphibians live in the water after
hatching and later develop into adults that can live on
land.
THIN SKIN
Amphibians have thin, smooth, moist skin. They can Critical Thinking
absorb water through their skin instead of drinking. 2. Analyze Ideas The
However, they can also lose water through their skin. word amphibian means
“double life.” Explain why
Because of this, they must live in water or in wet habitats. this is a good description for
Some amphibians can breathe through their skin. The skin amphibians.
of some amphibians contains poison glands to protect the
animals from predators.

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SECTION 2 Amphibians continued
METAMORPHOSIS
Most amphibians don’t just get bigger as they grow
into adults. They change form, or shape, as they grow.
Metamorphosis is the change from an immature form
to a different adult form. For example, a tadpole is an
immature frog or toad. As it grows, it changes form. It
loses its gills and develops structures such as lungs and
legs that the adult will need to live on land.
Adult frog
Amphibian Metamorphosis
Fertilized eggs
3. The tail and gills
disappear and the the
lungs begin to work.
TAKE A LOOK
3. Compare How does
breathing differ in tadpoles 1. The newly
and adult frogs? hatched tadpole
has gills and a tail.
2. The tadpole begins

to grow legs.
A few types of amphibians do not go through full

metamorphosis. Their young look like tiny adults when
they hatch, but they have gills.
EGGS WITHOUT SHELLS

Most of the eggs you are probably familiar with are bird
eggs, such as chicken, or duck. Unlike bird eggs, however,
amphibian eggs do not have shells or membranes. Without
shells, amphibian eggs dry out very easily. Because of this,
READING CHECK amphibian embryos must develop in wet environments.
4. Explain Why do
amphibian embryos BODY TEMPERATURE
need to develop in wet Amphibians are ectotherms. Their body temperature
environments?
depends on the temperature of the environment.

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development body
temperature
Amphibian
characteristics
skin eggs
TAKE A LOOK
5. Describe Complete the
Spider Map to describe the
characteristics of amphibians.
What Are the Three Groups of Amphibians?

More than 5,400 species of amphibians are alive today.
They belong to three groups: caecilians, salamanders, and
frogs and toads.
CAECILIANS
Most people are not familiar with caecilians. However,
scientists have discovered more than 160 species.
Caecilians live in warm climates in Asia, Africa, and South
America. They have thin, moist skin like other amphibians.
However, unlike other amphibians, some have bony scales
in their skin. Caecilians also have no legs. They look like
earthworms or snakes. READING CHECK
6. Identify Name two ways
caecilians are different from
most amphibians.
Caecilian
SALAMANDERS
There are about 500 known species of salamanders.
Most adult salamanders live under stones and logs in the
woods of North America. Salamanders have long tails
and four strong legs. Some look like tadpoles when they
hatch, others look like small adults. Most salamanders
lose their gills and grow lungs as they develop. Some
never lose their gills.
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TAKE A LOOK
7. Compare What is one
major difference between
these two salamander
species?
The marbled salamander lives in damp This axolotl is an unusual

places, such as under rocks or logs or salamander. It keeps its gills and
among leaves. never leaves the water.
FROGS AND TOADS

About 90% of all amphibians are frogs or toads. Frogs
and toads are very similar. In fact, toads are a type of frog.
Math Focus Frogs tend to have smooth, moist skin. Toads spend less
8. Calculate Percentages time in the water and have drier, bumpier skin. Frogs and
A certain toad species spends
two months of its life as a toads share the following characteristics:
tadpole and three years as an • strong leg muscles for jumping
adult. What percentage of its
life is spent in the water?
• well-developed ears for hearing
• a long sticky tongue for catching insects
• vocal cords
Frogs, such as this bullfrog, have Toads, such as this Fowler’s toad,
smooth, moist skin. spend less time in water than frogs do.
Their skin is drier and bumpier.
How Do Frogs Sing?

Critical Thinking Frogs are well known for singing, or croaking, at night,
9. Infer Why do you think However, many frogs sing during the daytime, too. Like
a frog needs a vocal sac to we do, frogs make sounds by forcing air across their vocal
make its song louder?
cords. They have a sac of skin, called the vocal sac around
their vocal cords. When a frog sings, its vocal sac, fills with
air. The sac makes the song louder. Frogs sing to attract
mates and to mark territory.

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Most frogs that sing are males.
What Can Amphibians Tell Us About

the Environment?
Unhealthy amphibians can be an early sign of changes
in an ecosystem. Because of this, they are called ecological
indicators. Amphibians are very sensitive to changes in
the environment, such as chemicals in the air or water.
Climate change may also affect amphibians. When large
numbers of amphibians grow abnormally or die, there may
be a problem with the environment. READING CHECK
How Are Amphibians Related to Other ecological indicator?
Vertebrates?
The Concept Map below shows how amphibians
are related to each other and to other vertebrates and
chordates. Vertebrates are the largest group of chordates.
Frogs and toads are the largest group of amphibians.
Chordates
Vertebrates Other
chordates
Other Fishes
Vertebrates
Amphibians
Frogs and
Caecilians Toads
Salamanders

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Section 2 Review NSES LS 1a, 2a, 3a, 3c, 3d, 5a, 5b
SECTION VOCABULARY
lung a respiratory organ in which oxygen from metamorphosis a phase in the life cycle of
the air is exchanged with carbon dioxide from many animals during which a rapid change
the blood from the immature form of an organism to the
adult form takes place
tadpole the aquatic, fish-shaped larva of a frog
or toad
1. Explain Why do amphibians need to live in moist environments?
2. Explain Why do frogs sing?
3. Identify What body parts do tadpoles lose when they go through metamorphosis?
What body parts do they gain?
4. List What are three organs amphibians can use to breathe?
5. Compare Fill in the Venn Diagram to compare salamanders and frogs.
Salamanders Frogs

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SECTION
3 Reptiles
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3c, 3d, 5a,
5b, 5c
these questions:
• What characteristics of reptiles allow them to live on land?
• What is an amniotic egg?
• What are the four groups of living reptiles?
How Did Reptiles Evolve?

After amphibians moved onto land, some of them began STUDY TIP
to change. They grew thick, dry skin. Their legs changed Organize As you read, make
and grew stronger. They also laid eggs that did not dry out. a chart comparing the four
They had become reptiles, the first animals to live out of different groups of reptiles.
the water their whole lives.
Many reptiles are now extinct. Dinosaurs that lived
on land are the most well-known prehistoric reptiles.
However, there were many other ancient reptiles. Some
could swim, some could fly, and many were similar to Say It
reptiles alive today. Investigate Use your
school’s media center to
learn about a prehistoric
What Are the Characteristics of Reptiles? reptile that was not a dino-
Reptiles are well-adapted for life on land. Unlike saur. Describe this reptile to
amphibians, most reptiles can spend their whole lives the class.
on land.
LUNGS
All reptiles—even reptiles that live in water—have lungs
to breathe air. Most reptiles cannot breathe through their
skin and get oxygen only from their lungs.
THICK SKIN
Thick, dry skin is a very important adaptation for life
on land. This skin forms a watertight layer that keeps cells
from losing too much water by evaporation. READING CHECK
1. Explain How is thick skin
important for reptiles?
Reptiles, such as
this crocodile,
have thick skin.

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SECTION 3 Reptiles continued
BODY TEMPERATURE
Nearly all reptiles are ectotherms. They cannot keep
STANDARDS CHECK their bodies at a stable temperature. They must use their
LS 5b Biological evolution surroundings to control their temperature. They are active
species developed through
when it is warm outside, and they slow down when it is
gradual processes over cool. A few reptiles can get some heat from their own
many generations. Species
acquire many of their unique body cells.
characteristics through biological
adaptation, which involves the
selection of naturally occurring AMNIOTIC EGG
variations in populations. The most important adaptation to life on land is the
Biological adaptations include
changes in structures, behaviors, amniotic egg. An amniotic egg has membranes and a shell
or physiology that enhanace
survival and reproductive
that protect the embryo. A reptile’s amniotic egg can be
success in a particular laid under rocks, in the ground, or even in the desert.
environment.
Word Help: diversity What Are the Parts of the Amniotic Egg?
variety
The parts of the amniotic egg protect the embryo from
Word Help: process predators, infections, and water loss.
a set of steps, events, or
changes The shell protects the egg from
damage and keeps it from drying out.
Word Help: selection It has small pores to let oxygen
the process of choosing into the egg and to let carbon
dioxide out.
The albumen provides
a whole that is built or put
water and protein to the
together from parts embryo.
2. Infer How did the

The amniotic sac is filled
amniotic egg allow reptiles with fluid. It surrounds and
to live on land? protects the embryo.
The yolk supplies food to

the embryo.
The allantois stores the

embryo’s wastes.
Amphibian eggs Reptile eggs
TAKE A LOOK
3. Compare Name one
thing you can see in this
picture that reptile eggs have
but the amphibian eggs do
not.
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How Do Reptiles Reproduce?

Reptiles usually reproduce by internal fertilization. The
egg is fertilized inside the female. Then a shell forms, and
the female lays the egg. A few reptiles do not lay eggs. In
this case, the embryos develop inside the mother and the
young are born live. READING CHECK
Unlike amphibians, reptiles do not go through 4. Identify Which type of
metamorphosis. The embryo develops into a young reptile fertilization do reptiles use?
that looks like a tiny adult.
What Are the Four Kinds of Living Reptiles?

Many reptiles, including dinosaurs, are now extinct.
Today, about 8,000 species of reptiles are known to exist.
These species make up four main groups of reptiles.
TURTLES AND TORTOISES

In general, tortoises live on land and turtles spend all
or much of their lives in water. Even if they live in the sea,
turtles leave the water to lay their eggs on land.
Turtles and tortoises are unique because of their shells.
Shells make turtles and tortoises slow, so they cannot run
away from predators. However, many of these reptiles
can pull their heads and limbs into their shells. The shells
protect them like suits of armor.
Math Focus
5. Calculate Suppose a sea
turtle laid 104 eggs. After
the young hatch, 50% reach
the ocean alive. Of those
survivors, 25% grow to be
adults. How many adults
resulted from the eggs?
Green sea turtle Texas tortoise
CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS

Crocodiles and alligators spend most of their time in
the water. Their eyes and nostrils are on the top of their
flat heads. This lets them hide under water and watch their
surroundings. They eat invertebrates, fishes, turtles, birds,
and mammals. The figure on the next page shows some
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6. Describe How can you
tell the difference between
an alligator and a crocodile?
A crocodile, such as this American An alligator, such as this American

crocodile, has a narrow head and alligator, has a broad head and a
pointed snout. rounded snout.
SNAKES AND LIZARDS
Critical Thinking
Snakes and lizards are the most common reptiles alive
today. Snakes are carnivores, or meat-eaters. They use a
7. Analyze Ideas special organ in their mouths to smell prey. When a snake
Rattlesnakes do not see
very well. However, they
flicks out its tongue, molecules in the air stick to it and are
can sense changes in brought back to the organ in the mouth. Snakes can open
temperature as small as their mouths very wide. This lets them swallow animals
3/1000 of a degree Celsius.
and eggs whole. Some snakes squeeze prey to suffocate it.
How could this ability be
useful to snakes? Others use fangs to inject venom into prey to kill it.
Cape Cobra Frilled lizard
Most lizards eat insects and worms, but some eat plants.
One giant lizard—the komodo dragon—eats deer, pigs,
and goats! Lizards have loosely connected lower jaws.
This lets them open their jaws wide. However, lizards do
not swallow large prey whole. Many lizards can escape
predators by breaking off their tails. They can grow back
new tails.

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TUATARAS
Tuataras live only on a few islands off the coast of New
Zealand. Tuataras look like lizards but are different from
lizards in the following ways. Tuataras do not have visible
ear openings on the outside of their bodies. Tuataras are
most active when the temperature is low. They rest during
the day and search for food at night. READING CHECK
8. Describe When are
tuataras most active?
Tuataras have survived without

changing for about 150 million years.
How Are Reptiles Related to Other

Vertebrates?
Vertebrates are the largest group of chordates. Snakes
and lizards are the most common reptiles alive today.
Chordates
Vertebrates Other
chordates
Other Fishes
Vertebrates
Amphibians
Reptiles
Tuataras
Turtles and
Tortoises
Snakes and
Crocodiles and Lizards
Alligators

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Section 3 Review NSES LS 1a, 1d, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3c, 3d, 5a, 5b, 5c
SECTION VOCABULARY
amniotic egg a type of egg that is surrounded
by a membrane, the amnion, and that in
reptiles, birds, and egg-laying mammals
contains a large amount of yolk and is
surrounded by a shell.
1. List What are the four main groups of reptiles alive today?
2. Explain What are the functions of the shell of an amniotic egg?
3. Explain How do reptiles reproduce?
4. Explain How does a reptile embryo get oxygen?
5. Compare Give two ways tuataras differ from lizards.
6. Describe Describe the adaptations reptiles have that allow them to live on land.
7. Apply Concepts Mammals give birth to live young. The embryo develops and is
nourished inside the female’s body. Which parts of a reptilian amniotic egg could
a mammal do without? Explain your answer.

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SECTION
1 Characteristics of Birds
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 2a, 3a, 3b, 3c, 5a, 5b
these questions:
• What are the characteristics of birds?
• How do birds fly?
What Are the Characteristics of Birds?

What do a powerful eagle, a fast-swimming penguin, and STUDY TIP
a tiny hummingbird have in common? They all have feathers, Outline As you read this
wings, and beaks. These features make them all birds. section, make an outline
describing the characteristics
of birds.
HOW BIRDS AND REPTILES ARE ALIKE
Birds share many characteristics with reptiles. Both
birds and reptiles are vertebrates. They both have feet
and legs covered with scales. They also have eggs with
shells and amniotic sacs.
HOW BIRDS AND REPTILES DIFFER

Birds also have some characteristics that reptiles do not
have. Birds have feathers, wings, and beaks. Unlike rep-
tiles, birds are endotherms. They keep their bodies warm
from heat produced by chemical reactions in their body
cells. Their body temperatures are generally stable. READING CHECK
1. Explain How do birds
Hummingbird
keep their body temperatures
stable?
Toucan
Great blue
heron
TAKE A LOOK
2. List Name three things
There are about 10,000 known species of that all the animals in this
birds on Earth today. picture have in common.
What Are the Functions of Feathers?

Feathers are one of the most familiar features of birds.
They help birds stay dry and warm, attract mates, and fly.
Therefore, birds take good care of their feathers.

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SECTION 1 Characteristics of Birds continued
PREENING AND MOLTING

A bird uses its beak to spread a special oil on its feath-
ers. It gets the oil from a gland near it tail. This process is
called preening. Preening oil helps waterproof the feath-
READING CHECK ers and keeps them clean.
3. Identify What are two When feathers wear out, birds shed them and grow
functions of preening oil? new ones. This process is called molting. Most birds
molt at least once a year.
KINDS OF FEATHERS
Birds have two main kinds of feathers—down feath-
ers and contour feathers. Down feathers are fluffy
and lie close to a bird’s body. These feathers help birds
stay warm. When a bird fluffs its down feathers, air gets
trapped next to its body. The trapped air keeps heat in,
keeping the bird warm.
Contour feathers are stiff and cover a bird’s body
and wings. These feathers have a stiff shaft with many
side branches, called barbs. Barbs link together to form a
smooth surface. This streamlined surface helps birds fly.
Some birds use colorful contour feathers to attract mates.
Shaft
Barbs
Barbules
TAKE A LOOK
4. Complete Feather barbs The barbs of a contour feather
have branches called have branches called barbules.
Barbs and barbules give the
. feather strength and shape.
How Do Birds Get Energy?

Birds need a lot of energy to fly. To get this energy, birds
Critical Thinking eat a lot of food. Most birds eat insects, nuts, seeds, or meat.
5. Compare How is a bird’s A few, such as geese, eat grass, leaves, and other plants.
gizzard like our teeth? Birds do not have teeth, so they cannot chew their
food. Instead, food moves from the mouth to the crop.
The crop stores the food until it moves into the gizzard.
The gizzard has small stones in it. These stones grind up
the food. This grinding action is similar to what happens
when we chew our food. The food then moves to the
intestines where it is digested.
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Crop
Gizzard
Intestine
A bird’s digestive system helps TAKE A LOOK
the bird quickly change food 6. Identify Circle the organ
into energy. where food is stored.
A bird’s body also needs to break down its food
quickly to provide energy. This process creates a lot
of heat. Birds cannot sweat to cool off as humans do.
Instead, they lay their wings flat and pant like a dog.
How Do Birds Fly?

Most birds can fly. Even flightless birds, such as Math Focus
ostriches, had ancestors that could fly. Birds have many 7. Calculate When a bird
flies long distances, such as
adaptations that make flight possible. They have wings, during migration, it uses a
lightweight bodies, and strong flight muscles. Their lot of energy. This causes it
hearts beat very fast to bring large amounts of oxygen to to lose weight. If a bird that
weighs 325 g loses 40%
the flight muscles. The figure below describes how parts
of its body weight during
of a bird’s body help it fly. migration, how much does it
weigh?
Flight Adaptations of Birds
Most birds have large eyes

and excellent sight. Large
eyes allow birds to see
objects and food from far
away.
Lung
Air sacs
Birds have a fast beating heart.

The heart pumps a steady stream
of oxygen-rich blood to the flight
muscles. A small bird’s heart beats
TAKE A LOOK
Birds have air sacs attached to almost 1,000 times a minute. 8. Identify What is the
their lungs. The air sacs store air. function of air sacs?
This way the bird always has a
supply of air to breathe.

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Wing shape is related

to how a bird flies.
Short, rounded wings
allow a bird to turn
and drop quickly in
the air. Long, nar-
row wings are best
for soaring high and
gliding.
Bird skeletons are

compact and strong.
Some bones from
the ribs, hips, and
backbone are fused
together. This gives a
bird a rigid skeleton.
Critical Thinking It lets the bird move

its wings powerfully
and efficiently. Birds that fly have
powerful flight
9. Infer Some birds do not muscles that move
fly. These birds generally do Keel
the wings. These
muscles are attached
not have large keels. Why are to a large breast-
large keels not necessary for bone called a keel.
The keel holds the
flightless birds? flight muscles in
place. This allows
Cross supports the bird to flap its
wings powerfully.
Birds have hollow bones.

This makes birds’ skeletons
light. Thin cross supports
make hollow areas strong.
GETTING OFF THE GROUND

In order to fly, birds have to overcome the force of
gravity that pulls them to the ground. Birds flap their
wings to get into the air. They are able to stay in the air
because their wings cause lift. Lift is an upward force
READING CHECK that pushes on a bird’s wings.
10. Identify What force
The shape of a bird’s wing helps create lift. A bird’s
must birds overcome in order wing is curved on top and flatter underneath. The air that
to get off the ground? flows over the top of the wing moves faster than the air
underneath. Slower air under the wing pushes upward.
Air moving around a bird’s
wing changes in speed and
direction as the bird flies. This
creates an upward force that
keeps the bird in the air.
Air flow
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11. Identify What upward
force helps a bird overcome
the force of gravity?
Lift

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How Do Birds Reproduce?

Like reptiles, birds reproduce sexually by internal fer-
tilization. They lay amniotic eggs in which embryos grow.
However, unlike reptiles, birds must keep their eggs
warm so that the embryos can survive. READING CHECK
12. Explain What kind of
BROODING reproduction do birds use?
Most birds lay their eggs in nests. They sit on their
eggs and use their body heat to keep the eggs warm. This
is called brooding. Birds sit on the eggs until they hatch.
In most species, the female sits on the eggs. In a few spe-
cies, the males brood the eggs.
This robin’s nest is only

one example of a bird’s
nest. Birds build nests of
many different shapes
and sizes.
PRECOCIAL AND ALTRICIAL

Some chicks, such as chickens and ducks, are active
soon after they hatch. These active chicks are called
precocial. Precocial chicks are covered with downy feathers.
They only depend on their parents for warmth and
protection. They can walk, swim, and feed themselves.
Other chicks, such as hawks and songbirds, are weak
and helpless after hatching. These chicks are called altricial.
Altricial chicks have no feathers, and their eyes are closed.
They cannot walk or fly. Their parents must keep them warm
and feed them for several weeks. READING CHECK
13. Describe What are
the characteristics of newly
hatched altricial chicks?
Parents of altricial chicks

bring food to the nest.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
brooding to sit on and cover eggs to keep them lift an upward force on an object that moves in
warm until they hatch; to incubate a fluid
contour feather one of the most external molting the shedding of an exoskeleton, skin,
feathers that cover a bird and that help feathers, or hair to be replaced by new parts
determine its shape preening in birds, the act of grooming and
down feather a soft feather that covers the maintaining their feathers
body of young birds and provides insulation to
adult birds
1. Explain How do birds get the energy they need to fly?
2. Compare Complete the Venn Diagram to compare reptiles and birds.
Reptiles Birds
3. Explain How does a fast-beating heart help a bird fly?
4. Compare How do precocial chicks and altricial chicks differ?

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SECTION
2 Kinds of Birds
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 3a, 5a, 5b
these questions:
• What are the four main groups of birds?
• What adaptations do birds in each group have?
What Are the Different Groups of Birds?

There are about 10,000 species of birds on Earth. STUDY TIP
Birds come in many different colors, shapes, and sizes. Describe Make a list of birds
Scientists group living bird species into 28 different you are familiar with. Decide
orders. However, birds can also be grouped into four which of the four groups each
bird on your list belongs to.
nonscientific categories. These categories are flightless
birds, water birds, perching birds, and birds of prey.
READING CHECK
FLIGHTLESS BIRDS 1. List What are the four
main groups of birds?
Although all birds have wings, not all birds can fly. Birds
that cannot fly are called flightless. Most flightless birds
do not have a large keel to anchor strong flight muscles.
Even though they cannot fly, flightless birds have evolved
other ways to move around. Some have powerful legs for
running, while others are excellent swimmers. The figure
below shows some flightless birds.
Flightless Birds
Say It
Describe In small groups,
Ostriches are the
describe the kinds of birds
Unlike other flightless largest birds. They
birds, penguins have can reach a height you have seen around your
large keels and strong of 2.5 m and a home or school. What do
flight muscles. They use mass of 125 kg. they look like? What time of
their wings as flippers to These birds can run year do you see them? Do
“fly” through the water. up to 60 km/h. you know what they eat?
TAKE A LOOK
Kiwis are about the size characteristic of penguins is
of chickens. At night, generally not seen in other
they hunt for worms, flightless birds?
caterpillars, and berries.

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SECTION 2 Kinds of Birds continued
WATER BIRDS
Some birds that fly can also swim in water. Cranes,
ducks, geese, swans, pelicans, and loons are all water
birds. Water birds usually have webbed feet for
STANDARDS CHECK swimming. Some have long legs for wading.
LS 5b Biological evolution ac- Water birds find food both in the water and on land.
counts for the diversity of
species developed through
Many of them eat plants, invertebrates, or fish. Some
gradual processes over many water birds have rounded, flat beaks for eating plants and
generations. Species acquire many
of their unique characteristics small invertebrates. Others have sharp, long beaks for
through biological adaptation, catching fish.
which involves the selection of
naturally occurring variations
in populations. Biological
adaptations include changes
in structures, behaviors, or Water Birds
physiology that enhance survival The blue-footed booby is a tropi-
and reproductive success in a
cal water bird. These birds attract
particular environment.
mates with a courtship dance that
includes raising one foot at a time.
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variety
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a set of steps, events or
changes
Word Help: selection

Male wood ducks have color-
the process of choosing
ful feathers to attract females.
Like all ducks, they are strong
Word Help: variation swimmers and flyers.
a difference in form or
function
3. Describe Describe two

adaptations that can help a
fish-eating water bird sur-
vive in its environment.
The common loon can

make deep dives when
searching for food. It
can stay underwater for
several minutes.

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SECTION 2 Kinds of Birds continued
PERCHING BIRDS
Perching birds can sit on branches. Their legs and feet
are adapted to let them hold on to branches. Robins, war-
blers, and sparrows are all perching birds. When a perch-
ing bird lands in a tree, its feet close around a branch. Critical Thinking
The bird’s feet will still stay wrapped around the branch, 4. Infer Why don’t most
even if the bird falls asleep. ducks sit in trees?
Perching Birds
Parrots have special feet for
perching and climbing.
Chickadees are lively little birds.

They can hang under a branch
by their feet while looking for
insects, seeds, or fruits.
BIRDS OF PREY
Birds that hunt and eat other vertebrates are called birds
of prey. This group includes owls, eagles, falcons, ospreys,
vultures, and hawks. These birds may eat insects, mammals,
fish, reptiles, and even other birds. Birds of prey have spe-
cial adaptations that help them hunt. They have sharp claws
and beaks, to help them catch and kill prey. They also have
good vision for finding prey. Most birds of prey hunt during
the day. However, most owls hunt at night. READING CHECK
Birds of Prey 5. List Name three adapta-
tions birds of prey have for
catching and killing prey.
Owls, such as this northern Ospreys fly over water and catch

spotted owl, hunt for food at night. fish with their claws.
They have a strong sense of hearing
to help them find prey in the dark.

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Section 2 Review NSES LS 1a, 3a, 5a, 5b
1. Organize Fill in the chart below to describe the four main groups of birds.
Group of birds Characteristics Examples

Flightless birds
Water birds
Perching birds
Birds of prey
2. Apply Concepts Why would a perching bird not be well adapted to live in the water?
3. Explain Into which group would you place a bird that had a small keel and
strong legs?
4. Apply Concepts In what type of habitat would you expect to find a bird with long,
thin legs? Explain your answer.
5. Infer Penguins have webbed feet and spend much of their time in the water. Why
do you think they are not grouped with the water birds?

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SECTION
3 Characteristics of Mammals
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 2a, 3a, 3b, 3c, 5a
these questions:
• How did mammals evolve?
• What are the seven characteristics of mammals?
What Are the Characteristics of Mammals?

Like a donkey, a bat, a giraffe, and a whale, you are a STUDY TIP
mammal. Mammals live in almost every environment on Outline As you read this
Earth. Though there are almost 5,000 different species of section, make an outline
describing the characteristics
mammals, they all share seven common characteristics. of mammals.
Say It
Describe Before you read
Mandrill Rhinoceros the entire section, discuss
baboon with your classmates some
of the animals you know that
Beluga whale
are mammals. Make a list of
the characteristics you think
all mammals share. After
Although they look very you read the section, dicuss
different, all of these
animals are mammals. whether or not your list of
characteristics was correct.
SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
All mammals reproduce sexually. Sperm fertilize eggs
inside the female’s body. Most mammals give birth to live
young instead of laying eggs. At least one parent cares for
and protects the young until they are grown.
MAKE MILK
Mammary glands are structures that make milk.
While all mammals have mammary glands, only mature
females that have had offspring can produce milk. Milk is
the main source of food for most young mammals.
READING CHECK
All milk is made of water, proteins, fats, and sugars.
1. List What is milk made of?
However, different species have different amounts of
each nutrient in their milk. For example, cow milk has
twice as much fat as human milk.
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SECTION 3 Characteristics of Mammals continued
Like all mammals, this calf drinks its mother’s milk for its first meals.
ENDOTHERMY
As a mammal’s cells use oxygen to break down food,
energy is released. Mammals use this energy to keep their
bodies warm. Like birds, mammals are endotherms. They
can keep their body temperatures constant even when
outside temperatures change. The ability to stay warm
helps many mammals survive in cold areas and stay
READING CHECK active in cool weather.
2. Identify What are
two advantages of being HAIR
endothermic? Mammals are the only animals that have hair. All mam-
mals—even whales—have hair at some point in their
lives. Mammals that live in in cold climates, such as polar
bears, usually have thick coats of hair. This is called fur.
Mammals in warmer climates, such as elephants, do not
need warm fur. However, they do have some hair.
Most mammals also have a layer of fat underneath their
skin. Fat traps heat in the body. Mammals that live in cold
oceans have a very thick layer of fat. This is called blubber.
SPECIALIZED TEETH
Unlike most other animals, mammals have teeth with
different shapes and sizes for different jobs. For example,
humans have three types of teeth. The front of the mouth
READING CHECK has cutting teeth called incisors. Next to them are stabbing
3. List What are the three teeth called canines. These help grab and hold onto food. In
types of teeth that humans
the back are flat teeth that grind called molars.
have?
Each kind of tooth helps mammals eat a certain kind
of food. Meat-eating mammals have large canines to help
them tear prey. Plant-eating mammals have larger incisors
and molars to help them bite off plants and chew them up.
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TAKE A LOOK
4. Describe How does a
horse’s molars help it eat
plants?
Mountain lions have sharp canine Horses have sharp incisors in front for
teeth for grabbing their prey. cutting plants. They have flat molars
in back for grinding plants.
BREATHE AIR
All animals need oxygen to help their cells break down
food. Like birds and reptiles, mammals use lungs to get
oxygen from the air. Mammals also have a large muscle
called the diaphragm that helps them bring air into the
lungs. As the diaphragm moves down, air rushes into the
lungs. As it moves up, air is pushed out.
LARGE BRAINS
In general, a mammal has a larger brain than a non-
mammal of the same size. A large brain lets mammals
learn and think quickly. Like many other animals, mam-
mals use vision, hearing, smell, touch, and taste to learn
about the world around them. Different senses may be
more important to mammals in different environments. Critical Thinking
For example, mammals that are active at night often 5. Infer Why do you think
depend on their hearing more than their vision. the first mammals were
active at night but the
dinosaurs were not?
How Did the First Mammals Evolve?
Scientists have found fossils of mammals from over
225 million years ago. These early mammals were about
the size of mice. They were endotherms, which means
they did not have to depend on their surroundings to stay
warm. This allowed them to look for food at night when
temperatures were cooler. Looking for food at night
helped them avoid being eaten by dinosaurs.
When the dinosaurs died out, there was more food and
land for mammals. The mammals were able to spread out
to new environments.
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SECTION VOCABULARY
diaphragm a dome-shaped muscle that is mammary gland in a female mammal, a gland
attached to the lower ribs and that functions that secretes milk
as the main muscle in respiration
1. Summarize Complete the organizer below to identify the seven characteristics

shared by all mammals.
Characteristics
of mammals
2. Explain How is the milk of different mammal species the same and how is
it different?
3. List Name three characteristics of mammals that help them stay warm.
4. Apply Concepts A particular mammal skull has large, sharp canine teeth. What
does this tell you about the food the mammal ate?
5. Infer A nurse shark and a dolphin are about the same size. Which one would you
expect to have a larger brain? Explain your answer.

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SECTION
4 Placental Mammals
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 2a, 3a, 3c, 5a
these questions:
• What is a placental mammal?
• What are some examples of placental mammals?
How Do Most Mammals Develop? STUDY TIP

Mammals are classified by how they develop. There Summarize As you read,
are three main groups: placental mammals, monotremes, make a chart that lists the
and marsupials. A placental mammal is a mammal different groups of placental
whose embryos develop inside the mother’s body. The mammals described in this sec-
tion. In your chart, include the
embryo grows in an organ called the uterus. Another characteristics of each group.
organ, called the placenta, connects the embryo to the
uterus. The placenta brings food and oxygen to the
READING CHECK
embryo. It also carries wastes away from the embryo.
The amount of time that an embryo grows before it 1. Identify What organ
connects the embryo to the
is born is called a gestation period. Different placental uterus?
mammals have different gestation periods. For example,
the gestation period for humans is 9 months. For ele-
phants, the gestation period is 23 months.
What Are Some Kinds of Placental Mammals?

Placental mammals are divided into groups based on
how they evolved and how closely they are related.
ANTEATERS, ARMADILLOS, AND SLOTHS

Anteaters, armadillos, and sloths have backbones like
all mammals. However, mammals in this group have extra
connections between their vertebrae. These connections
strengthen the animals’ lower backs and hips. Some
members of this group have very small teeth and some READING CHECK
have no teeth at all. Many mammals in this group catch 2. Explain How do
members of this group differ
insects using long, sticky tongues.
from other mammals?
Giant anteaters
eat only a few
insects from each
nest they find.
Armadillos eat insects, frogs, mushrooms, and roots.

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MOLES, SHREWS, AND HEDGEHOGS

Most members of this group are small animals with
small brains and simple teeth. Many animals in this group
rely more on hearing, smell, and touch than on vision.
Their long, pointed noses help them smell their food.
Members of this group feed mostly on invertebrates, such
as insects and worms. Some also eat fish, frogs, lizards,
READING CHECK and other small mammals.
3. Identify What do most
members of the moles,
shrews, and hedgehogs
group eat?
The star-nosed mole has sensitive Hedgehogs have spines

feelers on its nose. These help the that keep them safe from
mole find earthworms to eat. Moles most predators.
have very poor vision.
RODENTS
More than one third of all mammal species are
rodents. This group includes squirrels, mice, rats, guinea
pigs, and porcupines. Rodents all have one set of inci-
sors in their upper jaws. They chew and gnaw so much
that their teeth wear down. However, their incisors grow
continuously, so they never wear out completely. Rodents
READING CHECK also have sensitive whiskers on their faces.
4. List What are three
characteristics of rodents? The capybara is the largest rodent
in the world. Female capybaras can
weigh as much as a grown man.
Like all rodents, a porcupine has

incisors that grow continuously.

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RABBITS, HARES, AND PIKAS

Rabbits, hares, and pikas belong to another group of
mammals. Like rodents, these mammals have sharp,
gnawing teeth. However, unlike rodents, these mammals
have two sets of incisors in their upper jaws. Their tails
are also shorter than rodents’ tails. The figure below
shows some members of this group. READING CHECK
5. Compare How do the
teeth of rodents differ from
those of rabbits, hares, and
pikas?
The black-tailed jack rabbit uses Pikas are small animals that live
its large eyes, ears, and its sensi- high in the mountains.
tive nose to detect predators.
FLYING MAMMALS
Bats are the only mammals that can fly. Bats are active at
night and sleep during the day. Most bats eat insects or other
small animals. Some eat fruit or nectar. A few bats, called
vampire bats, drink the blood of birds and mammals.
Bats make clicking noises as they fly. The clicks echo off
trees, rocks, and insects. The size, shape, and distance of an
object affect the echo produced. Bats know what is around
them by hearing these echoes. Using echoes to find things is Critical Thinking
called echolocation. 6. Infer How do you think
bats use echolocation?
Fruit bats, also called flying The spotted bat is found in parts of the
foxes, live in tropical regions. They southwestern United States. Like most
pollinate plants as they go from bats, it eats flying insects. It uses its large
plant to plant to find fruit. ears during echolocation.

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MAMMALS WITH TEETH FOR SHEARING

Mammals in this group evolved from a species of
carnivore, or an animal that eats meat. Members of this
STANDARDS CHECK group include dogs, cats, otters, raccoons, and bears. The
LS 5a Millions of species of ani- teeth of these animals are adapted for shearing, or tearing
mals, plants, and microorganisms
meat off bone. Although the animals in this group evolved
species might look dissimilar, the from carnivores, some members, such as pandas, are her-
unity among organisms becomes
apparent from an analysis of
bivores. Herbivores are plant eaters. Others, such as black
internal structures, the similarity bears, are omnivores. They eat both plants and animals.
of chemical processes, and the
evidence of common ancestry. Some members of this group live in the oceans. They
are called pinnipeds. Pinnipeds include seals, sea lions,
Word Help: evidence
information showing
and walruses.
whether an idea is true or
valid
7. Explain Why do some

members of this group
have shearing teeth, even
though they are herbivores?
Coyotes are members of the Like all pinnipeds, walruses eat in the
dog family. They live throughout ocean, and sleep and mate on land. They
North America and parts of use their huge canine teeth for defense, to
Central America. attract mates, and to climb onto ice.
TRUNK-NOSED MAMMALS
Elephants are the only living mammals that have trunks.
A trunk is a combination of an upper lip and a nose. An
elephant uses its trunk to put food in its mouth. It also
uses its trunk to spray water on its back to cool off.
TAKE A LOOK
8. Compare How can you
tell the difference between
an African elephant and an
Indian elephant?
Elephants are social. The females These Indian elephants have smaller ears
live in herds made up of moth- and tusks than African elephants do.
ers, daughters, and sisters. These
elephants are African elephants.

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HOOFED MAMMALS
A hoof is a thick, hard pad that covers a mammal’s toe.
A hoof is similar to a toenail or claw, but it covers the
entire toe. Horses, pigs, deer, and rhinoceroses all have
hoofs. Most hoofed mammals are plant eaters. They have
flat molars to help them grind the plants they eat.
Hoofed mammals can have an odd or even number
of toes. Odd-toed hoofed mammals have one or three
toes. Horses and zebras both have one large hoofed toe
on each foot. Rhinoceroses have three toes. Even-toed
hoofed mammals have two or four toes on each foot.
Pigs, cattle, deer, and giraffes are even-toed. Critical Thinking
9. Infer Which animals do
you think are more closely
related to giraffes—deer or
rhinoceroses? Explain your
answer.
Tapirs are large mammals with an Camels are even-toed mammals.

odd number of toes. They live in A camel’s hump is a large lump
Central America, South America, and of fat. It provides the camel with
Southeast Asia. energy when there is not much food
around. Camels can live without
drinking water for a long time. This
lets them live in dry places.
Say It
Investigate Choose one of
the animals from this figure,
or one from the text above.
Use your school media cen-
ter to research this animal.
Giraffes are the tallest living mammals. Describe this animal to your
They have long necks and long legs, and class. Talk about what it eats,
are even-toed. where it lives, and any other
interesting facts.
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CETACEANS
Cetaceans are a group of mammals that include whales,
dolphins, and porpoises. All cetaceans live in the water.
Cetaceans may look more like fish than mammals. However,
READING CHECK unlike fish, cetaceans have lungs and nurse their young.
10. Explain Why are
Most cetaceans, such as dolphins and porpoises, have
cetaceans mammals, teeth. However, some, such as a humpback whale, have
even though they look no teeth. Instead, they strain water for tiny organisms.
more like fish?
Spinner dolphins spin like footballs Humpback whales do not have

when they leap out of the water. Like teeth. Like all toothless whales, they
all dolphins, they are intelligent and strain sea water through large, flat
highly social. plates in their mouths. The plates trap
tiny organisms for the whales to eat.
MANATEES AND DUGONGS

Critical Thinking Manatees and dugongs are another group of mammals
11. Infer Manatees are often that live in the water. They swim slowly, using their flippers
killed or seriously hurt by and their tail. They live in the ocean and in rivers. Manatees
boats. What characteristics of and dugongs eat mostly seaweed and water plants. To
these mammals make injuries
likely? breathe, these mammals lift their noses out of the water.
Manatees are also called sea cows.

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PRIMATES
Primates include monkeys, apes, and humans. Members
of this group have five fingers on each hand and five toes
on each foot. Primates have larger brains than most other
mammals. Their eyes face forward. They also have opposable
thumbs, which allow them to hold objects. READING CHECK
Many primates live in trees. They climb with grasping 12. Identify What
hands and feet. They have flexible shoulders that let them adaptation have primates
swing between branches. Most primates eat leaves and evolved that allows them to
hold onto objects?
fruit. Some hunt for meat.
Orangutans and other apes

often walk upright. Apes usually
have larger brains and bodies
than monkeys do.
The proboscis monkey has a

huge nose! Males have larger
noses than females. Some
scientists think the male’s nose TAKE A LOOK
is used to attract females. 13. Identify Which group of
primates represented in this
figure has the largest brains?
14. Identify What adapta-

tion do many monkeys have
Like many monkeys, spider monkeys have for swinging through trees?
grasping tails. Their long arms, legs, and
tails help them move among the trees.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
gestation period in mammals, the length of placental mammal a mammal that nourishes its
time between fertilization and birth unborn offspring through a placenta inside its
uterus
1. Describe What is the function of the placenta?
2. Explain How do scientists organize placental mammals into groups?
3. Apply Concepts A manatee may look like a pinniped, but they are not classified in
the same group. Why do you think scientists put them in different groups?
Use the figure below to answer the questions that follow.
4. Explain How do you know that this animal is not a primate?
5. Apply Concepts With which group of placental mammals would you classify this
organism? Explain why it would not belong in any other group described in this
section.

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SECTION
5 Monotremes and Marsupials

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 2a, 3a, 3c, 5a, 5c
these questions:
• What are monotremes?
• What are marsupials?
Do All Mammals Develop Inside Their Mother?

Most mammals are placental. However, not all mammals STUDY TIP
develop inside their mothers. Some mammals hatch from List As you read this section,
make lists of the characteris-
eggs. These mammals are called monotremes. Other mam-
tics of monotremes and the
mals spend the first months of their lives living in their moth- characteristics of marsupials.
er’s pouch. These mammals are called marsupials. Remember to include the
characteristics that all mam-
mals share.
What Are Monotremes?
A monotreme is a mammal that lays eggs.
Monotremes, like all mammals, have mammary glands,
diaphragms, and hair. They also keep their body tempera-
tures constant. A female monotreme lays eggs and keeps
them warm with her body. When the eggs hatch, she
nurses her offspring. Monotremes do not have nipples as
other mammals do. Baby monotremes lick milk from the
skin around the mother’s mammary glands. READING CHECK
ECHIDNA characteristics that are
There are only three living species of monotremes. Two unique to monotreme
mammals.
of these species are echidnas. Echidnas are about the size
of a house cat. They have large claws and long snouts.
These structures help them dig for ants and termites to eat.
Echidnas
Math Focus
2. Calculate Percentages
Only three of the 5,000 known
species of mammals are
monotremes. What percentage
of mammals are monotremes?
The long-beaked echidna lives in The short-beaked echidna lives

New Guinea. in Australia and New Guinea.

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PLATYPUS
STANDARDS CHECK The other type of monotreme is called a platypus.
LS 5a Millions of species of ani- Platypuses live in Australia. They look very different from
mals, plants, and microorganisms other mammals. They have webbed feet and flat tails to
species might look dissimilar, the help them swim. They use their flat bills to search for
unity among organisms becomes
apparent from an analysis of
food. Platypuses have claws on their feet, which they use
internal structures, the similarity of to dig tunnels in riverbanks. They then lay their eggs in
their chemical processes, and the
evidence of common ancestry.
these tunnels.
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information showing
whether an idea is true or
valid
3. List Name three charac-

teristics that monotremes
share with other mammals.
When underwater, the duckbill platypus closes its eyes and ears. It uses
its bill to find food.
What Are Marsupials?

Some mammals, such as kangaroos, carry their young in
pouches. Mammals with pouches are called marsupials. Like
all mammals, marsupials have mammary glands, hair, and
specialized teeth. Marsupials also give birth to live
young. However, the young continue to develop inside
their mother’s pouch. The young will stay in the pouch
READING CHECK for several months.
feature that only marsupials THE POUCH
have? Marsupials are not very developed when they are born.
For example, a newborn kangaroo is only the size of a
bumblebee. Newborn marsupials have no hair and can
only use their front limbs. They use these limbs to pull
themselves into their mother’s pouch. In the pouch, the
newborn starts drinking milk from its mother’s nipples.
Young kangaroos are called joeys. Joeys stay in their
mother’s pouch for several months. When they first leave
the pouch, they do so for only short periods of time.

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SECTION 5 Monotremes and Marsupials continued
KINDS OF MARSUPIALS
You may be familiar with some well known marsu-
pials such as kangaroos. Have you heard of wallabies,
bettongs, and numbats? There are over 280 species
of marsupials. Most marsupials live in Australia, New
Guinea, and South America. The only marsupial that is
native to North America is the opossum. READING CHECK
Kinds of Marsupials Young kangaroos will return 5. Identify Where are most
to their mother’s pouch if marsupials found?
there is any sign of danger.
Koalas sleep for about 18 hours each

day. They eat eucalyptus leaves.
When in danger, an opossum

will lie perfectly still. It “plays
dead” so predators will leave
it alone.
Why Are Many Marsupials Endangered?

The number of living marsupial species is decreasing.
At least 22 of Australia’s native mammal species have
become extinct in the last 400 years. Many more are cur-
rently in danger.
Many marsupials have gone extinct or become Critical Thinking
endangered because of exotic species. Exotic species are 6. Infer Why were cats and
organisms that are brought into an area by humans. When rabbits considered exotic
Europeans came to Australia in the 1700s and 1800s, they species in Australia?
brought animals such as cats, rabbits, and foxes. Many of

these animals escaped into the wild. Some of these exotic
species now compete with marsupials for food. Others
kill marsupials for food.
Exotic species are not the only threat to marsupials.
Destruction of habitats has left many maruspials with
no place to live and no food. Today, Australia is trying to
protect its marsupials.
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SECTION VOCABULARY
marsupial a mammal that carries and nourishes monotreme a mammal that lays eggs
its young in a pouch
1. Identify What are the two kinds of monotremes?
2. Compare Fill in the Venn Diagram to compare monotremes and marsupials.
3. Explain How does a platypus use its bill?
4. List Give three examples of marsupials.
5. Describe Describe a newborn marsupial.
6. Explain Why have many of Australia’s marsupials become endangered or gone

extinct?

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SECTION
1 Everything Is Connected
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d
these questions:
• What do organisms in an ecosystem depend on for
survival?
• What are biotic and abiotic factors?
• What are the levels of organization in the environment?
What Is the Web of Life?

All organisms, or living things, are linked together in STUDY TIP
the web of life. In this web, energy and resources pass Underline As you read,
between organisms and their surroundings. The study of underline any new science
terms. Find their definitions
how different organisms interact with one another and in the section review or a
their environment is ecology. dictionary. Make sure you
An alligator may hunt along the edge of a river. It may learn what each term means
before you move to the next
catch a fish, such as a gar, that swims by too closely. As it
section.
hunts, the alligator is interacting with its environment. Its
environment includes other organisms living in the area.
The alligator depends on other organisms to survive, and
other organisms depend on the alligator.
However, one organism eating another is not the only
way living things interact. For example, when it gets too
hot, the alligator may dig a hole in the mud under water.
When the alligator no longer uses the hole, fish and other
organisms can use it. They may live in the hole when the
water level in the rest of the river is low.
Say It
Discuss With a partner, talk
about the organisms in this
picture. How do you think
each type of organism inter-
acts with the others? What
kind of things do you think
each of these organisms
Living things in an environment interact. needs to survive?

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SECTION 1 Everything Is Connected continued
What Are the Two Parts of an Environment?

An organism’s environment is made up of biotic and
abiotic parts. Biotic describes the living parts of the envi-
ronment, such as fish. Abiotic describes the nonliving
parts of the environment, such as rivers. Organisms need
READING CHECK both biotic and abiotic parts of the environment to live.
difference between biotic How Is the Environment Organized?
and abiotic factors? The environment can be organized into five levels.
Individual organisms are at the first level. The higher levels
include more and more parts of the environment. The high-
est level is called the biosphere. It is the largest level, and
includes all the other levels.
1. An individual is a single organism.
Critical Thinking
2. Identify Relationships
How are the first two levels
of organization related?
Organism
2. A population is a group of individuals of the same

species in the same area. For example, all the alligators in
the same river make a population. The whole population
uses the same area for food and shelter.
Population
3. A community is made up of all the different populations

that live and interact in the same area. The different
Critical Thinking
populations in a community depend on each other. For
example, alligators eat other animals, including fish.
3. Infer Could a community Alligators create water-filled holes where fish and other
be made up of only one organisms in the river can live during dry seasons.
population of organisms?
Explain.
Community

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SECTION 1 Everything Is Connected continued
4. An ecosystem is made up of a community and its

abiotic environment. The abiotic factors provide
resources for all the organisms and energy for some.
A river, for example, can provide water for river plants
and many animals, and shelter for water insects. It
can provide nutrients for plants, as well as food for
fish and alligators. TAKE A LOOK
4. Identify Use colored
pencils to make circles on
the picture.
Circle an individual in red.
Circle a population in blue.
Circle a community in brown.
Ecosystem Circle an ecosystem in green.
5. The biosphere is the part of Earth where life exists.

The biosphere is the largest environmental level. It
reaches from the bottom of the ocean and the Earth’s
crust to high in the sky. Scientists study the biosphere
to learn how organisms interact with abiotic parts of Math Focus
the environment. These abiotic parts include Earth’s 5. Calculate From sea level,
the biosphere goes up about
atmosphere, water, soil, and rock. 9 km and down about 19 km.
What is the thickness of the
biosphere in meters?
Biosphere

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SECTION VOCABULARY
abiotic describes the nonliving part of the ecology the study of the interactions of living
environment, including water, rocks, light, and organisms with one another and with their
temperature environment
biosphere the part of Earth where life exists ecosystem a community of organisms and their
biotic describes living factors in the environment abiotic, or nonliving, environment
community all of the populations of species that population a group of organisms of the same
live in the same habitat and interact with each species that live in a specific geographical area
other
1. Compare What is the difference between a community and an ecosystem?
2. Organize Complete the chart below to describe the five levels of the environment,
from smallest to largest.
Level Description
a single organism
Population
all of the populations of species that live in the same

habitat and interact with one another
Ecosystem
Biosphere
3. Identify What two kinds of factors does an organism depend on for survival?
4. Infer Would all the birds in an area make up a population? Explain your answer.

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SECTION
2 Living Things Need Energy

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d
these questions:
• How do producers, consumers, and decomposers
get energy?
• What is a food web?
How Do Organisms Get Energy?

Eating gives organisms two things they cannot live STUDY TIP
without—energy and nutrients. Prairie dogs, for example, Circle Choose different
eat grasses and seeds to get their energy and nutrients. colored pencils for producers,
primary consumers, second-
Like all organisms, prairie dogs need energy to live. ary consumers, and decom-
Organisms in any community can be separated into posers. As you read, circle
three groups based on how they get energy: producers, these terms in the text with
consumers, and decomposers. the colors you chose. Use the
same colors to circle ani-
mals in any figures that are
PRODUCERS examples of each group.
Producers are organisms that use the energy from
sunlight to make their own food. This process is called
photosynthesis. Most producers are green plants, such as
grasses on the prairie and trees in a forest. Some bacteria
and algae also photosynthesize to make food. READING CHECK
1. Explain Why is sunlight
important to producers?
CONSUMERS
Consumers cannot make their own food. They need to eat
other organisms to obtain energy and nutrients. Consumers
can be put into four groups based on how they get energy:
herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and scavengers.

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SECTION 2 Living Things Need Energy continued
Critical Thinking Herbivore Carnivore

types of consumers are the
following organisms?
tigers
deer
humans
Omnivore Scavenger
An herbivore is a consumer that eats only plants.

STANDARDS CHECK Prairie dogs and bison are herbivores. A carnivore is a
LS 4b Populations of organisms consumer that eats other animals. Eagles and cougars are
can be categorized by the func-
tions they serve in an ecosystem. carnivores. An omnivore is a consumer that eats both
Plants and some microorganisms plants and animals. Bears and raccoons are omnivores.
are producers—they make their
own food. All animals, including A scavenger is a consumer that eats dead plants and
humans, are consumers, which animals. Turkey vultures are scavengers. They will eat ani-
obtain their food by eating other
organisms. Decomposers, primar- mals and plants that have been dead for days. They will
ily bacteria and fungi, are consum-
ers that use waste materials and
also eat what is left over after a carnivore has had a meal.
dead organisms for food. Food
webs identify the relationship
among producers, consumers, and DECOMPOSERS
decomposers in an ecosystem. Decomposers recycle nature’s resources. They get
3. Define What is the energy by breaking down dead organisms into simple
role of decomposers in an materials. These materials, such as carbon dioxide and
ecosystem? water, can then be used by other organisms. Many bacte-
ria and fungi are decomposers.
What Is a Food Chain?

When an organism eats, it gets energy from its food. If
that organism is then eaten, the energy stored in its body is
passed to the organism eating it. A food chain is the path
energy takes from one organism to another. Producers
form the beginning of the food chain. Energy passes
through the rest of the chain as one organism eats another.

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A Prairie Ecosystem Food Chain
TAKE A LOOK
4. Identify Label the food
chain diagram with the
following terms: energy,
producer, primary consumer,
secondary consumer, tertiary
consumer, decomposer.
In a food chain:
• Producers are eaten by primary consumers.
• Primary consumers are eaten by secondary consumers.
• Secondary consumers are eaten by tertiary consumers.
In the food chain above, the grasses are the producers.
The grasses are eaten by prairie dogs, which are the pri-
mary consumers. The prairie dogs are eaten by coyotes,
which are the secondary consumers. When coyotes die,
they are eaten by turkey vultures, which are the tertiary
consumers. The tertiary consumer is usually the end of
the food chain.
What Is a Food Web?

In most ecosystems, organisms eat more than one
thing. Feeding relationships in an ecosystem are shown
more completely by a food web. A food web is a
system of many connected food chains in an ecosystem. READING CHECK
Organisms in different food chains may feed upon one 5. Explain Why does a
another. food web show feeding
relationships better than a
As in a food chain, in a food web, energy moves from
food chain?
one organism to the next in one direction. The energy
in an organism that is eaten goes into the body of the
organism that eats it.

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Critical Thinking Simple Food Web
6. Predict What do you

think would happen if all of
the plants were taken out of
this food web?
MANY AT THE BASE

An organism uses much of the energy from its food for
life processes such as growing or reproducing. When this
organism is eaten, only a small amount of energy passes
to the next consumer in the chain. Because of this, many
more organisms have to be at the base, or bottom, of the
food chain than at the top. For example, in a prairie com-
munity, there is more grass than prairie dogs. There are
more prairie dogs than coyotes.
What Is an Energy Pyramid?

Energy is lost as it passes through a food chain. An
energy pyramid is a diagram that shows this energy loss.
Each level of the pyramid represents a link in the food
chain. The bottom of the pyramid is larger than the top.
There is less energy for use at the top of the pyramid than at
the bottom. This is because most of the energy is used up at
the lower levels. Only about 10% of the energy at each level
of the energy pyramid passes on to the next level.
Math Focus
7. Calculate How much 1 unit
energy is lost at each level of
the energy pyramid?
10 units
100 units of energy

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Energy Pyramid
TAKE A LOOK
8. Explain In which level of
this energy pyramid do you
think deer would belong?
EFFECT OF ONE SPECIES

A single species can change the flow of energy in an eco-
system. For example, gray wolves are at the top of their food
chains. They eat a lot of different organisms but are usually
not eaten by any other animal. By eating other organisms,
wolves help control the size of those populations.
At one time, wolves were found across the United States.
As settlers moved west, many wolves were killed. With few
wolves left to feed on the primary consumers, such as elk,
those populations began to grow. The elk ate all the grass,
and there was none left for the smaller herbivores, such as
hares. As these small herbivores died, there was less food
for the secondary consumers. When wolves were removed
from the food web, the whole ecosystem was affected. READING CHECK
9. Summarize Why did
a change in the wolf
population affect the other
organisms in the community?
When wolves were removed from the ecosystem,

other organisms were affected.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
carnivore an organism that eats animals food web a diagram that shows the feeding
energy pyramid a triangular diagram that relationships between organisms in an
shows an ecosystem’s loss of energy, which ecosystem
results as energy passes through the herbivore an organism that eats only plants
ecosystem’s food chain omnivore an organism that eats both plants and
food chain the pathway of energy transfer animals
through various stages as a result of the
feeding patterns of a series of organisms
1. Explain Why are producers important in an ecosystem?
2. Connect Make a food chain using the following organisms: mouse, snake, grass, hawk.
Draw arrows showing how energy flows through the chain. Identify each organism as a
producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, or tertiary consumer.
Hawk
Tertiary
consumer
3. Apply Concepts Organisms can be part of more than one food chain. Make a food
chain that includes one of the organisms above.
4. Infer Do you think you could find a food chain that had 10 organisms? Explain.

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SECTION
3 Types of Interactions
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 3a, 3c, 4b, 4d
these questions:
• What determines an area’s carrying capacity?
• Why does competition occur?
• How do organisms avoid being eaten?
• What are three kinds of symbiotic relationships?
How Does the Environment Control

Population Sizes?
Most living things have more offspring than will sur- STUDY TIP
vive. A female frog, for example, may lay hundreds of Make a List As you read
eggs in a small pond. If all of the eggs became frogs, the this section, write down any
questions you may have.
pond would soon become very crowded. There would Work with a partner to find the
not be enough food for the frogs or other organisms in answers to your questions.
the pond. But in nature, this usually does not happen.
The biotic and abiotic factors in the pond control the frog
population so that it does not get too large. STANDARDS CHECK
Populations cannot grow without stopping because the LS 4d The number of organisms
an ecosystem can support
environment has only a certain amount of food, water, depends on the resources avail-
space, and other resources. A resource that keeps a pop- able and abiotic factors, such as
quantity of light and water,
ulation from growing forever is called a limiting factor. range of temperatures, and soil
Food is often a limiting factor in an ecosystem. composition. Given adequate
biotic and abiotic resources
and no disease or predators,
populations (including humans)
increase at rapid rates. Lack of
resources and other factors, such
as predation and climate, limit the
growth of populations in specific
niches in the ecosystem.
Word Help: resource

All plants need sunlight.
anything that can be used
In this forest, sunlight may to take care of a need
be a limiting factor. Not
all plants can get the 1. Define What is a
same amount of light. limiting factor?

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SECTION 3 Types of Interactions continued
What Is Carrying Capacity?

The largest number of organisms that can live in an
environment is called the carrying capacity. When a
population grows beyond the carrying capacity, limiting
factors will cause some individuals to leave the area or to
die. As individuals die or leave, the population decreases.
The carrying capacity of an area can change if the
amount of the limiting factor changes. For example, the
carrying capacity of an area will be higher in seasons
READING CHECK when more food is available.
2. Explain Why can the
carrying capacity of an area
change?
How Do Organisms Interact in an Ecosystem?

Populations are made of individuals of the same species.
Communities are made of different populations that interact.
There are four main ways that individuals and populations
affect one another in an ecosystem: in competition, as
READING CHECK predator and prey, through symbiosis, and coevolution.
3. List What are four
ways that organisms in an
ecosystem interact?

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Why Do Organisms Compete?

Competition happens when more than one individual
or population tries to use the same resource. There may Critical Thinking
not be enough resources, such as food, water, shelter, or 4. Predict In a prairie
sunlight, for all the organisms in an environment. When ecosystem, which two of the
following organisms most
one individual or population uses a resource, there is less
likely compete for the same
for others to use. food source: elk, coyotes,
Competition can happen between organisms in the prairie dogs, vultures?
same population. For example, in Yellowstone National
Park, elk compete with one another for the same plants.
In the winter, when there are not many plants, competi-
tion is much higher. Some elk will die because there is
not enough food. In spring, when many plants grow, there
is more food for the elk, and competition is lower.
Competition can also happen between populations. In
a forest, different types of trees compete to grow in the
same area. All of the plant populations must compete for
the same resources: sunlight, space, water, and nutrients.
How Do Predators and Prey Interact?

Another way organisms interact is when one organism
eats another to get energy. The organism that is eaten is
called the prey. The organism that eats the prey is called
the predator. When a bird eats a worm, for example, the
bird is the predator, and the worm is the prey.
PREDATORS
Predators have traits or skills that help them catch and
kill their prey. Different types of predators have different
skills and traits. For example, a cheetah uses its speed to
catch prey. On the other hand, tigers have colors that let
them blend with the environment so that prey cannot see
them easily. READING CHECK
traits different predators may
have to help them catch prey?

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PREY
Prey generally have some way to protect themselves
from being eaten. Different types of organisms protect
Say It themselves in different ways:
Discuss In small groups, 1. Run Away When a rabbit is in danger, it runs.
talk about other animals that
escape predators in the four
ways described in the text.
2. Travel in Groups Some animals, such as musk oxen, travel

in herds, or groups. Many fishes, such as anchovies, travel
Critical Thinking in schools. All the animals in these groups can help one
6. Infer Why do you think it another by watching for predators.
would be difficult for preda-
tors to attack animals in a
herd?
When musk oxen sense danger, they move close together to protect their young.
3. Show Warning Colors Some organisms have bright

colors that act as a warning. The colors warn
predators that the prey might be poisonous. A brightly
colored fire salamander, for example, sprays a poison
that burns.

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TAKE A LOOK
7. Color A fire salamander
has a black body with bright
orange or yellow spots. Use
colored pencils to give this
salamander its warning
colors.
4. Use Camouflage Some organisms can hide from

predators by blending in with the background. This
is called camouflage. A rabbit’s natural colors, for
example, may help it blend in with dead leaves or
shrubs so that it cannot be seen. Some animals may
look like twigs, stone, or bark.
What Is Symbiosis?
Some species have very close interactions with other
species. A close association between two or more species
is called symbiosis. Each individual in a symbiotic rela-
tionship may be helped, hurt, or not affected by another
individual. Often, one species lives on or in another spe-
cies. Most symbiotic relationships can be divided into
three types: mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. READING CHECK
8. List List the three types of
MUTUALISM symbiotic relationships.
When both individuals in a symbiotic relationship are
helped, it is called mutualism. You can see mutualism in
the relationship between a bee and a flower.
Organism hurt? Organism helped? Example

No one both organisms A bee transfers pollen
for a flower; a flower
provides nectar to a bee.

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In a mutualistic relationship, both species benefit.
COMMENSALISM
Critical Thinking When one individual in a symbiotic relationship
9. Compare How does is helped but the other is not affected, this is called
mutualism differ from commensalism.
commensalism?
Organism hurt? Organism helped? Example
No one one of the organisms A fish called a remora

attaches to a shark
and eats the shark’s
leftovers.
The remoras get a free meal, but the shark is not harmed.
PARASITISM
A symbiotic relationship in which one individual
is hurt and the other is helped is called parasitism.
The organism that is helped is called the parasite. The
READING CHECK organism that is hurt is called the host.
10. Define In parasitism, is
the host helped or hurt? Organism hurt? Organism helped? Example
Host parasite A flea is a parasite on

a dog.

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TAKE A LOOK
11. Infer How do you think
the caterpillar helps the wasps?
This tomato hornworm is being parasitized by young wasps. Their

cocoons are on the caterpillar’s back.
What Is Coevolution?
Relationships between organisms change over time.
Interactions can even be one reason that organisms
change. When a long-term change happens in two species
because of their close interactions, the change is called
coevolution.
One example of coevolution can be seen in some flow-
ers and the organisms that pollinate them. A pollinator
is an organism, such as a bird, insect, or bat, that car-
ries pollen from one flower to another. Flowers need Say It
to attract pollinators to help them reproduce. Different Investigate With a partner,
flowers have evolved different ways to attract pollinators. look up the meaning of the
suffix co-. Discuss how the
Some use colors or odors. Others use nectar as a food meaning of this suffix can
reward for the pollinator. help you remember what
Some plants can use a variety of pollinators. Others coevolution means. Think
of some other words that
have coevolved with certain pollinators. For example, the have co-.
bat in the picture below has a long sticky tongue. It uses
its tongue to get nectar from deep inside the flower. Only
an organism with a way to reach the nectar could be a
pollinator for this flower.
.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
carrying capacity the largest population that an parasitism a relationship between two species
environment can support at any given time in which one species, the parasite, benefits
coevolution the evolution of two species that is from the other species, the host, which is
due to mutual influence, often in a way that harmed
makes the relationship more beneficial to both predator an organism that kills and eats all or
species part of another organism
commensalism a relationship between two prey an organism that is killed and eaten by
organisms in which one organism benefits and another organism
the other is unaffected symbiosis a relationship in which two different
mutualism a relationship between two species organisms live in close association with each
in which both species benefit other
1. Identify What are two resources for which organisms are likely to compete?
2. Explain What happens to a population when it grows larger than its carrying capacity?
3. Infer Do you think the carrying capacity is the same for all species in an
ecosystem? Explain your answer.
4. Summarize Complete the chart below to describe the different kinds of symbiotic
relationships.
Example Type of Organism(s) Organism(s)

organisms symbiosis helped hurt
Flea and dog host (dog)
Bee and flower mutualism
Remora and none

shark
5. Apply Concepts The flowers of many plants provide a food reward, such as nectar,
to pollinators. Some plants, however, attract pollinators but provide no reward.
What type of symbiosis best describes this relationship? Explain your answer.

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SECTION
1 The Cycles of Matter

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1c, 4b, 4c, 5a
these questions:
• Why does matter need to be recycled?
• How are water, carbon, and nitrogen recycled?
Why Is Matter Recycled on Earth?

The matter in your body has been on Earth since the STUDY TIP
planet formed billions of years ago. Matter on Earth is Mnemonic As you read,
limited, so it must be used over and over again. Each create a mnemonic device,
or memory trick, to help you
kind of matter has its own cycles. In these cycles, matter remember the parts of the
moves between the environment and living things. water cycle.
What Is the Water Cycle?

Without water there would be no life on Earth. All living
things are made mostly of water. Water carries other nutrients Say It
to cells and carries wastes away from them. It also helps Identify Describe to the
living things regulate their temperatures. Like all matter, class all the things you and
your family do in a day that
water is limited on Earth. The water cycle lets living things use water. Can you think of
use water over and over. any ways you might be able
In the environment, water moves between the oceans, to use less water?
atmosphere, land, and living things. Eventually, all the
water taken in by organisms returns to the environment.
The movement of water is known as the water cycle. The
parts of the water cycle are explained in the figure below.
Condensation happens when
Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail water vapor cools and changes
that falls from clouds to Earth's surface. into drops of liquid water. The
Most precipitation falls into the ocean. water drops form clouds in the
It never touches the land. atmosphere.
Evaporation happens
when liquid water on
Earth's surface changes
into water vapor. Energy
from the sun makes
water evaporate.
TAKE A LOOK
1. Describe How do clouds
form?
Transpiration
Groundwater is water happens when
Runoff is water that plants give off
that flows under the flows over the land into
ground. Gravity can water vapor
streams and rivers. Most
make water that falls from tiny holes in
of the water ends up
on the land move into their leaves.
in the oceans.
rocks underground.

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SECTION 1 The Cycles of Matter continued
STANDARDS CHECK What Is the Carbon Cycle?

LS 4c For ecosystems, the major Besides water, the most common molecules in living
source of energy is sunlight.
Energy entering ecosystems
things are organic molecules. These are molecules that
as sunlight is transferred by contain carbon, such as sugar. Carbon moves between
producers into chemical energy
through photosynthesis. That the environment and living things in the carbon cycle.
energy passes from organism to
organism in food webs.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION
2. Analyze Explain the Plants are producers. This means they make their
role of photosynthesis in
the carbon cycle.
own food. They use water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight
to make sugar. This process is called photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis is the basis of the carbon cycle.
Animals are consumers. This means they have to
consume other organisms to get energy. Most animals get
the carbon and energy they need by eating plants. How
does this carbon return to the environment? It returns
when cells break down sugar molecules to release
energy. This process is called respiration.
DECOMPOSITION AND COMBUSTION

Fungi and some bacteria get their energy by breaking
down wastes and dead organisms. This process is called
decomposition. When organisms decompose organic matter,
they return carbon dioxide and water to the environment.
When organic molecules, such as those in wood or
fossil fuels, are burned, it is called combustion.
Combustion releases the carbon stored in these organic
molecules back into the atmosphere.
The Carbon Cycle
Carbon dioxide
in the air Photosynthesis
TAKE A LOOK Respiration

Combustion
3. Complete Carbon dioxide
in the air is used for
.
Carbon in
living things
4. List What three processes Decomposition
release carbon dioxide into
the environment?
Carbon in
soil and rock Carbon in
fossil fuels

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What Is the Nitrogen Cycle?

Nitrogen is also important to living things. Organisms
need nitrogen to build proteins and DNA for new cells. Like
water and carbon, nitrogen cycles through living things and
the environment. This is called the nitrogen cycle. Critical Thinking
5. Apply Concepts How is
NITROGEN FIXATION nitrogen fixation important to
animals?
About 78% of Earth’s atmosphere is nitrogen gas. Most
organisms cannot use nitrogen gas directly. Bacteria in
soil can change nitrogen gas into forms that plants can
use. This is called nitrogen fixation. Other organisms
can get the nitrogen they need by eating plants or by eat-
ing organisms that eat plants.
The Nitrogen Cycle
Nitrogen in the air
Animals get nitrogen

Lightning causes some
from plants.
nitrogen fixation.
Plant roots take up Dead animals and plants

nitrogen from soil.
Decomposition
TAKE A LOOK
Bacteria in soil Bacteria in soil and 6. Identify What process
releases nitrogen plant roots perform
convert nitrogen
back to gas.
into soil. most nitrogen fixation. releases nitrogen into the soil?
How Are the Cycles of Matter Connected?

Other forms of matter on Earth also cycle through the
environment. These include many minerals that living READING CHECK
cells need, such as calcium and phosphorus. When an 7. Explain What happens
organism dies, every substance in its body will be recycled to the substances in an
in the environment or reused by other organisms. organism’s body when the
All of the cycles of matter are connected. For example, organism dies?
water carries some forms of carbon and nitrogen through the
environment. Many nutrients pass from soil to plants to ani-
mals and back. Living things play a part in each of the cycles.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
combustion the burning of a substance evaporation the change of state from a liquid to
condensation the change of state from a gas to a gas
a liquid precipitation any form of water that falls to
decomposition the breakdown of substances Earth’s surface from the clouds
into simpler molecular substances
1. Identify In the water cycle, what makes water evaporate?
2. Summarize Draw arrows to show how carbon cycles through the environment
and living things.
Plants Air
Animals
Decomposers
3. Explain Why does matter need to be recycled?
4. Explain Why is water so important to life on Earth?
5. Define What is nitrogen fixation?
6. Define What are organic molecules?

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SECTION
2 Ecological Succession
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 4d
these questions:
• How do communities of living things form?
• Why do the type of organisms in a community change
over time?
What Is Succession?
In the spring of 1988, much of Yellowstone National STUDY TIP
Park was a forest. The trees grew close together. Large Organize As you read, make
areas were in shade, and few plants grew under the trees. a table comparing primary
succession and secondary
That summer, fires burned much of the forest and left succession.
a blanket of gray ash on the forest floor. Most of the trees
were dead, though some of them were still standing.
The following spring, the forest floor was green. Some
of the dead trees had fallen over, and many small, green
plants, such as grasses, were growing.
Math Focus
1. Calculate Percentages The
fires in Yellowstone National
Park in 1988 burned 739,000
acres. The park has 2.2 million
acres total. What percentage of
the park burned?
Why were grasses the first things to grow? After the fire,
the forest floor was sunny and empty. Nonliving parts of
ecosystems, such as water, light, and space, are called abiotic
factors. When the trees were dead, grasses had the abiotic
factors they needed, and their populations grew quickly.
In a few years, larger plants began growing in some
areas, and the grasses could not grow without sunlight.
READING CHECK
Within 10 years, the trees were starting to grow back. The
trees began to shade out those plants. 2. Define What is a pioneer
species?
When one type of community replaces another type
of community, this is called succession. The grasses and
other species that are the first to live or grow in an area
are called pioneer species.
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SECTION 2 Ecological Succession continued
PRIMARY SUCCESSION
Sometimes, a small community starts to grow in an
area where living things have never grown before. The
Critical Thinking area is only bare rock and there is no soil. Over a very
3. Analyze What makes long time, a community can develop. The change from
lichens good pioneer species? bare rock to a community of organisms is called primary
succession.
Lichens are pioneer species on bare rock. A lichen’s
structure allows it to function on bare rock. Lichens don’t
have roots, and they get their water from the air. This
means they do not need soil. Most other organisms, how-
ever, cannot move into the area without soil.
Lichens produce acid that breaks down the rock they
are living on. The rock particles, mixed with the remains
of dead lichens, become the first soil.
After many years, there is enough soil for mosses to
grow. The mosses eventually replace the lichens. Tiny
organisms and insects begin to live there. When they die,
their remains add to the soil.
Over time, the soil gets deeper, and ferns replace
mosses. The ferns may be replaced later by grasses and
wildflowers. If there is enough soil, shrubs and small trees
may grow. After hundreds of years, the soil may be deep
enough and rich enough to support a forest community.
TAKE A LOOK Succession of Lichen and Plant Species in a Forest
4. Identify Which kind of
plants are generally the last Tall Trees
Shrubs
to appear in an area going Grasses and
Ferns and Wild-
through primary succession? Mosses Small
Lichens flowers Trees
Remember that a community is made up of all the liv-

ing things in an area. It includes the plants that can live
with the abiotic factors there at the time. It also includes
the animals that can use the resources there at the time.
When the abiotic factors and resources change, so does
the community. For example, a population of cottontail
rabbits will get bigger as more small plants grow in the
soil over the rock. Later, there will be fewer small plants,
when more trees grow and block the sun. Then, there will
be fewer rabbits. However, the populations of animals that
need trees, such as squirrels, will increase.

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SECTION 2 Ecological Succession continued
SECONDARY SUCCESSION
Sometimes, a community is destroyed by a natural
disaster, such as a flood or fire. Sometimes, humans or
animals alter an environment. For example, a farmer may
stop growing crops in a field. In either case, if there is
soil and the area is left alone, the natural community can
grow back. The plant species change in a series of stages
called secondary succession. Secondary succession hap-
pens in areas where living things already exist. READING CHECK
The figure below shows secondary succession in a 5. Describe Where does
farm field that used to be a forest. secondary succession happen?
First Year Weeds start to grow. Second Year New weeds appear.
Their seeds may have been blown
to the field by the wind, or insects
may have carried them.
TAKE A LOOK
6. Identify In this example,
what are the first kind of
plants to grow in secondary
succession?
In 5 to 15 Years Small conifer trees, After 100 Years or More As older 7. Identify What are the first
such as pines and firs, grow among the conifer trees die, they may be replaced kind of trees that may grow
weeds. After about 100 years, the weeds by hardwood trees. Oak and maple in an area?
are gone and a forest has formed. will grow if the temperature and
precipitation are right.
MATURE COMMUNITIES AND BIODIVERSITY

As succession goes on, a community can end up
having one well-adapted plant species. This is called a
climax species. However, in many places, a community
is more likely to include many species. The variety of
species that live in an area is called its biodiversity.
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Section 2 Review NSES LS 1a, 4d
SECTION VOCABULARY
pioneer species a species that colonizes an succession the replacement of one type of
uninhabited area and that starts a process of community by another at a single location
succession over a period of time
1. Define What are abiotic factors? Give three examples.
2. Compare What is the difference between primary and secondary succession?
3. Apply Concepts Secondary succession generally happens faster than primary

succession. Why do you think this happens?
4. Apply Ideas Consider a species of animal that eats grass and a species of animal
that eats nuts. Which species do you think would have a larger population in a
mature forest? Explain your answer.
5. Analyze Why, in general, can’t tall trees be pioneer species?
6. Define What is biodiversity?
7. Describe When soil first forms over bare rock, what is it made of?

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SECTION
1 Land Biomes
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 3a, 3c, 3d, 4b, 4c, 4d,
5a, 5b
these questions:
• What are eight kinds of land biomes?
• What kinds of organisms live in each land biome?
What Are Biomes?

Imagine that you have to explain the difference STUDY TIP
between a desert and a forest to someone. What would Summarize As you read
you say? You might say that a forest gets more rain than about each type of land bi-
ome, write down its impor-
a desert. You might also say that different organisms live tant features. When you fin-
in forests than in deserts. Both of these features, as well ish reading this section, write
as many others, make these two environments different a summary of the features of
each type of land biome into
from each other. your notebook.
Rainfall is an abiotic factor, or nonliving part, of the
environment. Organisms and their interactions are biotic
factors, or living parts, of the environment. A large area Critical Thinking
with similar biotic and abiotic factors is called a biome. 1. Compare How is a biome
A biome is made up of many related ecosystems. different from an ecosystem?
There are many different biomes on Earth. The figure
below shows a map of the major land biomes. Land biomes
are biomes that are found on land.
TAKE A LOOK
2. Identify On which two
continents are most savanna
biomes found?
This map shows some of the major land biomes on Earth.

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SECTION 1 Land Biomes continued
What Are Three Kinds of Forest Biomes?

Three forest biomes are coniferous forests, temperate
deciduous forests, and tropical rain forests. All of these
forests receive plenty of rain, and the temperatures are
not extreme. The kind of forest that forms in an area
READING CHECK depends on the area’s climate.
features that forest biomes TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FORESTS
have in common? Have you seen trees with leaves that change color and
then fall off the trees? If so, you have seen deciduous
trees. The word deciduous comes from a Latin word that
means “to fall off.” Deciduous trees shed their leaves to
save water during the winter. Temperate deciduous forests
contain many deciduous trees. As the figure below shows,
many different organisms live in deciduous forests.
When deciduous trees lose their leaves, more light can
reach the ground. Therefore, the ground in deciduous
forests gets a lot of sunlight during part of the year. Small
trees and shrubs can grow on the forest floor.
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functions they serve in an
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microorganisms are producers—
they make their own food. All
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Decomposers, primarily bacteria 75 cm to 125 cm (29.5 in. to 49 in.)
• Average Temperatures
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Summer: 28ºC (82ºF)
identify the relationship among Winter: 6ºC (43ºF)
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decomposers in an ecosystem. &ERNSANDMOSSESLIVE
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CONIFEROUS FORESTS
The coniferous forest gets its name from conifers, the
main type of tree that grows there. Conifers are trees that
produce seeds in cones. They have special needle-shaped
leaves covered in a thick, waxy coating. These features
help the tree conserve water. The waxy coating also pro-
tects the needles from being damaged by cold weather.
Most conifers are evergreens. They stay green all year
and do not lose all their leaves at once. READING CHECK
In coniferous forests, decomposition is slow. The 5. Identify Where do conifers
ground may be covered by a thick layer of needles. The produce their seeds?
trees prevent much sunlight from reaching the ground.
Because there is little light there, not many plants live
under the conifer trees. The figure below shows some of
the organisms that live in coniferous forests.
Critical Thinking
A coniferous forest is
6. Compare Why does
home to many insects
and to birds that eat These conifer leaves the floor of a temperate
those insects. are adapted to deciduous forest have more
conserve water. small plants than the floor of
a coniferous forest?
Coniferous Forest
Herbivores that live in the • Average Yearly Rainfall
coniferous forest include 35 cm to 75 cm (14 in. to 29.5 in.)
deer, moose, porcupines,
TAKE A LOOK
and squirrels. 7. Explain Why is it impor-
tant for trees in a coniferous
Winter: –10ºC (14ºF)
forest to conserve water?

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TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS

Tropical rain forest biomes contain the greatest variety
of plants and animals on Earth. The warm temperatures
and high rainfall allow a lot of plants to grow. Trees grow
very tall and dense. Their leaves prevent much light from
reaching the forest floor, so not many small plants live on
the forest floor.
The many plants in a rainforest support many different
kinds of animals. Most of the animals in a rain forest live in
the trees. Birds such as toucans are omnivores that eat fruits,
reptiles, and other birds. Carnivores, such as harpy eagles, eat
other animals, such as howler monkeys. Howler monkeys are
READING CHECK herbivores that eat fruits, nuts, and leaves.
8. Describe Where in a
You may think that the soil in a rain forest is very
rain forest are most animals rich in nutrients because of all the plants that live there.
found? However, most of the nutrients in the tropical rain for-
est are found in plants, not in soil. The soil is so thin that
many trees grow roots above-ground for support.
Tropical Rain Forest

Trees form a continuous
green roof, or canopy,
• Average Yearly Rainfall
that may extend 60 m up to 400 cm (157.5 in.)
above the forest floor. • Average Temperatures
Daytime: 34ºC (93ºF)
Nighttime: 20ºC (68ºF)
Woody vines climb

the tree trunks to
TAKE A LOOK reach sunlight.
9. Infer Why do many vines
grow on tree branches instead
of on the forest floor?
Little light reaches the

ground. Low-growing
plants in the rain forest
don’t need a lot of light.

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What Are Two Kinds of Grassland?

A grassland is a biome made up mainly of grasses,
small flowering plants, and a few trees. The two main
kinds of grassland are temperate grasslands and savannas.
TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS
In temperate grasslands, the summers are warm and the
winters are cold. The soils of temperate grasslands are very
rich in nutrients, so many kinds of grasses grow there. Fires,
droughts, and grazing prevent trees and shrubs from growing.
Many seed-eating animals, such as prairie dogs and
mice, live in this kind of grassland. They use camouflage
and burrows to hide from predators, such as coyotes. READING CHECK
Prairie
ways small animals hide
• Average Yearly Rainfall from predators?
25 cm to 75 cm (10 in. to 29.5 in.)
Winter: 0ºC (32ºF)
Large herbivores, such as these

bison, graze on the abundant
grass in temperate grasslands.
SAVANNAS
The savanna is a grassland that has a lot of rainfall dur-
ing some seasons and very little rainfall in others. During
the dry season, savanna grasses dry out and turn yellow.
However, the roots can live for many months without water.
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11. Compare How does
Savanna
the amount of rainfall in
• Average Yearly Rainfall a temperate grassland
150 cm (59 in.) compare with the amount
,ARGEHERBIVORESSUCHAS of rainfall in a savanna?
THESEZEBRASANDWILDEBEESTS • Average Temperatures
LIVEINTHESAVANNA
Dry season: 34ºC (93ºF)
Wet season: 16ºC (61ºF)

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What Is a Desert?
Deserts are very dry biomes, and most are very hot.
The organisms that can live in a desert have special fea-
tures that let them survive in the dry climate.
Many desert plants have roots that spread near the
surface. This allows them to take up water quickly after a
rain, before it evaporates.
Desert animals also have ways to survive the hot, dry
desert conditions. Some live underground, where it is
cooler. They come out only at night, when air tempera-
tures are lower. Others, such as the fringe-toed lizard,
bury themselves in the loose sand to escape the heat and
READING CHECK avoid predators.
12. List What are two ways
that burrowing under the
Desert
ground helps the fringe-toed Some flowering
lizard? plants bloom, • Average Yearly Rainfall
bear seeds, and
less than 25 cm
die within a few
weeks after a • Average Temperatures
Cactuses heavy rain.
store water Summer: 38ºC (100ºF)
in their Winter: 7ºC (45ºF)
Math Focus
stems and
roots.
13. Calculate About how
many inches of rain does a Kangaroo rats
desert get every year? Show Huge ears do not need
your work. help jack to drink. They
rabbits get recycle water
1 in. 2.54 cm rid of body from the foods
heat. that they eat.
What Is a Tundra?
Imagine a place on Earth that is too cold for trees to
grow. A tundra is a biome that has very cold tempera-
tures and little rainfall. Two kinds of tundra are polar tun-
dra and alpine tundra.

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POLAR TUNDRA
Polar tundra is found near the North and South Poles.
In polar tundra, the layer of soil below the surface stays
frozen all year long. This layer is called permafrost.
During the short, cool summers, only the water in the
soil at the surface melts. This surface soil is too shallow
for most plants. Only plants with shallow roots, such
as grasses and small shrubs, are common. Mosses and
lichens grow beneath these plants. Growing close to the
ground helps the plants resist the wind and the cold. READING CHECK
Animals of the tundra also have ways to live in this 14. Explain How does
biome. In the winter, food is hard to find and the weather growing close to the ground
is very harsh. Some animals, such as bears, sleep through helps tundra plants?
much of the winter. Other animals, like the caribou, travel
long distances to find food. Many animals have extra lay-
ers of fat to keep them warm.
During the summer, the soil above the permafrost
becomes muddy from melting ice and snow. Insects, such
as mosquitoes, lay eggs in the mud. Birds that prey on these
insects are carnivores. Other carnivores, such as wolves,
prey on herbivores, such as caribou and musk oxen.
Tundra
• Average Yearly Rainfall
30 cm to 50 cm (12 in. to 20 in.)
Caribou are large Summer: 12ºC (54ºF)
herbivores that Winter: –26ºC (–15ºF)
live in the tundra. TAKE A LOOK
15. Describe How are the
ecological roles of a caribou
in a tundra and a zebra in a
savanna similar?
ALPINE TUNDRA
Alpine tundra is similar to polar tundra. Alpine tundra Say It
has permafrost. However, alpine tundra is found at the Share Experiences Have
tops of tall mountains. Above an elevation called the tree you ever been to a very cold
place? In a group, discuss
line, trees cannot grow on a mountain. Alpine tundra is what it was like.
found above the tree line. It gets a lot of sunlight and a
moderate amount of rainfall.
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Section 1 Review NSES LS 1a, 3a, 3c, 3d, 4b, 4c, 4d, 5a, 5b
SECTION VOCABULARY
biome a large region characterized by a specific savanna a grassland that often has scattered
type of climate and certain types of plant and trees and that is found in tropical and
animal communities subtropical areas where seasonal rains, fires,
desert a region that has little or no plant life, and drought happen
long periods without rain, and extreme tundra a treeless plain found in the Arctic, in the
temperatures: usually found in hot climates Antarctic, or on the tops of mountains that is
characterized by very low winter temperatures
and short, cool summers
1. Explain The tundra has been called a “frozen desert.” Explain why this is a good
name for the tundra.
2. Compare Compare the temperate grassland and the savanna by filling in the blank
spaces in the table below.
Temperate grassland Savanna
Abiotic factors constant warmth with

seasonal rains
Types of producers grass with a few trees
Types of consumers
3. List What are some of the adaptations that allow desert plants to live in such a
hot, dry environment?
4. Compare How is alpine tundra different from polar tundra?

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SECTION
2 Marine Ecosystems
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 3d, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d
these questions:
• What abiotic factors affect marine ecosystems?
• What are the major zones found in the ocean?
• What organisms are found in marine ecosystems?
What Are Marine Ecosystems?

Oceans cover almost three-fourths of Earth’s surface! STUDY TIP
Scientists call the ecosystems in the ocean marine Compare Create a table
ecosystems. Marine ecosystems, like all ecosystems, are comparing the abiotic
factors and organisms for
affected by abiotic factors. each marine ecosystem.
TEMPERATURE
One abiotic factor in marine ecosystems is the tem-
perature of the water. The water near the surface is much
warmer that the rest of the ocean because it is heated by
the sun. Deep ocean water is much colder.
Water temperatures at the surface are also affected by
latitude. Water near the equator is generally warmer than
water closer to the poles. The water at the surface is also
warmer in summer than winter. READING CHECK
Temperature affects the animals in marine ecosystems. 1. Identify Where is the
For example, fish that live near the poles have a chemical warmest surface ocean
in their blood that keeps them from freezing. Most ani- water?
mals that live in coral reefs need warm water to live.
Ocean Temperature and Depth
0
200
Water depth (m)
400
600
800
Math Focus
2. Read a Graph About
1,000
how much colder is ocean
1,200 water at 600 m depth than
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 at 400 m depth?
Water temperature (°C)

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SECTION 2 Marine Ecosystems continued
WATER DEPTH AND SUNLIGHT

Two other abiotic factors that affect marine ecosystems
are water depth and sunlight. The average depth of the
oceans is 4,000 m, but sunlight does not reach deeper than
200 m. Producers that carry out photosynthesis, such as
READING CHECK algae, can live only in water less than about 200 m deep.
3. List What are the three Plankton are tiny organisms that float near the surface
main abiotic factors that of the ocean. Many kinds of plankton are producers. These
affect marine ecosystems? phytoplankton use photosynthesis to make their own food.
They are the base of most ocean food chains. Large
consumers, such as whales, feed on these tiny producers.
Marine ecosystems support many different
organisms. Both large humpback whales
and tiny phytoplankton live near the
surface of the ocean.
TAKE A LOOK
4. Identify In the picture,
which organism is the
producer and which is the
consumer?
What Are the Major Zones in the Ocean?

Scientists divide the ocean into zones. The divisions
are based on things such as water depth, the amount of
Say It sunlight, and water temperature.
Share Experiences In a
group, discuss the abiotic THE INTERTIDAL ZONE
factors and the living
organisms you have seen or The intertidal zone is where the ocean meets the
might see at the beach. shore. The organisms of the intertidal zone are covered
with water at high tide and exposed to air at low tide.
TAKE A LOOK
5. Explain Why is it difficult
for many sea creatures to live
in the intertidal zone?
The Intertidal Zone Sea grasses, periwinkle snails, and herons are common
in an intertidal mudflat. Sea stars and anemones often live on rocky shores,
while clams, crabs, snails, and conchs are common on sandy beaches.

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THE NERITIC ZONE

The neritic zone is further from shore. In this zone, the
water becomes deeper as the ocean floor starts to slope
downward. This water is warmer than deep ocean water
and receives a lot of sunlight. Corals and producers thrive
in this zone. Sea turtles, sea urchins, and fishes are some
of the consumers of this zone.
The Neritic Zone Although phyto-

plankton are the major producers in
this zone, seaweeds are common, too.
Sea turtles and dolphins live in the
neritic zone. Other animals, such as
corals, sponges, and colorful fishes,
contribute to this vivid landscape.
TAKE A LOOK
main kinds of producers in
the neritic zone?
THE OCEANIC ZONE

In the oceanic zone, the sea floor drops off quickly. The
oceanic zone extends from the surface to the deep water of
the open ocean. Phytoplankton live near the surface, where
there is sunlight. READING CHECK
Consumers such as fishes, whales, and sharks live in 7. Explain Why do
the oceanic zone. Some of the animals live in deep waters, phytoplankton need to live
where there is no sunlight. These animals feed on each near the surface?
other and on material that sinks from the surface waters.
TAKE A LOOK
8. Explain How can the
consumers that live in deep
waters survive if there are no
producers present?
The Oceanic Zone Many unusual animals are adapted for the deep
ocean. Whales and squids can be found in this zone. Also, fishes that glow
can be found in very deep, dark water.

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THE BENTHIC ZONE

The benthic zone is the ocean floor. It does not get any
sunlight and is very cold. Fishes, worms, and crabs have
special features to live in this zone. Many of them feed on
material that sinks from above.
Some organisms, such as angler fish, eat smaller fish.
Other organisms, such as bacteria, are decomposers and
help break down dead organisms.
TAKE A LOOK
9. Describe What abiotic
factors do organisms that live
in the benthic zone need to
adapt to?
The Benthic Zone Organisms such as bacteria, worms, and sea urchins
thrive on the sea floor.
What Are Some Marine Ecosystems?

Life on Earth depends on the ocean. The water that
Critical Thinking evaporates from the ocean becomes most of the rain and
10. Predict Consequences snow that falls on land. The ocean affects world climates
How would humans be and wind patterns. People depend on the ocean for food.
affected if there were no Many different kinds of organisms live in the ocean.
oceans?
They live in the many ecosystems in the different zones
of the ocean.
THE SARGASSO SEA
Floating mats of algae in the middle of the Atlantic
Ocean make up the base of the Sargasso Sea ecosystem.
Many animals live in this ecosystem. Most of them are
omnivores that can eat many different organisms.
POLAR ICE
The icy waters near the poles are rich in nutrients that
support large numbers of phytoplankton. These produc-
ers can support many types of consumers. One of these is
a small shrimplike organism called krill. Larger consum-
ers, such as fish, eat krill. These consumers, in turn, serve
as food for other consumers, such as seals.
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INTERTIDAL ECOSYSTEMS
Organisms in intertidal ecosystems must be able to live
both underwater and in the air. Those that live in mudflats
and beaches may dig into the ground during low tide.
On rocky shores, organisms have adaptations to keep
from being swept away by crashing waves. For example,
seaweeds use structures called holdfasts to attach them-
selves to rocks. Other organisms, such as barnacles,
attach themselves to rocks with a special glue. Sea stars
feed on these organisms. READING CHECK
11. Describe How do
ESTUARIES organisms in intertidal
An estuary is an area where fresh water flows into ecosystems protect
themselves from being
the ocean. The water in an estuary is a mix of fresh water washed away by waves?
from rivers and salt water from the ocean. Organisms
that live in estuaries must be able to survive the changing
amounts of salt in the water.
The fresh water that flows into an estuary is rich in
nutrients washed from the land. The nutrients in the water
support large numbers of producers, such as algae. The
algae support many consumers, such as fish and shellfish.
CORAL REEFS
Coral reefs are named for the small animals called
corals that form the reefs. Many of these tiny animals live
together in a colony, or group. When the corals die, their
hard skeletons remain. New corals grow on the remains.
Over time, layers of skeletons build up and form a
rock-like structure called a reef. The reef is a home for
many marine animals. These organisms include fishes,
sponges, sea stars, and sea urchins. Because so many
kinds of organisms live there, coral reefs are some of the
most diverse ecosystems on Earth. READING CHECK
12. Explain How is a
coral reef both a living and a
nonliving structure?
Coral reefs are very diverse

marine ecosystems.

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Section 2 Review NSES LS 1a, 3d, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d
SECTION VOCABULARY
estuary an area where fresh water mixes with plankton the mass of mostly microscopic
salt water from the ocean organisms that float or drift freely in freshwater
and marine environments
1. Describe What unique abiotic factor do organisms in an estuary have to adapt to?
What causes this abiotic factor?
2. Describe What are some of the different kinds of producers found in

marine ecosystems?
3. Apply Concepts Complete this food chain that shows the flow of energy through a
polar ice ecosystem.
krill seals
4. Explain Why are there few producers below 200 m in the ocean?
5. Identify What abiotic factors make the neritic zone a good home for many
different organisms?

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SECTION
3 Freshwater Ecosystems
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 3d, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d
these questions:
• What organisms live in stream and river ecosystems?
• What are the three zones in a pond or lake?
• What are two kinds of wetlands?
What Are Stream and River Ecosystems?

One important abiotic factor that affects freshwater STUDY TIP
ecosystems is how quickly the water is moving. In riv- Answer Questions Before
ers and streams, the water is moving faster than in other reading this section, write
the three Before You Read
freshwater ecosystems. questions on a piece of paper.
The water in streams may come from melted ice or As you read, write down the
snow. It may also come from a spring. A spring is a place answers to the questions.
where water from under the ground flows to the surface.
Each stream of water that joins a larger stream is
called a tributary. As more tributaries join a stream, it
becomes stronger and wider. A very strong, wide stream
is called a river.
Springs or melting
snow and ice
Tributary
River
Ocean
TAKE A LOOK
1. Describe What happens
to the size of a stream when
a tributary flows into it?
Stream and river ecosystems are full of life. Plants live

along the edges of streams and rivers. Fish live in the open
waters. Clams and snails live in the mud at the bottom.
Organisms that live in fast-moving water have to
keep themselves from being washed away. Some pro-
ducers, such as algae and moss, are attached to rocks.
Consumers, such as tadpoles, use suction to hold them-
selves to rocks. Other consumers, such as crayfish, hide
under rocks.

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SECTION 3 Freshwater Ecosystems continued
What Are Pond and Lake Ecosystems?

The water in ponds and lakes is not moving very much
compared with rivers and streams. As a result, they have
different types of ecosystems. Like marine ecosystems,
pond and lake ecosystems are affected by water depth,
sunlight, and temperature.
LIFE NEAR THE SHORE

The area of water near the edge of a pond or lake is
called the littoral zone. Sunlight reaches the bottom,
which allows producers such as algae to grow in this
zone. Plants, such as cattails and rushes, grow here too,
farther from shore.
Many consumers, such as tadpoles and some insects,
eat the algae and plants. Some consumers, such as snails
and insects, make their homes in plants. Consumers that
live in the mud include clams and worms. Other consum-
READING CHECK ers, such as fishes, also live in this zone.
2. Identify Which
consumers of the littoral LIFE AWAY FROM THE SHORE
zone are herbivores? The area of a lake or pond away from the littoral zone
near the surface is called the open-water zone. This
zone is as deep as sunlight can reach. Producers such as
phytoplankton grow well here. This zone is home to bass,
lake trout, and other consumers.
Beneath the open-water zone is the deep-water zone,
where no sunlight reaches. Photosynthetic organisms
cannot live in this zone. Scavengers, such as catfish and
crabs, live here and feed on dead organisms that sink
from above. Decomposers, such as fungi and bacteria,
READING CHECK also help to break down dead organisms.
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TAKE A LOOK
4. Identify Fill in the blank
spaces in the figure with the
correct words.
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SECTION 3 Freshwater Ecosystems continued
What Is a Wetland?
A wetland is an area of land that is sometimes under
water or whose soil contains a lot of water. Wetlands
help control floods. During heavy rains, wetlands soak up
large amounts of water. This water sinks into the ground
and helps refill underground water supplies. READING CHECK
Wetlands contain many different plants and animals. There 5. Define What is a wetland?
are two main types of wetlands: marshes and swamps.
A marsh is a treeless wetland. A swamp is a wetland in which trees and

Marshes form along the shores of vines grow. Swamps form in low-lying
lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams. areas and near slow-moving rivers.
TAKE A LOOK
6. Compare What is a quick
way to tell the difference
between a marsh and a
Consumers such as Trees and vines are Birds, fishes, swamp?
Grasses and
other small turtles, frogs, and birds important producers and snakes are
plants are the live in marshes. in swamp ecosystems. consumers that
main produc- live in swamps.
ers in marsh
ecosystems.
How Can an Ecosystem Change?

Did you know that a pond or lake can disappear? The
water flowing into the lake carries sediment. The sedi-
ment, along with dead leaves and other materials, sinks
to the bottom of the lake.
Bacteria decompose the material at the bottom of the
lake. The decay process uses up some of the oxygen in
the water. As the amount of oxygen in the water goes
down, fewer fish and other organisms can live in it. Critical Thinking
Over time, the pond or lake is filled with sediment. 7. Apply Concepts Why is
New kinds of plants grow in the new soil. Shallow places the amount of oxygen in
fill in first, so plants grow closer and closer to the cen- pond water an abiotic factor?
ter of the pond or lake. What is left of the pond or lake
becomes a wetland. As the soils dry out and the oxygen
levels increase, forest plants can grow. In this way, a
pond or lake can become a forest.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
deep-water zone the zone of a lake or pond open-water zone the zone of a pond or lake
below the open-water zone, where no light that extends from the littoral zone and that is
reaches only as deep as light can reach
littoral zone the shallow zone of a lake or pond swamp a wetland ecosystem in which shrubs
where light reaches the bottom and nurtures and trees grow
plants wetland an area of land that is periodically
marsh a treeless wetland ecosystem where under water or whose soil contains a great
plants such as grasses grow deal of moisture
1. Compare Why are the kinds of producers in the littoral zone of a lake different
from the producers in the open-water zone?
2. Compare How are the producers in a swamp different from those in a marsh?
3. Identify Give two examples of consumers in wetlands.
4. Describe What abiotic factors do organisms living in rivers and streams have to
adapt to?
5. Describe Fill in the blank spaces in the flow chart below to show how a pond can
become a forest.
Sediment and
dead plant
material sinks
to the bottom of
the pond.

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SECTION
1 Environmental Problems
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 3a, 4d
these questions:
• What is pollution?
• What are some other environmental problems?
What Is Pollution?
In the late 1700s, people started to depend on machines STUDY TIP
more and more. This is known as the Industrial Revolution. Underline As you read,
As people used more machines, they put larger amounts of underline any unfamiliar
words. Find out what these
harmful substances into the air, water, and soil. Machines words mean before you
today don’t make as many harmful substances as machines move on to the next section.
many years ago. However, there are now more sources of
pollution than there once were.
Pollution is an unwanted change in the environment
caused by substances such as wastes, or energy, such
as radiation. Anything that causes pollution is called
a pollutant. Pollutants can harm living things. Natural
events such as volcanic eruptions make pollutants.
Humans make many other pollutants. READING CHECK
1. Explain Is all pollution
GARBAGE caused by humans? Explain
Americans throw away more trash than people of any your answer.
other country. Most trash goes into landfills, like the one
shown below. Some kinds of trash, such as medical waste
and lead paint, are very dangerous. They are called
hazardous wastes, and include things that can catch fire,
eat through metal, explode, or make people sick.
Many industries, such as hospitals, oil refineries, paint READING CHECK
manufacturers, power plants, and paper mills, produce 2. Identify Give two examples
hazardous wastes. People need to dispose of hazardous of hazardous wastes.
wastes in places set aside for them.
Every year, Americans

throw away 200 million
metric tons of garbage.
Much of the garbage
ends up in landfills.

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SECTION 1 Environmental Problems continued
Type of pollution Examples or sources Harmful effects
nuclear power plants
TAKE A LOOK
3. Summarize As you
read, complete this chart to Greenhouse gases
describe different types of
pollution.
CHEMICALS
People use chemicals for many things. Some chemicals
treat diseases. Others are used to make plastics and to
preserve food. Sometimes, the same chemicals that help
people may also harm the environment. For example, fer-
tilizers and pesticides can make plants grow bigger and
faster. However, they may also pollute the soil and water.
Critical Thinking CFCs and PCBs are two examples of chemical pollut-
4. Infer New refrigerators do ants. CFCs were once used in spray cans, refrigerators,
not use CFCs. However, CFCs and plastics. Scientists found that CFCs were destroy-
are still being released into ing the ozone layer. The ozone layer protects Earth by
the atmosphere. Explain why
this is happening. absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
Even though CFCs were banned years ago, they are still
found in the atmosphere.
PCBs were once used in appliances and paints. They
are poisonous and may cause cancer. PCBs are now
banned. However, they are still found all over the Earth.
NUCLEAR WASTES
Nuclear power plants provide electricity. They also
produce radioactive wastes. Radioactive wastes are haz-
ardous. They give off radiation, which can cause cancer
or radiation poisoning. They may take thousands of years
to break down into less harmful materials.
NOISE
Some pollutants affect your senses. These include loud
noises, such as airplanes taking off, and even loud music.
Noise isn’t just annoying. It can affect your ability to
think clearly. It can also damage your hearing.

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GREENHOUSE GASES
Earth’s atmosphere is made up of a mixture of gases,
including carbon dioxide. The atmosphere acts as a blanket.
It keeps Earth warm enough for life to exist. Critical Thinking
Since the Industrial Revolution, the amount of carbon 5. Analyze Ideas Are
dioxide in the atmosphere has increased. Carbon dioxide greenhouse gases always
harmful? Explain your answer.
and many pollutants act like a greenhouse, trapping heat
around the Earth. Many scientists think the increase in
carbon dioxide has caused global temperatures to go
up. If temperatures continue to rise, ice at Earth’s poles
could melt. This would cause the level of the world’s
oceans to rise and flood many areas of land along coasts.
What Is Resource Depletion?

Resources are depleted when they are used up without
being replaced. Some of Earth’s resources can be replaced
as quickly as they are used. Others, however, can never be
replaced.
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
A renewable resource is one that can be replaced
as quickly as it is used. Solar and wind energy, as well
as some kinds of trees, are renewable resources. Fresh
water is generally a renewable resource because it is
replaced every time it rains. However, some areas are
using up water faster than it can replaced. This may
cause water to become a nonrenewable resource.
NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES
A nonrenewable resource is one that cannot be
replaced or can only be replaced over many thousands
of years. Minerals and fossil fuels, such as oil, coal, and
natural gas, are nonrenewable resources. Nonrenewable
resources are depleted as they are used because they
cannot be replaced. In addition, removing some resources
from Earth may lead to oil spills, loss of habitats, and
damage from mining. All are harmful to the environment.
Renewable resources Nonrenewable resources

TAKE A LOOK
6. Identify Use the text
to complete the chart with
examples of both types of
resources.
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What Are Exotic Species?

People can carry plant seeds, animal eggs, and adult
organisms from one part of the world to another. An ani-
mal or plant that is brought into a new environment is an
exotic species. Sometimes an exotic species cannot sur-
vive outside of its natural environment. However, some-
times an exotic species does well in its new home.
Exotic species can cause problems. One reason for
this is the organism does not have its natural predators
in the new environment. This can allow populations of
READING CHECK exotic species to grow out of control. An exotic species
may compete with native species for resources. They may
effects exotic species can also kill the native species.
have on native species?
Northern snakehead fish are an

exotic species in the United States.
These fish can move across land as
they look for water. They can survive
out of water for up to four days!
STANDARDS CHECK
LS 4d The number of organisms
an ecosystem can support
depends on the resources available Why Is Human Population Growth a Problem?
and abiotic factors, such as the
quantity of light and water, range
Advances in medicine, such as immunizations, have
of temperatures, and soil helped people live longer. Advances in farming have let
composition. Given adequate
biotic and abiotic resources and no farmers grow food to feed more people. Because of this,
disease or predators, populations the number of people on Earth has grown very quickly
(including humans) increase at
rapid rates. Lack of resources over the past few hundred years.
and other factors, such as Eventually there could be too many people on Earth.
predation and climate, limit the
growth of populations in specific Overpopulation happens when a population gets so
niches in the ecosystem. large that individuals cannot get the resources they need.
8. Predict What will For example, one day there may not be enough food or
happen to resources as water on Earth to support the growing human population.
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What Is Habitat Destruction?

An organism’s habitat is where it lives. Every habitat
has its own variety of organisms. This is known as
biodiversity. If a habitat is damaged or destroyed,
biodiversity is lost.
Habitats can be destroyed in different ways. Topsoil
may erode, or wash away, when people clear land for
crops or buildings. Also, chemicals may pollute streams
and rivers. Organisms living in these areas may be left
without food and shelter, and may die.
FOREST HABITATS
Trees provide humans with oxygen, wood, food, rub-
ber, and paper. For many of these products trees must
be cut down. Sometimes all the trees in a forest are cut
down. This is called deforestation. People can plant new
trees to replace ones that they cut. However, trees take READING CHECK
many years to grow.
9. Define What is
Tropical rain forests have some of the highest biodi- deforestation?
versity on Earth. However, people clear many acres of
rainforest for farm land, roads, and lumber. After a forest
is cleared, the biodiversity of the area is lost.
Deforestation can lead to soil erosion. This means that soil washes away.
Critical Thinking
10. Apply Concepts Dumping
MARINE HABITATS plastics into the oceans is
When people think of pollution in marine habitats, another form of pollution.
It can kill many marine
many think of oil spills. An oil spill is an example of
animals. Is dumping plastics
point source pollution, or pollution that comes from one in oceans an example of
source. point-source or nonpoint-
Unlike oil spills, some pollution comes from many dif- source pollution? Explain
your answer.
ferent sources. This is called nonpoint-source pollution.
For example, chemicals on land wash into rivers, lakes,
and oceans. These chemicals can harm or kill organisms
that live in marine habitats.
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Section 1 Review NSES LS 3a, 4d
SECTION VOCABULARY
biodiversity the number and variety of pollution an unwanted change in the environment
organisms in a given area during a specific caused by substances or forms of energy
period of time renewable resource a natural resource that
nonrenewable resource a resource that forms can be replaced at the same rate at which the
at a rate that is much slower than the rate at resource is consumed
which the resource is consumed
overpopulation the presence of too many indi-
viduals in an area for the available resources
1. Apply Concepts Use the vocabulary terms above to complete the Concept Map.
depletion of can lead to overuse of
which can create
and can lead to habitat destruction and a loss of
2. Define What is resource depletion?
3. Analyze Ideas Is it possible for a renewable resource to become nonrenewable?

Explain your answer and give an example.

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SECTION
2 Environmental Solutions
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 5c
these questions:
• What is conservation?
• What are some things people can do to protect the
environment?
How Can People Conserve Resources?

As the human population grows, it will need more STUDY TIP
resources. People will need food, health care, transpor- Organize As you read,
tation, and ways to get rid of wastes. All of these needs make a Spider Map to show
different ways you can help
will affect the Earth. If people don’t use resources wisely, protect the environment.
people will continue to pollute the air, soil, and water.
More natural habitats could be lost and many species
could die out. However, there are many things people can
do to protect the environment.
Conservation is the protection and wise use of natu-
ral resources. When you conserve resources, you use
fewer of them. Conservation not only keeps us from
using up resources, but also reduces waste, pollution, and
habitat destruction. For example, using a bike instead of
a car can save fuel and help prevent air pollution.
There are three ways to conserve resources: Reduce,
Reuse, and Recycle. These are known as the three Rs. READING CHECK
1. List What are the three Rs
of conservation?
TAKE A LOOK
2. Infer How is the girl with
the bag reducing her use of
resources?

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SECTION 2 Environmental Solutions continued
REDUCE
The best way to conserve resources is to use fewer of
them. Using fewer resources also helps reduce pollution
READING CHECK and the amount of waste we produce.
3. Identify What is the best Almost one third of the waste produced by some coun-
way to conserve resources? tries is packaging material, such as boxes, plastic bags,
and paper. Wrapping products in less paper and plastic
reduces waste. For example, fast-food restaurants used
to serve sandwiches in large plastic containers. Today,
many wrap food in thin paper instead. Paper is biode-
gradable. Biodegradable means that living organisms,
such as bacteria, can break it down.
In addition to reducing waste, people need to reduce

the amount of nonrenewable resources they use. For
example, scientists are looking for sources of energy that
can replace fossil fuels, such as oil and gas. One way to
use fewer nonrenewable resources is to use renewable
resources, such as solar and wind energy.
TAKE A LOOK
4. Identify Are the people
living in this house using a
renewable or nonrenewable
resource for energy?
The people who live in this house use solar panels to get energy from the sun.
Scientists are also studying energy sources such as wind,

tides, and waterfalls. Car companies have developed auto-
mobiles that use electricity and hydrogen for fuel. Driving
these cars uses less gas and oil, and produces less pollution.
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REUSE
Every time you reuse a plastic bag, one bag fewer
needs to be made. This also means that one bag fewer
will end up in a landfill. Reusing products is an important
way to conserve resources. Critical Thinking
You can reuse many things. For example, clothes 5. Identify Relationships
can be passed down and worn by someone else. Sports How are reducing and
reusing related?
equipment can be repaired instead of being thrown away.
Builders can reuse materials such as wood, bricks, and
tiles to make new structures. Even old tires can be used
again. They can be reused for playground surfaces or
even in new homes.
This home is made of reused tires and aluminum cans
American homes use about 100 billion liters of

water each day. When you wash your hands or take a
shower, most of the water goes down the drain. This
is called wastewater. No new water is ever made on
Earth. Wastewater eventually returns to Earth as rain in
the water cycle. However, this takes a very long time.
Because of this, many communities are learning how to
reuse, or reclaim, wastewater. READING CHECK
Reclaiming wastewater allows people to use the same 6. Explain What does
water for more than one thing. One way to do this is to reclaiming wastewater mean?
clean the water so that it can be used again. Some organ-
isms can be used to filter water and take out many of the
wastes. These organisms include plants and filter-feeding
animals, such as clams. The reclaimed water may not be
pure enough to drink. However, it can be used to water
crops, lawns, and golf courses.
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RECYCLE
Recycling is the recovery of materials from waste. This
means that new products can be made from old products.
Say It A material that can be recycled is recyclable. Some recy-
Investigate Find out where clable items, such as paper, are used to make the same kind
in your neighborhood you of product. Other recyclable items are made into different
can take materials to be
recycled. Does your city or products. For example, yard wastes, such as dead leaves
town pick up recyclables? and cut grass, can be recycled into a natural fertilizer.
What sort of things can you
recycle in your community? Paper
Share with the class what
you learn.
Plastics Aluminum
Common Recyclables
Cardboard Wood
Glass
Recycling newspapers could save millions of trees.

Recycling aluminum uses 95% less energy than turning
raw ore into aluminum. Glass can be recycled many times
to make new bottles and jars. This uses less energy than
making new glass.
Burning some wastes can produce electricity. Using
garbage to make electricity is an example of resource
recovery. When companies make electricity from their
waste products, they save money and conserve resources.
However, some people are concerned that burning wastes
READING CHECK for electricity pollutes the air.
problem with burning
garbage to make electricity?
A waste-to-energy plant can provide electricity for many homes and businesses.

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How Can People Help Maintain Biodiversity?

Biodiversity is important because each species has a
unique role in an ecosystem. Losing one species could
affect the entire ecosystem. Biodiversity also protects
against the spread of disease. For example, if a disease
spreads in a forest that has only one species, the entire
forest may be destroyed. If there are many different spe-
cies, a disease is not likely to affect them all. READING CHECK
8. Identify Give two reasons
PROTECTING SPECIES that maintaining biodiversity
One way to maintain biodiversity is to protect individual is important.
species. In the United States, a law called the Endangered
Species Act was designed to do just that. An endangered
species is one that generally has few individuals left.
Without protection, an endangered species may become
extinct. Scientists identify endangered species and put that
species on a special list. The law forbids activities that
would harm any species on this list.
The law also requires recovery programs for endangered
species. This means that scientists work both to protect
existing individuals of an endangered species, and to
increase the population. To help some species recover,
scientists remove individuals from the wild to breed
them. This is known as captive breeding. It can help
some species produce more offspring than they would in
the wild. READING CHECK
Individuals that are bred in captivity are often released 9. Explain What is the
back into the wild. However, this is not a solution for purpose of a species recovery
all endangered species. Many species are endangered program?
because their habitats have been destroyed. They may
have no habitat left to return to. These species can only
survive if their habitat is protected as well.
Captive-breeding programs
have helped the population of
California condors to grow.

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PROTECTING HABITATS
Scientists want to keep species from becoming endan-
gered. They don’t want to wait until a species is almost
extinct before they try to protect it.
Plants, animals, and microorganisms depend on each
other. Each is part of a huge, interconnected web of
organisms. To protect the web, whole habitats need to be
protected, not just individual species.
Say It
Describe Have you ever
visited a nature reserve or
national park? Tell the class
about your visit. If you have Nature preserves are
never been to a reserve or large areas of public
national park, tell the class land set aside for
about the kind of park you wildlife. They can
protect important
would like to visit. habitats.
ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES
Laws have been passed to help protect resources and
preserve habitats. By following these laws, people can
help the environment. People can also use the following
environmental strategies.
• Reduce pollution. Recycle as much as possible and
buy recycled products. Do not dump wastes in forests,
lakes, rivers, or oceans. Participate in a local cleanup
Critical Thinking project.
10. Infer How could • Reduce pesticide use. Use pesticides that work only
recycling help protect on harmful insects. Use natural pesticides whenever
habitats? possible.
• Protect habitats. Preserve entire habitats. Use fewer
resources, such as wood and paper, that can destroy
habitats.
• Learn about local issues. Research how laws or
projects will affect your area, and let people know
about your concerns.
• Develop alternative energy sources. Use fewer
nonrenewable resources, such as coal and oil. Use more
renewable resources, such as solar and wind power.
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EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) is a government organization. Its job is to help
protect the environment. The EPA keeps people informed
about environmental problems and helps enforce envi-
ronmental laws.
WHAT YOU CAN DO

Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Protect the Earth. These
are jobs for everyone. Children and adults can help clean
up the environment. As they improve their environment,
they improve their quality of life.
How You Can Help the Environment
1. Volunteer at a local preserve or nature center, and help

other people learn about conservation.
2. Give away your old toys.
3. Use recycled paper.
4. Fill up both sides of a sheet of paper.
5. Start an environmental awareness club at your school
or in your neighborhood.
6. Recycle glass, plastics, paper, aluminum, and batteries.
7. Don’t buy any products made from an endangered plant
or animal.
8. Turn off electrical devices when you are not using them.
9. Wear hand-me-downs.
10. Share books with friends, or use the library.
11. Walk, ride a bicycle, or use public transportation.
12. Carry a reusable cloth shopping bag to the store.
13. Use a lunch box, or reuse your paper lunch bags.
14. Turn off the water while you brush your teeth.
TAKE A LOOK
11. Apply Concepts Next to
15. Buy products made from biodegradable and each item in the figure, write
recycled materials. whether the activity is a way
to reduce, reuse, or recycle.
16. Use cloth napkins and kitchen towels. Some items might have more
17. Buy things in packages that can be recycled. than one answer.
18. Use rechargeable batteries. 12. Identify Circle five
things in this figure that you
19. Make a compost heap. could start to do today to
help the environment.

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Section 2 Review NSES LS 5c
SECTION VOCABULARY
conservation the preservation and wise use of recycling the process of recovering valuable
natural resources or useful materials from waste or scrap
1. Define What does biodegradable mean?
2. Describe Decribe one way that water can be reclaimed.
3. Identify What are two roles of the EPA?
4. Explain How would driving a car that uses hydrogen for fuel be helpful to the
environment?
5. List Name six materials that can be recycled in many communities.
6. Explain What is the purpose of the Endangered Species Act?
7. Apply Concepts How is using cloth napkins an example of both reusing and
reducing?

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SECTION
1 Body Organization
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 3a
these questions:
• What is homeostasis?
• How is the human body organized?
• What are the 11 different human organ systems?
How Is the Body Organized?

The different parts of your body all work together to STUDY TIP
maintain, or keep, the conditions in your body stable. Discuss Read this section
Your body works to keep itself stable even when things silently. When you finish
reading, work with a partner
outside your body change. This is called homeostasis. to answer any questions you
For example, your body temperature needs to stay the may have about the section.
same even when temperatures outside are very cold or
very hot. If your body could not keep its inside conditions
the same, many processes in your body would not work.
Conditions inside and outside your body are always
changing. Your body can maintain homeostasis because STANDARDS CHECK
each cell does not have to do everything your body LS 3a All organisms must be
able to obtain and use resources,
needs. Instead, your body is organized into different grow, reproduce, and maintain
levels. The parts at each level work together to help your stable internal conditions while
living in a constantly changing
body maintain homeostasis. external environment.
There are four levels of organization in the body: cells,
Word Help: resource
tissues, organs, and organ systems. Cells are the small-
anything that can be used
est level of organization. A group of similar cells working to take care of a need
together forms a tissue. Your body has four main kinds
of tissue: epithelial, nervous, muscle, and connective. Word Help: environment
Four Kinds of Tissue conditions that affect an
organism
Epithelial tissue Nervous tissue sends 1. Define What is

covers and protects electrical signals homeostasis?
other tissues. through the body.
Connective tissue joins,

Muscle tissue is
supports, protects,
made of cells that
insulates, nourishes, and
contract and relax to
cushions organs. It also
produce movement.
keeps organs from
falling apart.

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SECTION 1 Body Organization continued
ORGANS
When different kinds of tissues work together, they
can do more than any one tissue can do alone. A group
of two or more tissues working together to do a job is an
organ. For example, your stomach is an organ that helps
you digest your food. None of the stomach’s tissues could
READING CHECK digest food alone.
2. Define What is an organ? Four Kinds of Tissue in the Stomach
Nervous tissue helps control all

the movements of the stomach.
Epithelial tissue
Blood is a connective lines the stomach.
tissue found in the
wall of the stomach.
Muscle tissue mixes food

and stomach acids.
ORGAN SYSTEMS
Critical Thinking Organs that work together to do a job make up an
3. Apply Concepts How organ system. For example, your stomach works with
does the stomach work as other organs in the digestive system, such as the intestines,
part of an organ system? to digest food. Organ systems can do jobs that one organ
alone cannot do. Each organ system has a special function.
There are 11 different organ systems that make up the
human body. No organ system works alone. For example,
the respiratory system and cardiovascular system work
together to move oxygen through your body.
Integumentary System Muscular System Your Skeletal System Your

Your skin, hair, and nails muscular system works bones provide a frame
protect the tissue that with the skeletal system to support and protect
lies beneath them. to help you move. your body parts.

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Respiratory System Urinary System Your

Cardiovascular System Your lungs absorb oxy- urinary system removes
Your heart pumps blood gen and release carbon wastes from the blood
through all of your dioxide. and regulates your
blood vessels. body’s fluids.
TAKE A LOOK
4. Identify Which organ
system includes your lungs?
Male Reproductive Female Reproductive Nervous System Your 5. Identify Which organ
System The male System The female nervous system receives system is different in males
reproductive system reproductive system pro- and sends electrical and females?
produces and delivers duces eggs and nourishes messages throughout
sperm. and protects the fetus. your body.
Digestive System Your Lymphatic System The Endocrine System

Say It
Discuss With a partner,
digestive system breaks lymphatic system returns Your glands send out
down the food you eat leaked fluids to blood chemical messages. see how many organs you
into nutrients that your vessels and helps get rid Ovaries and testes are can name from each organ
body can absorb. of bacteria and viruses. part of this system. system.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
homeostasis the maintenance of a constant tissue a group of similar cells that perform a
internal state in a changing environment common function
organ a collection of tissues that carry out a
specialized function of the body
1. Compare How is an organ different from a tissue?
2. List Name five organ systems in the human body.
3. Explain Why is it important for your body to maintain homeostasis?
4. Infer What organ systems must work together to help a person eat and digest a
piece of pizza? Give at least three systems.
5. Infer What organ systems must work together to help a person play a soccer
game? Give at least four systems.
6. Apply Concepts Can an organ do the same job as an organ system? Explain your answer.
7. Identify Relationships How is the lymphatic system related to the cardiovascular system?

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SECTION
2 The Skeletal System

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1d, 1e
these questions:
• What are the major organs of the skeletal system?
• What are the functions of the skeletal system?
• What are the three kinds of joints in the body?
What Are Bones?

Many people think that bones are dry and brittle, but STUDY TIP
your bones are actually living organs. Bones are the major Organize As you read this
organs of the skeletal system. The skeletal system is made section, make a chart listing
the functions of bones and
up of bones, cartilage, and connective tissue. the tissue or bone structure
that does each job.
What Are the Functions of the Skeletal System?
An average adult human skeleton has 206 bones. Bones
have many jobs. For example, they help support and protect
your body. They work with your muscles so you can move.
Bones also help your body maintain homeostasis by storing
minerals and making blood cells. The skeletal system does
the following jobs for your body:
• It protects other organs. For example, your rib cage
protects your heart and lungs.
• It stores minerals that help your nerves and muscles work Critical Thinking
properly. Long bones store fat that can be used as energy. 1. Predict Name one organ
system, other than the skel-
• Skeletal muscles pull on bones to cause movement. etal system, that would be
Without bones, you would not be able to sit, stand, or run. affected if you had no bones.
• Some bones make blood cells. Marrow is a special
material that makes blood cells.
Skeletal system
functions
To protect To store To allow you To make

other organs minerals to move blood cells

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SECTION 2 The Skeletal System continued
What Is the Structure of a Bone?

A bone may seem lifeless. Like other organs, however,
bone is a living organ made of several different tissues.
Bone is made of connective tissue and minerals. Living
cells in the bone deposit the minerals.
BONE TISSUE
If you look inside a bone, you will see two kinds of
bone tissue: spongy bone and compact bone. Spongy
bone has many large open spaces that help the bone
absorb shocks. Compact bone has no large open spaces,
READING CHECK but it does have tiny spaces filled with blood vessels.
kinds of bone tissue? MARROW
Some bones contain a tissue called marrow. There are
two types of marrow. Red marrow makes red and white
blood cells. Yellow marrow stores fat.
CARTILAGE
Did you know that most of your skeleton used to be
soft and rubbery? Most bones start out as a flexible tissue
called cartilage. When you were born, you didn’t have
much true bone. As you grow, your cartilage is replaced
by bone. However, bone will never replace cartilage in
a few small areas of your body. For example, the end of
your nose and the tops of your ears will always be made
READING CHECK of cartilage.
3. Define What is cartilage?
Bone Tissues
Blood Vessels
Cartilage
Marrow
TAKE A LOOK
4. Label Fill in the missing
labels for tissues that are
found in this bone.

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What Is a Joint?
A place where two or more bones meet is called a
joint. Some joints, called fixed joints, do not let bones
move very much. Many of the joints in the skull are fixed
joints. However, most joints let your bones move when
your muscles contract, or shorten. Joints can be grouped
based on how the bones in the joint move. READING CHECK
5. Define What is a joint?
Gliding Joint Gliding joints let

bones in the wrist slide over each
other. This type of joint makes a
body part flexible.
Ball-and-Socket Joint In the

same way that a video-game joy-
stick lets you move your character
around, the shoulder lets your
arm move freely in all directions.
TAKE A LOOK
types of joints in the human
body?
Hinge Joint A hinge lets a door
open and close. Your knee joint
lets your leg bend in only one
direction.
Joints can handle a lot of wear and tear because of

how they are made. Joints are held together by ligaments.
Ligaments are strong bands of connective tissue. Cartilage
covers the ends of many bones and helps cushion the
areas where bones meet. READING CHECK
7. Identify How does carti-
SKELETAL SYSTEM INJURIES AND DISEASES lage help protect bones and
Sometimes, parts of the skeletal system are injured. joints?
For example, bones may be broken. Joints and ligaments
can also be injured. Many of these injuries happen when
too much stress is placed on the skeletal system.
There are also some diseases that affect the skeletal
system. For example, the disease osteoporosis makes
bones brittle and easy to break. Some diseases make
bones soft or affect bone marrow. Arthritis is a disease
that makes joints stiff, so they are painful and hard to
move.
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SECTION VOCABULARY
joint a place where two or more bones meet skeletal system the organ system whose
primary function is to support and protect
the body and to allow the body to move
1. List What are four functions of the skeletal system?
2. Identify What three things make up the skeletal system?
3. Describe Fill in the chart below to describe the three types of joints. Give an
example of each.
Type of joint Example

wrist
hinge
4. Compare What is the difference between red marrow and yellow marrow?
5. Explain What happens to the cartilage in your body as you grow up?
6. Identify What are two diseases that can affect the skeletal system?
7. Describe Describe a joint and its structure.
8. Explain What causes most injuries to the skeletal system?

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SECTION
3 The Muscular System

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1d, 1e
these questions:
• What are the three kinds of muscle tissue?
• How do skeletal muscles work?
• How can exercise help keep you healthy?
What Is the Muscular System?

The muscular system is made up of the muscles that STUDY TIP
let you move. There are three kinds of muscle in your Circle As you read this
body: smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and skeletal muscle. section, circle any new
science terms. Make sure
you know what these words
mean before moving to the
next chapter.
Skeletal muscle makes Smooth muscle moves Cardiac muscle pumps

bones move. food through the blood around the body.
digestive system.
Muscle action can be voluntary or involuntary. Muscle Critical Thinking

action that you can control is voluntary. Muscle action 1. Apply Concepts Your
that you cannot control is involuntary. For example, diaphragm is a muscle that
cardiac muscle movements in your heart are involun- helps you breathe. Do you
think this muscle is voluntary
tary. They happen without you having to think about it. or involuntary? Explain.
Skeletal muscles, such as those in your eyelids, can be
both voluntary and involuntary. You can blink your eyes
anytime you want, but your eyes also blink automatically.
Kind of muscle Where in your body is Are its actions

it found? voluntary or
involuntary?
Cardiac heart involuntary
Smooth digestive tract, blood involuntary
vessels
Skeletal attached to bones and both
other organs

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How Do Skeletal Muscles Work?

Skeletal muscles let you move. When you want to move,
signals travel from your brain to your skeletal muscle cells.
READING CHECK The muscle cells then contract, or get shorter.
2. Explain What causes
skeletal muscle cells to HOW MUSCLES AND BONES WORK TOGETHER
contract? Strands of tough connective tissue connect your
skeletal muscles to your bones. These strands are called
tendons. When a muscle that connects two bones
contracts, the bones are pulled closer to each other. For
example, tendons attach the biceps muscle to bones
in your shoulder and forearm. When the biceps muscle
contracts, your forearm bends toward your shoulder.
PAIRS OF MUSCLES
Your skeletal muscles often work in pairs to make
smooth, controlled motions. Generally, one muscle in the
pair bends part of the body. The other muscle straightens
that part of the body. A muscle that bends part of your
body is called a flexor. A muscle that straightens part of
READING CHECK your body is an extensor.
3. Complete A muscle that
In the figure below, the biceps muscle is the flexor.
bends part of your body is a When the biceps muscle contracts, the arm bends. The
. triceps muscle is the extensor. When it contracts, the arm
straightens out.
TAKE A LOOK
4. Identify On the figure,
label the flexor muscle and
the extensor muscle.

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How Can You Keep Your Muscles Healthy?

Muscles get stronger when you exercise them. Strong
muscles can help other organs to work better. For exam-
ple, when your heart is strong, it can pump more blood to
the rest of your organs. More blood brings more oxygen Math Focus
and nutrients to your organs. 5. Calculate A student is
doing resistance exercise.
Certain kinds of exercises can give muscles more After one week, she can lift
strength and endurance. More endurance means that your a weight of 2 kg. After four
muscles can work longer before they get tired. weeks, she can lift a weight
of 3 kg. By what percentage
Resistance exercise is a good way to make skeletal has the weight that she can
muscles stronger. During resistance exercise, the muscles lift increased?
work against the resistance, or weight, of an object. Some
resistance exercises use weights. Others, such as sit-ups,
use your own body weight as resistance.
Aerobic exercise can increase skeletal muscle strength
and endurance. Aerobic exercise can also make your heart
muscles stronger. During aerobic exercise, the muscles
work steadily for a fairly long period of time. Jogging,
skating, swimming, and walking are all aerobic exercises.
Type of exercise Description Example

Resistance weight-lifting, sit-ups TAKE A LOOK
6. Describe Complete the
Muscles work steadily table to describe types of
for a long time.
exercise.
MUSCLE INJURY
Most muscle injuries happen when people try to do
too much exercise too quickly. For example, a strain is
an injury in which a muscle or tendon is overstretched or
torn. To avoid muscle injuries, you should start exercising
slowly. Don’t try to do too much too fast.
Exercising too much can also harm your muscles and
tendons. For example, if you exercise a tendon that has a
strain, the tendon cannot heal. It can become swollen and
painful. This condition is called tendonitis.
Some people try to make their muscles stronger by Say It
taking drugs called anabolic steroids. These drugs can Discuss In a small group,
cause serious health problems. They can cause high talk about some of the ways
that exercise can help keep
blood pressure and can damage the heart, liver, and kid- you healthy.
neys. They can also cause bones to stop growing.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
muscular system the organ system whose
primary function is movement and flexibility
1. List What three kinds of muscle make up the muscular system?
2. Identify Which kind of muscle movement happens without you having to think
about it? Give two kinds of muscle that show this kind of movement.
3. Describe How are muscles attached to bones?
4. Explain How do muscles cause bones to move?
5. Describe What happens to muscle when you exercise it?
6. Compare How is aerobic exercise different from resistance exercise?
7. Identify What are two kinds of injuries to the muscular system?
8. Compare How is a flexor different from an extensor?
9. Explain What kinds of problems can anabolic steroids cause?

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SECTION
4 The Integumentary System

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 3a, 3b
these questions:
• What is the integumentary system?
• What are the functions of the skin, hair, and nails?
What Is the Integumentary System?

Your integumentary system is made up of your skin, STUDY TIP
hair, fingernails, and toenails. The Latin word integere Compare As you read, make
means “to cover.” Your integumentary system covers your a table comparing skin, hair,
body and helps to protect it. Your integumentary system and nails. In the table, de-
scribe each structure and list
also helps your body to maintain homeostasis. its functions.
THE SKIN
Your skin is the largest organ in your body. It is an
important part of the integumentary system. The skin has
four main functions.
• Skin protects your body. It keeps water inside your body, Critical Thinking
and it keeps many harmful particles outside your body. 1. Apply Concepts Why are
you more likely to get sick if
• Skin keeps you in touch with the world. Nerve endings you touch a dirty surface with
in your skin let you feel things around you. damaged skin than if you
touch it with healthy skin?
• Skin helps to keep your body temperature from getting
too high. Small organs in the skin called sweat glands
make sweat, which flows onto the skin. When sweat
evaporates, your body cools down.
• Skin helps your body get rid of some wastes. Sweat can
carry these wastes out of your body.
As you know, skin can be many different colors. The
color of your skin is determined by a chemical called
melanin. If your skin contains a lot of melanin, it is dark.
If your skin contains very little melanin, it is light.
Melanin helps to protect your skin from being damaged
by the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight. People’s skin may
darken if they are exposed to a lot of sunlight. This hap-
pens because the cells in your skin make extra melanin to
help protect themselves from ultraviolet radiation.

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LAYERS OF SKIN
Your skin has two main layers: the epidermis and the
dermis. The epidermis is the outermost layer of skin. It
is the layer that you see when you look at your skin. The
prefix epi- means “above.” Therefore, the epidermis lies
above the dermis. The dermis is the thick layer of skin
READING CHECK that lies underneath the epidermis.
2. List What are the two The epidermis is made of epithelial tissue. These tissues
main layers of skin? are made of many layers of cells. However, on most parts of
your body, the epidermis is only a few millimeters thick.
Most of the cells in the epidermis are dead. The dead cells
are filled with a protein called keratin. Keratin helps to make
your skin tough.
The dermis is much thicker than the epidermis. It
contains many fibers made of a protein called collagen.
Collagen fibers make the dermis strong and let the skin
bend without tearing. The dermis also contains many
small structures, as shown in the figure below.
Hair Muscle fibers
Oil gland
Epidermis
Dermis
TAKE A LOOK
3. Identify Give three
Fat cells
structures that attach to
hair follicles.
Sweat
gland
Nerve fiber Blood
Hair follicle Fat cells vessels
SKIN INJURIES
Your skin is always coming into contact with the outside
world. Therefore, it is often damaged. Fortunately, your
skin can repair itself. The figure on the top of the next page
shows how a cut in the skin heals.
Some skin problems are caused by conditions inside
your body. For example, hormones can cause your skin
to make too much oil. The oil can combine with bacteria
and dead skin cells to form acne.
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Scab
Blood clot 1 A blood clot forms over a cut

to stop bleeding and to keep
Bacteria- bacteria from entering the wound.
fighting cells Bacteria-fighting cells then come
to the area to kill bacteria.
New cells
TAKE A LOOK
2 Damaged cells are replaced
through cell division. Eventually,
all that is left on the surface is 4. Explain How do blood
a scar. clots help protect your body?
HAIR AND NAILS

Your hair and nails are also important parts of your
integumentary system. Like skin, hair and nails are made
of both living and dead cells. Hair and nails grow from
your skin.
A hair forms at the bottom of a tiny sac called a hair
follicle. The hair grows as new cells are added at the hair
follicle. Older cells get pushed upward. The only living
cells in hair are found in the hair follicle. READING CHECK
Like skin, hair gets its color from melanin. Hair helps 5. Describe How does hair
protect skin from being damaged. The hair in and around grow?
your nose, eyes, and ears helps keep dust and other par-
ticles out of your body. Your hair also helps to keep you
warm. When you feel cold, tiny muscles cause your hair
to stand up. The raised hairs act like a sweater. They trap
warm air near your body.
A nail forms at the nail root. A nail root is found at
the base of the nail. As new cells form in the nail root,
the nail grows longer. The hard part of the nail is made
of dead cells that are filled with keratin. Nails protect the
ends of your fingers and toes. They allow your fingers
and toes to be soft and sensitive to touch.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
dermis the layer of skin below the epidermis integumentary system the organ system that
epidermis the surface layer of cells on a plant or forms a protective covering on the outside of
animal the body
1. Identify Name three functions of the integumentary system.
2. Compare Give three differences between the dermis and the epidermis.
3. Infer The epidermis on the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet is thicker
than it is on other parts of your body. What do you think is the reason for this?
4. Explain Why can skin get darker if it is exposed to a lot of sunlight?
5. Identify Give two ways that hair helps to protect your body.
6. Infer Blood clots help to prevent bacteria from entering your body through a cut.
Why do bacteria-fighting cells travel to a cut, even though there is a blood clot there?

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SECTION
1 The Cardiovascular System

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 3b
these questions:
• What is the cardiovascular system?
• What are some cardiovascular problems?
What Is the Cardiovascular System?

Your heart, blood, and blood vessels make up your STUDY TIP
cardiovascular system. The word cardio means heart. The Summarize As you read,
word vascular means blood vessels. Blood vessels are hollow underline the main ideas in
each paragraph. When you
tubes that your blood flows through. The cardiovascular sys- finish reading, write a short
tem is also sometimes called the circulatory system. This is summary of the section using
because it circulates, or moves, blood through your body. the ideas you underlined.
The cardiovascular system helps your body maintain
homeostasis. Homeostasis is the state your body is in
when its internal conditions are stable. The cardiovascu-
lar system helps maintain homeostasis in many ways:
• it carries oxygen and nutrients to your cells
• it carries wastes away from your cells
• it carries heat throughout your body
• it carries chemical signals called hormones throughout
your body READING CHECK
THE HEART two functions of the
Your heart is an organ about the same size as your fist. cardiovascular system?
It is near the center of your chest. There is a thick wall in
the middle of your heart that divides it into two halves.
The right half pumps oxygen-poor blood to your lungs.
The left half pumps oxygen-rich blood to your body.
Each side of your heart has two chambers. Each upper
chamber is called an atrium (plural, atria). Each lower
chamber is called a ventricle. These chambers are sepa-
rated by flap-like structures called valves. Valves keep
blood from flowing in the wrong direction. The closing
of valves is what makes the “lub-dub” sound when your
heart beats. The figure at the top of the next page shows
how blood moves through your heart.

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Math Focus 1 Blood enters the atria first.

The left atrium receives blood
3 While the atria relax, the
ventricles contract and push
2. Calculate A person’s that has a lot of oxygen in blood out of the heart. Blood
heart beats about 70 times it from the lungs. The right from the right ventricle goes
per minute. How many times atrium receives blood that to the lungs. Blood from the
does a person’s heart beat in has little oxygen in it from left ventricle goes to the rest
the body. of the body.
one day? How many times
Blood
does it beat in one year? Blood from
body Blood from
to body
Blood
lungs to lungs
Left atrium
Left ventricle
Right atrium
Valves
TAKE A LOOK Right ventricle

3. Identify Where does the Blood from Blood from
left ventricle receive blood right atrium left atrium
from? Where does the right 2 When the atria contract,

atrium receive blood from? blood moves into the
ventricles.
BLOOD VESSELS
Blood travels throughout your body in your blood
vessels. There are three types of blood vessels: arteries,
capillaries, and veins.
An artery is a blood vessel that carries blood away
from the heart. Arteries have thick walls that contain a
layer of muscle. Each heartbeat pumps blood into your
arteries. The blood is under high pressure. Artery walls are
strong and can stretch to handle this pressure. Your pulse
READING CHECK is caused by the pumping of blood into your arteries.
4. Describe What causes
A capillary is a tiny blood vessel. Capillary walls are
your pulse? very thin. Therefore, substances can move across them
easily. Capillaries are also very narrow. They are so nar-
row that blood cells have to pass through them in single
file. Nutrients and oxygen move from the blood in your
capillaries into your body’s cells. Carbon dioxide and
other wastes move from your body’s cells into the blood.
A vein is a blood vessel that carries blood toward the
heart. Veins have valves to keep the blood from flowing
backward. When skeletal muscles contract, they squeeze
nearby veins and help push blood toward the heart.

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How Does Blood Flow Through Your Body?

Where does blood get the oxygen to deliver to your body?
From your lungs! Your heart contracts and pumps blood to
the lungs. In the lungs, carbon dioxide leaves the blood and
oxygen enters the blood. The oxygen-rich blood then flows
back to your heart. This circulation of blood between your
heart and lungs is called pulmonary circulation. READING CHECK
The oxygen-rich blood returning to your heart from 6. Define What is pulmonary
your lungs is then pumped to the rest of your body. The circulation?
circulation of blood between your heart and the rest of
your body is called systemic circulation. The figure
below shows how blood moves through your body.
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What Are Some Problems of the

Cardiovascular System?
Critical Thinking Problems in the cardiovascular system can affect
8. Infer How can a problem other parts of your body. Cardiovascular problems can be
in your cardiovascular system caused by smoking, too much cholesterol, stress, physical
affect the rest of your body? inactivity, or heredity. Eating a healthy diet and getting
plenty of exercise can help to keep your cardiovascular
system, and the rest of your body, healthy.
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Heart disease is the most common cause of death in
the United States. One major cause of heart disease is
atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis happens when choles-
terol and other fats build up inside blood vessels. This
buildup causes the blood vessels to become narrower
and less stretchy. When the pathway through a blood
READING CHECK vessel is blocked, blood cannot flow through.
9. Identify What is the most
common cause of death in
the United States? Artery wall
Cholesterol and
other fats can build up
TAKE A LOOK inside arteries.
10. Explain How can
too much cholesterol
cause problems in your
If there is a buildup of
cardiovascular system?
cholesterol, the artery
becomes narrower. Not as
much blood can flow through
it at a time. If the cholesterol
blocks the artery completely,
no blood can flow through.

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HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

Hypertension is high blood pressure. Hypertension
Say It
Discuss Learn about two
can make it more likely that a person will have cardio- ways to maintain healthy
vascular problems. For example, atherosclerosis may be blood pressure. In a small
caused by hypertension. group, talk about how you
can apply these ideas in
High blood pressure can also cause a stroke. A stroke your life.
happens when a blood vessel in the brain is blocked or
breaks open. Blood cannot flow through the vessel to
the brain cells. Without blood, the brain cells cannot get
oxygen, so the cells die. READING CHECK
11. Identify What is a
HEART ATTACKS AND HEART FAILURE stroke?
Hypertension can also cause heart attacks and heart
failure. A heart attack happens when heart muscle cells
do not get enough blood. Arteries that deliver oxygen
to the heart may be damaged. Without oxygen from the
arteries, heart muscle cells can be damaged. If enough
heart muscle cells are damaged, the heart may stop.
Arteries carry blood and oxygen

to the heart muscle.
If an artery is blocked,
blood and oxygen cannot
flow to part of the heart TAKE A LOOK
muscle. 12. Explain How can
blocking an artery in the
heart cause heart damage?
Without oxygen from blood, the heart
muscle can be damaged. It can become
weak or die.
Heart failure happens when the heart is too weak to

pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. Organs
may not receive enough oxygen or nutrients to function
correctly. Waste products can build up in the organs and
damage them.

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Section 1 Review NSES LS 3b
SECTION VOCABULARY
artery a blood vessel that carries blood away pulmonary circulation the flow of blood from
from the heart to the body’s organs the heart to the lungs and back to the heart
capillary a tiny blood vessel that allows an ex- through the pulmonary arteries, capillaries,
change between blood and cells in tissue and veins
cardiovascular system a collection of organs systemic circulation the flow of blood from
that transport blood throughout the body; the the heart to all parts of the body and back to
organs in this system include the heart, the the heart
arteries, and the veins vein in biology, a vessel that carries blood to
the heart
1. Identify What are the three main parts of the cardiovascular system?
2. Describe Beginning and ending in the left atrium, describe the path that blood
takes through your body and lungs.
3. Compare How is a heart attack different from heart failure?
4. Explain What is the function of valves in the heart and the veins?
5. Compare How are the arteries that lead from your heart to your lungs different
from the other arteries in your body?

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SECTION
2 Blood
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 3a, 3b
these questions:
• What is blood?
• What is blood pressure?
• What are blood types?
What Is Blood?
Your cardiovascular system is made up of your heart, STUDY TIP
your blood vessels, and blood. Blood is a connective tis- Ask Questions As you read
sue made up of plasma, red blood cells, platelets, and this section, write down the
questions that you have.
white blood cells. Blood travels in blood vessels and car- Then, discuss your questions
ries oxygen and nutrients to all parts of your body. An with a small group.
adult human has only about 5 L of blood. All the blood in
your body would not even fill up three 2-L soda bottles!
READING CHECK
1. Define What is blood?
PLASMA
The fluid part of the blood is called plasma. Plasma is
made up of water, minerals, nutrients, sugars, proteins,
and other substances.
PLATELETS
Platelets are pieces of larger cells found in bone marrow.
When you get a cut, you bleed because blood vessels have
been opened. Platelets clump together in the damaged area to
Critical Thinking
form a plug. They also give off chemicals that cause fibers to
form. The fibers and clumped platelets form a blood clot and
stop the bleeding. 2. Infer If a person does not
have enough platelets in her
blood, what will happen if
she gets a cut?
Red blood cell
Platelet Fibers

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SECTION 2 Blood continued
RED BLOOD CELLS

Math Focus Most blood cells are red blood cells, or RBCs. RBCs
3. Calculate One cubic carry oxygen to all the cells in your body. Cells need
millimeter of blood
contains 5 million RBCs and oxygen to do their jobs. Hemoglobin is the protein in
10,000 WBCs. How many red blood cells that carries the oxygen. It is what makes
times more RBCs are there RBCs look red.
than WBCs?
WHITE BLOOD CELLS

A pathogen is a virus, bacteria, or other tiny particle
that can make you sick. When pathogens get into your
body, white blood cells, or WBCs, help kill them. WBCs
can fight pathogens by:
• leaving blood vessels to destroy pathogens in tissues
• making chemicals called antibodies to help destroy
pathogens
• destroying body cells that have died or been damaged
Most WBCs are made in bone marrow. Some mature in
READING CHECK the lymphatic system.
4. Identify Where are most
white blood cells made? How Does Blood Control Body Temperature?
Your blood also helps keep your body temperature
constant. Your blood vessels can open wider or get narrower
to control how much heat is lost through your skin.
STANDARDS CHECK Blood vessels get Heat moves from the

Your body is too hot. wider. More blood blood into the air. Your
LS 3b Regulation of an
flows near the skin. body cools.
organism’s internal environment
involves sensing the internal
environment and changing
physiological activities to keep
conditions within the range
required to survive.
Blood vessels get Less heat moves from
5. Explain How do wider Your body is too cold. narrower. Less blood the blood into the air.
or narrower blood vessels flows near the skin. Your body stays warm.
help your body stay at a
constant temperature?
What Is Blood Pressure?
When your heart beats, it pushes blood out of your heart
and into your arteries. The force of the blood on the inside
walls of the arteries is called blood pressure. Blood
pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg).

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SECTION 2 Blood continued
SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC PRESSURE

Blood pressure is given by two numbers, such as
120/80. The first, or top, number is systolic pressure.
Systolic pressure is the pressure in arteries when the
ventricles contract. The rush of blood causes arteries to
bulge and produce a pulse. The second, or bottom, num-
ber is diastolic pressure. Diastolic pressure is the pres-
sure in arteries when the ventricles relax.
For adults, a blood pressure of 120/80 mm Hg or less
is healthy. High blood pressure can cause heart or kidney
damage.
What Are Blood Types?

Every person has one of four blood types: A, B, AB,
or O. Chemicals called antigens on the outside of your
RBCs determine whch blood type you have. The plasma
of different blood types may have different antibodies.
Antibodies are chemicals that react with antigens of
other blood types as if the antigens were pathogens. READING CHECK
A B AB O 6. Identify What determines
A antigen B antigen
A and B
your blood type?
antigens
A antibody
B antibody A and B antibodies
This figure shows which antigens and antibodies may be present in each
blood type.
TAKE A LOOK
IMPORTANCE OF BLOOD TYPES 7. Identify What kinds of
A person can lose blood from an injury, illness or sur- antigens are found on the
gery. To replace lost blood, a person can receive a blood RBCs of a person with type
AB blood?
transfusion. A transfusion is when a person is given
blood from another person.
However, a person cannot receive blood from just any-
one. If someone who is type A gets type B blood, the type
B antibodies can make the RBCs clump together. The
clumps can block blood vessels. A reaction to the wrong
blood type can kill you.
TAKE A LOOK
Blood type Can receive blood from: Can donate blood to: 8. Identify Which blood
type can receive blood from
A types A and O types A and AB the most other blood types?
B types B and O types B and AB
Which type can donate blood
to the most other types?
AB types A, B, AB, and O type AB only
O type O only types A, B, AB, and O

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Section 2 Review NSES LS 3a, 3b
SECTION VOCABULARY
blood the fluid that carries gases, nutrients, and blood pressure the force that blood exerts on
wastes through the body and that is made up the walls of arteries
of platelets, white blood cells, red blood cells,
and plasma
1. Identify What are two functions of white blood cells?
2. Describe Complete the table to describe the two parts of blood pressure.
Type of pressure Description Where it is found

in a blood-pressure
measurement
systolic top number
pressure in the arteries

when ventricles relax
3. List What are three functions of blood?
4. Infer Why does your face get redder when you are hot?
5. Explain Why is it important that a person with type O blood only receive a blood
transfusion from another person with type O blood?
6. Predict If a person has a disease that causes hemoglobin to break down, what can
happen to his RBCs?

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SECTION
3 The Lymphatic System

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f
these questions:
• What is the function of the lymphatic system?
• What are the parts of the lymphatic system?
What Does the Lymphatic System Do?

Every time your heart pumps, small amounts of STUDY TIP
plasma are forced out of the thin walls of the capillar- Describe Work with a
ies. What happens to this fluid? Most of it is reabsorbed partner to quiz each other
on the names and functions
into your blood through the capillaries. Some of the fluid of each structure in the
moves into your lymphatic system. lymphatic system.
The lymphatic system is the group of vessels, organs,
and tissues that collects excess fluid and returns it to the
blood. The lymphatic system also helps your body fight
pathogens.
STANDARDS CHECK
What Are the Parts of the Lymphatic System? LS 1e The human organism
has systems for digestion,
Fluid collected by the lymphatic system is carried in ves- reproduction, circulation,
sels. The smallest of these vessels are called lymph capillar- excretion, movement, control
and coordination, and protec-
ies. Larger lymph vessels are called lymphatic vessels. These tion from disease. These systems
vessels, along with bone marrow, lymph nodes, the thymus, interact with one another.
and the spleen, make up the lymphatic system. 1. Identify Relationships

How do the lymphatic and
circulatory systems work
LYMPH CAPILLARIES together?
Lymph capillaries absorb some of the fluid and particles
from between cells in the body. Some of the particles are
dead cells or pathogens. These particles are too large to
enter blood capillaries. The fluid and particles absorbed into
lymph capillaries are called lymph.
Lymph
capillaries
Vein
The white arrows

Body show how lymph
cells moves into lymph
Artery
capillaries and through
lymphatic vessels.
Lymphatic
vessel

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SECTION 3 The Lymphatic System continued
LYMPHATIC VESSELS
Lymph capillaries carry lymph into larger vessels called
lymphatic vessels. Skeletal muscles and valves help push
the lymph through the lymphatic system. Lymphatic vessels
drain the lymph into large veins in the neck. This returns the
READING CHECK fluid to the cardiovascular system.
2. Identify Where is The Lymphatic System
fluid returned to the
cardiovascular system?
Tonsil
Thymus
Spleen
Lymph
nodes
Lymphatic
vessels
TAKE A LOOK
3. Describe As you read,
write on the diagram the
function of each labelled
structure.
BONE MARROW
Bone marrow is the soft tissue inside bones that
makes red and white blood cells. Recall that platelets,
which help blood clot, are made in marrow. White blood
READING CHECK cells called lymphocytes are part of the lymphatic system.
4. Identify What is the They help fight infection. Killer T cell lymphocytes sur-
function of bone marrow?
round and destroy pathogens. B cell lymphocytes make
antibodies that cause pathogens to stick together. This
marks them for destruction.
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SECTION 3 The Lymphatic System continued
LYMPH NODES
As lymph travels through lymphatic vessels, it passes
through lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are small masses of tis- Critical Thinking
sue that remove pathogens and dead cells from the lymph. 5. Infer Sometimes you can
When bacteria or other pathogens cause an infection, white easily feel your lymph nodes
blood cells multiply and fill the lymph nodes. This may cause when they are swollen. If you
had swollen lymph nodes,
lymph nodes to become swollen and painful. what could you infer?
THYMUS
T cells are made in the bone marrow. Before these
cells are ready to fight infections, however, they develop
further in the thymus gland. The thymus is located just
above the heart. Mature T cells leave the thymus and
travel through the lymphatic system.
SPLEEN
The spleen is the largest lymphatic organ. It stores lym-
phocytes and fights infection. It is a purplish organ located
in the upper left side of the abdomen. As blood flows
through the spleen, lymphocytes attack or mark pathogens
in the blood. The spleen may release lymphocytes into the
bloodstream when there is an infection. The spleen also
monitors, stores, and destroys old blood cells. READING CHECK
6. List Name three functions
TONSILS of the spleen.
The tonsils are lymphatic tissue at the back of the
mouth. Tonsils help defend the body against infection
by trapping pathogens. Sometimes, however, tonsils can
become infected. Infected tonsils may be red, swollen,
and sore. They may be covered with patches of white,
infected tissue and make swallowing difficult. Tonsils
may be removed if there are frequent, severe tonsil
infections that make breathing difficult.
Inflamed
tonsils
Tonsils help protect your

throat and lungs from
infection by trapping
pathogens.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
lymph the fluid that is collected by the lymphatic spleen the largest lymphatic organ in the body;
vessels and nodes serves as a blood reservoir, disintegrates old
lymph node an organ that filters lymph and that red blood cells, and produces lymphocytes and
is found along the lymphatic vessels plasmids
lymphatic system a collection of organs whose thymus the main gland of the lymphatic system;
primary function is to collect extracellular it releases mature T lymphocytes
fluid and return it to the blood; the organs tonsils organs that are small, rounded masses of
in this system include lymph nodes and the lymphatic tissue located in the pharynx and in
lymphatic vessels the passage from the mouth to the pharynx
1. Describe How does the lymphatic system fight infection?
2. Summarize Complete the Process Chart below to show how fluid travels between
the cardiovascular system and the lymphatic system.
Plasma is pushed out of capillaries.
3. List What are three things that can be found in lymph?
4. Analyze Why is it important that lymphatic tissue is spread throughout the body?

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SECTION
4 The Respiratory System

BEFORE YOU READ
these questions:
• What is the respiratory system?
• What are some respiratory disorders?
What Is the Respiratory System?

Breathing: you do it all the time. You’re doing it right STUDY TIP
now. You probably don’t think about it unless you can’t Compare Make a chart
showing the features of the
breathe. Then, it becomes very clear that you have to
different parts of the respira-
breathe in order to live. Why is breathing important? tory system.
Breathing helps your body get oxygen. Your body needs
oxygen in order to get energy from the foods you eat.
The words breathing and respiration are often used to
mean the same thing. However, breathing is only one part
of respiration. Respiration is the way the body gains and
uses oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide. READING CHECK
Respiration is divided into two parts. The first part 1. Define What is
involves inhaling and exhaling, or breathing. The second respiration?
part is cellular respiration. Cellular respiration involves
the chemical reactions that let you get energy from food.
The respiratory system is the group of organs and
structures that take in oxygen and get rid of carbon diox-
ide. The nose, throat, lungs, and passageways that lead to
the lungs make up the respiratory system.
Parts of the Respiratory System
Nose
Pharynx
Larynx
Trachea
Bronchus Lung
TAKE A LOOK
2. List What are the parts of
the respiratory system?
Diaphragm

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SECTION 4 The Respiratory System continued
THE NOSE, PHARYNX, LARYNX, AND TRACHEA

Your nose is the main passageway into and out of the
respiratory system. You breathe air in through your nose.
You also breathe air out of your nose. Air can also enter
READING CHECK and leave through your mouth.
3. Describe What is the From the nose or mouth, air flows through the
main function of the nose? pharynx, or throat. Food and drink also move through
the pharynx on the way to the stomach. The pharynx
branches into two tubes. One tube, the esophagus, leads
to the stomach. The other tube leads to the lungs. The
larynx sits at the start of this tube.
The larynx is the part of the throat that contains the
vocal cords. The vocal cords are bands of tissue that
stretch across the larynx. Muscles connected to the lar-
ynx control how much the vocal cords are stretched.
When air flows between the vocal cords, the cords
vibrate. These vibrations make sound.
The larynx guards the entrance to a large tube called
the trachea, or windpipe. The trachea is the passageway
READING CHECK for air traveling from the larynx to the lungs.
trachea? THE BRONCHI AND ALVEOLI
Inside your chest, the trachea splits into two branches
called bronchi (singular, bronchus). One bronchus con-
nects to each lung. Each bronchus branches into smaller
and smaller tubes. These branches form a smaller series
of airways called bronchioles. In the lungs, each bron-
chiole branches to form tiny sacs that are called alveoli
(singular, alveolus).
Inside your lungs, the bronchi branch into bronchioles.
Trachea
Lung
Bronchus Bronchiole
Alveoli
TAKE A LOOK
5. Infer Which do you have Capillary
the most of in your lungs:
bronchi, bronchioles, or
alveoli?
The bronchioles branch into tiny sacs called alveoli. Gases can
move between the alveoli and the blood that is in the capillaries.

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SECTION 4 The Respiratory System continued
How Does Breathing Work?

Your lungs have no muscles of their own. Instead, Critical Thinking
your diaphragm and rib muscles do the work that helps 6. Predict Consequences
you breathe. The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle What would happen to a
person whose diaphragm
underneath the lungs. When the diaphragm contracts and could not contract?
moves down, you inhale. At the same time, some of your
rib muscles contract and lift your rib cage. The volume of
your chest gets larger. As a result, air is sucked in.
Exhaling is this process in reverse. Your diaphragm
relaxes, your rib muscles relax, and air moves out.
BREATHING AND CELLULAR RESPIRATION

In cellular respiration, cells use oxygen to release the
energy that is stored in molecules of a sugar. This sugar is
called glucose. When cells break down glucose, they give
off carbon dioxide.
Oxygen moves into your blood. Your red blood cells

carry the oxygen to other parts of your body.
TAKE A LOOK
Alveoli 7. Explain How does oxygen
Blood
gas get from the air into the
CO2 enters the blood. The blood Carbon dioxide gas can
carries the carbon dioxide back move from your blood into cells in your body?
to the lungs. your lungs to be exhaled.
Capillary
When you breathe in, air enters your lungs. The

air contains oxygen gas. When you breathe out,
Tissues and cells pick up O2 from the air moves out of your lungs. The air carries carbon
blood. dioxide out of your body.
What Are Some Respiratory Disorders?

People who have respiratory disorders have trouble get-
ting the oxygen they need. Their cells cannot release all the
energy they need from the food they eat. Therefore, these
people may feel tired all the time. They may also have prob-
lems getting rid of carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide can
build up in their cells and make them sick.
Respiratory Disorder What it is
Asthma A disorder that causes bronchioles
to narrow, making it hard to breathe.
Emphysema A disorder caused when alveoli are
damaged.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome A disorder caused by a virus that
(SARS) makes it hard to breathe.

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Section 4 Review
SECTION VOCABULARY
alveolus any of the tiny air sacs of the lungs respiration the exchange of oxygen and carbon di-
where oxygen and carbon dioxide are oxide between living cells and their environment;
exchanged includes breathing and cellular respiration
bronchus one of the two tubes that connect the respiratory system a collection of organs
lungs with the trachea whose primary function is to take in oxygen
larynx the area of the throat that contains the and expel carbon dioxide; the organs of this
vocal cords and produces vocal sounds system include the lungs, the throat, and the
passageways that lead to the lungs
pharynx in flatworms, the muscular tube that
leads from the mouth to the gastrovascualr trachea in insects, myriapods, and spiders, one
cavity; in animals with a digestive tract, the of the network of air tubes; in vertebrates, the
passage from the mouth to the larynx and tube that connects the larynx to the lungs
esophagus
1. List What are three respiratory disorders?
2. Define What is cellular respiration?
3. Compare How is respiration different from breathing?
4. Explain The nose is the main way for air to get into and out of your body. How
can a person still breathe if his or her nose is blocked?
5. Describe How do vocal cords produce sound?
6. Explain What are two ways that a respiratory disorder can make a person sick?

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SECTION
1 The Digestive System

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 1e, 1f, 3b
these questions:
• What are the parts of the digestive system?
• How does each part of the digestive system work?
What Are the Parts of the Digestive System?

The digestive system is a group of organs that break STUDY TIP
down, or digest, food so your body can get nutrients. The Organize As you read, make
main organs of the digestive system make one long tube combination notes about
each digestive organ. Write
through the body. This tube is called the digestive tract. the function of the organ in
The digestive tract includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, the left column of the notes.
stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. Draw or describe the struc-
ture in the right column.
The digestive system has several organs that are not
part of the digestive tract. The liver, gallbladder, pancreas,
and salivary glands add materials to the digestive tract to
help break down food. However, food does not go into
these organs. READING CHECK
The Digestive System 1. Identify What is the
name of the tube that food
Salivary glands passes through?
Teeth
Pharynx
Mouth Esophagus
Stomach
Liver
Gallbladder
Pancreas
Small intestine
Large intestine Rectum

Anus
TAKE A LOOK
2. Color Use a colored
pencil to shade all of the
digestive organs that food
passes through.
Interactive Textbook 383 The Digestive and Urinary Systems
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SECTION 1 The Digestive System continued
How Is Food Broken Down?

STANDARDS CHECK The sandwich you eat for lunch has to be broken into
LS 1e The human organism has tiny pieces to be absorbed into your blood. First, food is
systems for digestion, respiration, crushed and mashed into smaller pieces. This is called
reproduction, circulation,
excretion, movement, control and mechanical digestion. However, the food is still too large
coordination, and protection from
disease. These systems interact
to enter your blood. Next, the small pieces of food are
with one another. broken into their chemical parts, or molecules. This is
3. Infer How does the
called chemical digestion. The molecules can now be
circulatory system work taken in and used by the body’s cells.
with the digestive system? Most food is made up of three types of nutrients:
carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. The digestive system
uses proteins called enzymes to break your food into
molecules. Enzymes act as chemical scissors to cut food
into smaller particles that the body can use.
What Happens to Food in the Mouth

and Stomach?
MOUTH
Digestion begins in the mouth where food is chewed.
Critical Thinking You use your teeth to mash and grind food. Chewing
4. Infer Why do you think creates small, slippery pieces of food that are easy to
you should chew your food swallow. As you chew, the food mixes with a liquid called
well before you swallow it? saliva. Saliva is made in salivary glands in the mouth.
Saliva has enzymes that start breaking down starches
into simple sugars.
Canine Premolars
Incisors
Molars
Most adults have 32 permanent
teeth. Each type of permanent
tooth has a different role in
breaking up food.
Math Focus
5. Compute Ratios Young
children get a first set of
20 teeth called baby teeth.
These teeth usually fall out ESOPHAGUS
and are replaced by 32 Once the food has been chewed to a soft mush, it can be
permanent teeth. What is
the ratio of baby teeth to swallowed. The tongue pushes the food into the pharynx.
permanent teeth? The pharynx is the part of the throat that makes food go to
the esophagus and air go to the lungs. The esophagus is a
long, straight tube that leads from the pharynx to the stom-
ach. Muscle contractions, called peristalsis, squeeze food in
the esophagus down to the stomach.
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STOMACH
The stomach is a muscular, saclike organ. The stomach
uses its muscles to continue mechanical digestion. It squeezes
and mashes food into smaller and smaller pieces.
The stomach also has glands that make enzymes and
acid. These chemicals help break down food into nutri-
ents. Stomach acid also kills most bacteria in the food.
After a few hours of chemical and mechanical digestion,
the food is a soupy mixture called chyme. READING CHECK
The stomach squeezes and mixes food for 6. Identify What kinds
hours before it releases the mixture into the of digestion occur in the
small intestine. stomach?
Esophagus
Stomach
Part of small intestine
What Happens to Food in the Small and

Large Intestines?
Most chemical digestion takes place after food leaves
the stomach. Chyme slowly leaves the stomach and
enters the small intestine. The pancreas, liver, and gall-
bladder add enzymes and other fluids to the small intes-
tine to help finish digestion. The large intestine absorbs
water and gets rid of waste.
PANCREAS
The pancreas is an organ located between the stom-
ach and small intestine. Food does not enter the pancreas.
Instead, the pancreas makes a fluid that flows into the small
intestine. The chart below shows the chemicals that make up
this pancreatic fluid, and the function of each.
TAKE A LOOK
7. Identify What is the role of
Chemical in pancreatic fluid Function enzymes in pancreatic fluid?
sodium bicarbonate to protect the small intestine from
acid in the chyme
enzymes to chemically digest chyme
hormones to control blood sugar levels

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LIVER
The liver is a large, reddish brown organ found on the
right side of the body under the ribs. The liver helps with
digestion in the following ways.
• It makes bile.
• It stores extra nutrients.
• It breaks down toxins, such as alcohol.
GALLBLADDER
Bile is made in the liver, and stored in a small, saclike
organ called the gallbladder. The gallbladder squeezes
bile into the small intestine when there is food to digest.
Bile breaks fat into very small droplets so that enzymes
READING CHECK can digest it.
8. Identify What is the The liver, gall bladder, and pancreas are linked to the small intestine.
function of bile? However, food does not pass through these organs.
Liver Stomach
Gallbladder
TAKE A LOOK
9. Identify Which organs in
this diagram does food pass Part of the
through? small intestine
Pancreas
SMALL INTESTINE
The small intestine is a long, thin, muscular tube
where nutrients are absorbed. If you stretched out your
small intestine, it would be much longer than you are
tall—about 6 m! If you flattened out the surfaces of the
small intestine, it would be larger than a tennis court.
READING CHECK
The inside wall of the small intestine is covered with
10. Explain Why is a large
surface area in the small
many small folds. The folds are covered with cells called
intestine important? villi. Villi absorb nutrients. The large number of folds
and villi increase the surface area of the small intestine.
A large surface area helps the body get as many nutrients
from food as possible.

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The inside of the small intestine is folded.

The folds are covered with finger-like
structures called villi.
TAKE A LOOK
11. Explain How do
nutrients get into the
bloodstream?
Villi are covered
with cells that
absorb nutrients and
pass them to the
bloodstream.
Most nutrient molecules are taken into the blood from

the small intestine. However, the body can’t use every-
thing you eat. The soupy mixture of water and food that
cannot be absorbed moves into the large intestine.
LARGE INTESTINE
The large intestine is the last part of the digestive
tract. It stores, compacts, and rids the body of waste.
The large intestine is wider than the small intestine, but
shorter. It takes most of the water out of the mixture
from the small intestine. By removing water, the large
intestine changes the liquid into mostly solid waste called
feces, or stool.
The rectum is the last part of the large intestine. The
rectum stores feces until your body can get rid of them.
Feces leave the body through an opening called the anus.
It takes about 24 hours for food to make the trip from Say It
your mouth to the end of the large intestine. Name With a partner, name
You can help keep your digestive system healthy by as many foods as you can
that are sources of fiber.
eating whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. These foods
contain a carbohydrate called cellulose, or fiber. Humans
cannot digest fiber. However, fiber keeps the stool soft and
keeps materials moving well through the large intestine.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
digestive system the organs that break down pancreas the organ that lies behind the stomach
food so that it can be used by the body and that makes digestive enzymes and hor-
esophagus a long, straight tube that connects mones that regulate sugar levels
the pharynx to the stomach small intestine the organ between the stom-
gallbladder a sac-shaped organ that stores bile ach and the large intestine where most of the
produced by the liver breakdown of food happens and most of the
nutrients from food are absorbed
large intestine the wider and shorter portion of
the intestine that removes water from mostly stomach the saclike, digestive organ between
digested food and that turns the waste into the esophagus and the small intestine and that
semisolid feces, or stool breaks down food by the action of muscles,
enzymes, and acids
liver the largest organ in the body; it makes
bile, stores and filters blood, and stores excess
sugars as glycogen
1. List What organs in the digestive system are not part of the digestive tract?
2. Describe What is the function of saliva?
3. Compare How is chemical digestion different from mechanical digestion?
4. List Name three places in the digestive tract where chemical digestion takes place.
5. Explain How does the structure of the small intestine help it absorb nutrients?
6. Apply Concepts How would digestion change if the liver didn’t make bile?

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SECTION
2 The Urinary System

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 3a, 3b
these questions:
• What is the function of the urinary system?
• How do the kidneys filter the blood?
• What are common problems with the urinary system?
What Does the Urinary System Do?

As your cells break down food for energy, they STUDY TIP
produce waste. Your body must get rid of this waste or it Underline As you read,
could poison you! As blood moves through the body and underline any unfamiliar
words. Use the glossary or a
drops off oxygen, it picks up the waste from cells. The dictionary to find out what
urinary system is made of organs that take wastes from these words mean. Write the
the blood and send them out of the body. definitions in the margins of
The chart below describes the main organs of the the text.
urinary system.
Organ What it looks like Function

Kidneys a pair of organs to clean the blood and
produce urine
Ureters pair of thin tubes to carry urine from the
leading from the kidneys to the bladder
kidneys to the bladder
Urinary bladder a sac to store urine TAKE A LOOK
1. Identify Which organs
Urethra tube leading from the to carry urine out of
bladder to outside your the body clean the blood?
body
The Urinary System
Kidney
Urinary bladder
TAKE A LOOK
2. Identify Use the chart
above to help you label the
organs of the urinary system.

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SECTION 2 The Urinary System continued
How Do the Kidneys Clean the Blood?

The kidneys are a pair of organs that clean the blood.
Math Focus Each kidney is made of many small filters called nephrons.
3. Calculate Your kidneys Nephrons remove waste from the blood. One of the most
filter about 2,000 L of blood
each day. Your body has important substances that nephrons remove is urea. Urea
about 5.6 L of blood. About is formed when your cells use protein for energy. The figure
how many times does your below shows how kidneys clean the blood.
blood cycle through your
kidneys each day? How the Kidneys Filter Blood
1 Blood enters the kidney through an artery and
moves into nephrons.
2 Water, sugar, salts, urea, and other waste products

move out of the blood and into the nephron.
3 The nephron returns most of the water and

nutrients to the blood. The wastes are left in
the nephron.
4 The cleaned blood leaves the kidney and goes

back to the body.
5 The waste left in the nephron is a yellow fluid

called urine. Urine leaves the kidneys through
tubes called ureters.
6 The urine is stored in the bladder. Urine leaves

the body through the urethra.
Nephron
Artery
Unfiltered
blood
Filtered
TAKE A LOOK blood
Vein
to blood after it is cleaned in
the kidneys?
Ureter

carry urine from the kidneys?
Urine

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SECTION 2 The Urinary System continued
How Does the Urinary System Control Water?

You lose water every day in sweat and urine, and you
replace water when you drink. You need to get rid of as
much water as you drink. If you don’t, your body will
swell up. Chemical messengers called hormones help
control this balance.
One of these hormones is called antidiuretic hormone
(ADH). ADH keeps your body from losing too much
water. When there is not much water in your blood, ADH
tells the nephrons to put water back in the blood. The
body then makes less urine. If there is too much water in Critical Thinking
your blood, your body releases less ADH. 6. Infer What do you think
happens when your body
releases less ADH?
Drinking water when you exercise helps replace the

water you lose when you sweat.
Some drinks contain caffeine, which is a diuretic.

Diuretics cause kidneys to make more urine. This means that
a drink with caffeine can actually cause you to lose water.
What Problems Can Happen in the

Urinary System?
The chart below shows some common problems of the
urinary system.
Problem Description Treatment

Bacterial infections Bacteria can infect Antibiotics
the urinary system
and cause pain or
permanent damage.
Kidney stones Wastes can be trapped Most can pass out of TAKE A LOOK
in the kidney and form the body on their own. 7. Explain What problems
small stones. They can Some may need to be do kidney stones cause?
stop urine flow and removed by a doctor.
cause pain.
Kidney disease Damage to the A kidney machine can
nephrons can stop the be used to filter the
kidneys from working. blood.

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Section 2 Review NSES LS 1a, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 3a, 3b
SECTION VOCABULARY
kidney one of the pair of organs that filter water urinary system the organs that make, store, and
and wastes from the blood and that excrete eliminate urine.
products as urine
nephron the unit in the kidney that filters blood
1. List What are the main organs that make up the urinary system?
2. Summarize Complete the process chart to show how blood is filtered.
a. Water is put back in the blood.
b. Blood goes into the kidney.
c. Water and waste go into the nephron.
d. Nephrons separate water and waste.
3. Apply Concepts Which of the following has more water: the blood going into the
kidney, or the blood leaving it? Explain your answer.
4. Explain How does the urinary system control the amount of water in the body?
5. Infer Is it a good idea to drink beverages with caffeine when you are exercising?

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SECTION
1 The Nervous System

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 1e, 3b, 3c
these questions:
• What does the nervous system do?
• What is the structure of the nervous system?
What Are the Two Main Parts of the

Nervous System?
What is one thing that you have done today that did STUDY TIP
not involve your nervous system? This is a trick question! Organize As you read, make
Your nervous system controls almost everything you do. a chart that describes differ-
ent structures in the nervous
The nervous system has two basic functions. First, it system.
collects information and decides what the information
means. This information comes from inside your body
and from the world outside your body. Second, the ner-
vous system responds to the information it has collected.
The nervous system has two parts: the central nervous
system and the peripheral nervous system. The central
nervous system (CNS) includes the brain and the spinal
cord. The CNS takes in and responds to information from
the peripheral nervous system. READING CHECK
The peripheral nervous system (PNS) includes all 1. Identify What are the two
the parts of the nervous system except the brain and the main parts of the nervous
spinal cord. The PNS connects all parts of the body to the system?
CNS. Special structures called nerves in the PNS carry
information between the body and the CNS.
Part of the nervous What it includes What it does

system
Central nervous system takes in and responds

(CNS) to messages from the
PNS
Peripheral nervous
system (PNS) TAKE A LOOK
2. Summarize Complete the
chart to describe the main
parts of the nervous system.

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SECTION 1 The Nervous System continued
How Does Information Move Through the

Math Focus Nervous System?
3. Calculate To calculate Special cells called neurons carry the information
how long an impulse takes
to travel a certain distance, that travels through your nervous system. Neurons carry
you can use the following information in the form of electrical energy. These electri-
equation: cal messages are called impulses. Impulses may travel up
distance
time ________ to 150 m/s!
speed
Like any other cell in your body, a neuron has a
If an impulse travels 100 m/s,
about how long will it take the
nucleus and organelles. The nucleus and organelles are
impulse to travel 10 meters? found in the cell body of the neuron. However, neurons
also have structures called dendrites and axons that are
not found in other kinds of cells.
Dendrites are parts of the neuron that branch from the
cell body. Most dendrites are very short compared to the
rest of the neuron. A single neuron may have many den-
drites. Dendrites bring messages from other cells to the
cell body.
Axons are longer than dendrites. Some axons can be
as long as 1 m! Axons carry information away from the
cell body to other cells. The end of an axon is called an
axon terminal.
Impulses travel from the
cell body to the axons.
The axons carry the
impulses to other cells.
Nucleus
Cell body
Axon
terminal
Axon
TAKE A LOOK
se
ul
mp
Dendrite of i
4. Identify Add an arrow to Direction
the diagram that shows the Impulses travel from

dendrites to the cell
direction of impulses at the body.
dendrites.
SENSORY NEURONS
Some neurons are sensory neurons. Sensory neurons
carry information about what is happening in and around
Say It your body. Some sensory neurons are called receptors.

Receptors can detect changes inside and outside your
Identify In a small group, body. For example, receptors in your eyes can sense
discuss what you think sensory
receptors in your eyes, nose, light. Sensory neurons carry information from the
ears, and finger tips respond to. receptors to the CNS.

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MOTOR NEURONS
Motor neurons carry impulses from the CNS to other
parts of your body. Most motor neurons carry impulses to
muscle cells. When muscles cells receive impulses from
motor neurons, the muscle cells contract. Some motor
neurons carry impulses to glands, such as sweat glands. STANDARDS CHECK
These messages tell sweat glands when to make sweat. LS 1d Specialized cells perform
specialized functions in multi-
cellular organisms. Groups of
specialized cells cooperate to
NERVES form a tissue, such as a muscle.
In many parts of your body, groups of axons are wrapped Different tissues are in turn
grouped together and form larg-
together with blood vessels and connective tissue to form er functional units called organs.
bundles. These bundles are called nerves. Your central ner- Each type of cell, tissue, and
organ has a distinct structure
vous system is connected to the rest of your body by nerves. and set of functions that serve
Nerves are found everywhere in your PNS. Most the organism as a whole.
nerves contain axons from both sensory neurons and Word Help: structure
motor neurons. Many nerves carry impulses from your a whole that is built or put
CNS to your PNS. Other nerves carry impulses from your together from parts
PNS to your CNS. Word Help: function
use or purpose
5. Predict What would

happen if your nerves
An impulse from the brain travels down the stopped working?
spinal cord. Then, it travels along the axon
Spinal cord
of a motor neuron inside a nerve. The axon
connects to a muscle. The impulse makes
the muscle contract.
Axon
terminal
Muscle
fiber Axon
Nerve
What Are the Parts of the Peripheral

READING CHECK
Nervous System?
Recall that the PNS connects the CNS to the rest of
two main groups of motor
the body. Sensory neurons and motor neurons are both neurons in the PNS?
found in the PNS. Sensory neurons carry information to
the CNS. Motor neurons carry information from the CNS
to the PNS. The motor neurons in the PNS make up two
groups: the somatic nervous system and the autonomic
nervous system.
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Peripheral
nervous
system
Autonomic Somatic
nervous nervous
system system
THE SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

The somatic nervous system is made up of motor neu-
rons that you can control. These neurons are connected
Critical Thinking to skeletal muscles. They control voluntary movements,
7. Explain How does eating or movements that you have to think about. These move-
a piece of pizza involve both ments include walking, writing, and talking.
the somatic and autonomic
nervous systems?
THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
The autonomic nervous system controls body func-
tions that you do not have to think about. These include
digestion and the beating of your heart. The main job of
the autonomic nervous system is to keep all of the body’s
functions in balance.
The autonomic nervous system has two divisions: the
sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic
nervous system. These two divisions work together to
maintain a stable state inside your body. This stable state
is called homeostasis. The table below shows how the
sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems work
READING CHECK together.
Effect of
divisions of the autonomic Effect of sympathetic parasympathetic
nervous system? Organ nervous system nervous system
Eye makes pupils larger to returns pupils to
let in more light normal size
Heart raises heart rate to lowers heart rate to
increase blood flow decrease blood flow
Lungs makes bronchioles returns bronchioles to
larger to get more normal size
oxygen into the blood
Blood vessels makes blood vessels has little or no effect
smaller to increase
blood pressure
Intestines reduces blood flow to returns digestion to
stomach and intestines normal pace
to slow digestion

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What Are the Parts of the Central

Nervous System?
The central nervous system receives information from
sensory neurons. It responds by sending messages to the
body through motor neurons. The CNS is made of two
important organs: the brain and the spinal cord.
The brain is the control center of the nervous system.
It is also the largest organ in the nervous system. Many
processes that the brain controls are involuntary. However,
the brain also controls many voluntary processes. The
brain has three main parts: the cerebrum, the cerebellum,
and the medulla. Each part of the brain has its own job.
THE CEREBRUM
The cerebrum is the largest part of your brain. This
dome-shaped area is where you think and where most
memories are kept. The cerebrum controls voluntary
movements. It also lets you sense touch, light, sound,
odors, tastes, pain, heat, and cold. READING CHECK
The cerebrum is made up of two halves called 9. Identify What kind
hemispheres. The left hemisphere controls most of movements does the
movements on the right side of the body. The right cerebrum control?
hemisphere controls most movements on the left side of
the body. The two hemispheres also control different types
of activities, as shown in the figure below. However, most
brain activities use both hemispheres.
TAKE A LOOK
10. Explain Which hemi-
sphere of your brain are you
The left hemisphere mainly controls The right hemisphere mainly con-
activities such as speaking, reading, trols activities such as processing
mainly using as you read this
writing, and solving problems. music and interpreting emotions. book? Explain your answer.
Top of
Brain

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THE CEREBELLUM
The cerebellum is found beneath the cerebrum. The
cerebellum receives and processes information from your
body, such as from your skeletal muscles and joints. This
information lets the brain keep track of your body’s position.
For example, your cerebellum lets you know when you are
upside-down. Your cerebellum also sends messages to your
READING CHECK muscles to help you keep your balance.
functions of the cerebellum? THE MEDULLA
The medulla is the part of your brain that connects to
your spinal cord. It is only about 3 cm long, but you can-
not live without it. It controls involuntary processes, such
as breathing and regulating heart rate.
Your medulla is always receiving sensory impulses
from receptors in your blood vessels. It uses this infor-
mation to control your blood pressure. If your blood
pressure gets too low, your medulla sends impulses that
cause blood vessels to tighten. This makes your blood
pressure rise. The medulla also sends impulses to the
heart to make it beat faster or slower.
Movement
Touch
Speech
Cerebrum
Taste
TAKE A LOOK Hearing

Vision
12. Identify Which part of
the brain controls breathing?
Smell Cerebellum
Breathing
13. Identify Which part of
the brain senses smells? Heart Medulla
rate

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THE SPINAL CORD

Your spinal cord is part of your central nervous sys-
tem. It is made up of neurons and bundles of axons that
send impulses to and from the brain. The spinal cord is
surrounded by bones called vertebrae (singular, vertebra)
to protect it.
The axons in your spinal cord let your brain communicate Critical Thinking
with your PNS. The axons of sensory neurons carry impulses 14. Explain What is one
from your skin and muscles to your spinal cord. The way your nervous system
impulses travel through the spinal cord to your brain. and skeletal system work
together?
The brain then processes the impulses and sends signals
back through the spinal cord. The impulses travel from
the spinal cord to motor neurons. The axons of motor
neurons carry the signals to your body.
Spinal cord
Vertebra
Motor
information
Sensory
information
The spinal cord carries information to

and from the brain. Vertebrae protect
the spinal cord.
SPINAL CORD INJURIES

A spinal cord injury may block the messages to and
from the brain. For example, a spinal cord injury might
block signals to and from the feet and legs. People with READING CHECK
such an injury cannot sense pain, touch, or temperature in 15. Identify How can you
help prevent spinal cord
their feet or legs. They may not be able to move their legs. injuries while playing sports?
Each year, thousands of people are paralyzed by spinal
cord injuries. Most spinal cord injuries in young people
happen during sports. You can help prevent such injuries
by using proper safety equipment.

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Section 1 Review NSES LS 1a, 1d, 1e, 3b, 3c
SECTION VOCABULARY
brain the mass of nerve tissue that is the main neuron a nerve cell that is specialized to receive
control center of the nervous system and conduct electrical impulses
central nervous system the brain and the peripheral nervous system all of the parts of
spinal cord the nervous system except for the brain and
nerve a collection of nerve fibers through which the spinal cord
impulses travel between the central nervous
system and other parts of the body
1. Compare How do the functions of the CNS and the PNS differ?
2. Summarize Complete the diagram below to show the structure of the nervous
system.
The Nervous System
Somatic
nervous system
Sympathetic
nervous system
3. Compare How do the functions of dendrites and axons differ?
4. Explain What can happen to someone with a spinal cord injury?

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SECTION
2 Responding to the Environment

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 1e, 3a
these questions:
• How do the integumentary system and nervous
system work together?
• What is a feedback mechanism?
• How do your five senses work?
How Does Your Sense of Touch Work?

When a friend taps you on the shoulder or when you feel STUDY TIP
a breeze, how does your brain know what has happened? List As you read, make a list
Receptors throughout your body gather information about of the five senses. In your list,
include the type of receptors
the environment and send this information to your brain. used by those senses.
You skin is part of the integumentary system. The
integumentary system is an organ system that protects
the body. This system also includes hair and nails. Your
skin is the main organ that helps you sense touch. It has
many different sensory receptors that are part of the ner-
vous system. Each kind of receptor responds mainly to
one kind of stimulation. For example, thermoreceptors
respond to temperature changes.
Sensory receptors detect a stimulus and create
impulses. These impulses travel to your brain. In your
brain, the impulses produce a sensation. A sensation is
the awareness of a stimulus.
Pressure,
Light touch pain, and
and vibration heat
Pressure
Light Sweat
touch gland
TAKE A LOOK
Deep pressure 1. List What are three types
and vibration of sensations that your skin
Blood vessels can detect?
Your skin is made of several layers of tissues and contains

many structures. Different kinds of receptors in your skin can
sense different things.

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SECTION 2 Responding to the Environment continued
REFLEXES
When you step on something sharp, pain receptors
in your foot send messages to your spinal cord. The
Say It spinal cord sends a message back to move your foot. This
Discuss With a partner, immediate reaction that you can’t control is a reflex.
name some other examples Messages that cause reflexes do not travel all the way to
of reflexes. What part of the
body is involved? When does your brain. If you had to wait for your brain to act, you
the reflex happen? How does could be badly hurt.
the reflex protect your body?
FEEDBACK MECHANISMS
Most of the time, the brain decides what to do with
the messages from the skin receptors. Your brain helps to
control many of your body’s functions by using feedback
mechanisms. A feedback mechanism is a cycle of events
in which one step controls or affects another step. In the
example below, your brain senses a change in temperature.
READING CHECK It tells your sweat glands and blood vessels to react.
2. Complete Feedback
On a hot day, heat receptors in your
mechanisms in your nervous skin detect a change in temperature.
system are controlled by the
.
Your brain sends messages to your sweat glands
to make sweat, and it tells blood vessels to expand.
Sweat glands Blood vessels

make sweat expand.
Heat leaves
Your body cools.
the blood.
Receptors in skin detect that the body has gotten cooler.
Your brain sends messages to tell sweat glands to stop

making sweat and to tell blood vessels to constrict.
How Does Your Sense of Sight Work?

Sight is the sense that lets you know the size, shape,
motion, and color of objects. Light bounces off an object
and enters your eyes. Your eyes send impulses to the
brain that produce the sensation of sight.

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lig Retina
h ite
W
Cornea
Ora
nge Iris
ligh
t
Optic
nerve
Pupil
TAKE A LOOK
Lens 3. Apply Concepts Why do
strawberries look red?
Carrots look orange because
they reflect orange light.
Eyes are complex sensory organs. A clear membrane

called the cornea protects the eye but lets light through. Light
enters an opening called the pupil. The light then travels
through the lens and hits the retina at the back of the eye.
The retina contains neurons called photoreceptors
that sense light. When light hits a photoreceptor, it sends
electrical impulses to the brain. The brain interprets
these impulses as light.
The retina has two kinds of photoreceptors: rods and
cones. Rods are very sensitive to dim light. They are
important for night vision and for seeing in black and
white. Cones are very sensitive to bright light. They let
you see colors and fine details. READING CHECK
The impulses from rods and cones travel along axons. The 4. Identify What are the two
axons form the optic nerve that carries the impulses to your kinds of photoreceptors in
brain. the retina?
REACTING TO LIGHT
Your pupil looks like a black dot in the center of your
eye. Actually, it is an opening that lets light enter the eye.
Around the pupil is a ring of muscle called the iris. The
iris controls how much light enters your eye. It also gives READING CHECK
your eye its color. 5. Identify What is the
function of the iris?
In bright light the iris In dim light the iris relaxes.

contracts. This makes This makes the pupil dilate,
the pupil smaller. or get larger

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FOCUSING LIGHT
The lens focuses light onto the retina. The lens is an
oval-shaped piece of clear, curved material behind the iris.
Muscles in the eye change the shape of the lens to focus
light on the retina. When you look at something that is close
to your eye, the lens becomes more curved. When you look
READING CHECK at objects that are far away, the lens gets flatter.
function of the lens? How Does Your Sense of Hearing Work?
Sound is produced when something vibrates. A drum,
for example, vibrates when you hit it. Vibrations produce
waves of sound energy. Hearing is the sense that lets you
experience sound energy.
Ears are the organs used for hearing. The ear has three
main parts: the inner ear, middle ear, and outer ear. The
chart below shows the structures and functions of each.
Part of ear Main structures Function

Outer ear ear canal funnels sound waves into
the middle ear
Middle ear eardrum; three ear bones sends vibrations to the
inner ear
Inner ear cochlea and auditory nerve sends impulses to the brain
Cochlear nerve
Ear canal
Cochlea
Ear bones
Eardrum
Sound waves
TAKE A LOOK
7. Identify Use colored
A sound wave travels through the air into the outer ear.
pencils to color the outer ear The wave produces vibrations in the middle ear and inner
blue, the middle ear green, ear. These vibrations produce impulses in the cochlear
and the inner ear red. nerve that travel to the brain

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SENDING SOUND ENERGY TO YOUR BRAIN

Sound waves create vibrations throughout your ear
that your brain can interpret as sound. The outer ear fun-
nels sound waves to the middle ear. Sound waves hit the
eardrum and make it vibrate. These vibrations make tiny
ear bones vibrate. One of these bones vibrates against the
cochlea, an organ filled with fluid. The vibrations make
waves in the fluid. This causes neurons in the cochlea to
send impulses along the auditory nerve to the brain. READING CHECK
8. Explain What does your
How Does Your Sense of Taste Work? brain interpret as sound?
Taste is the sense that lets you detect chemicals and tell
one flavor from another flavor. Your tongue is covered with
tiny bumps called papillae (singular, papilla) that contain
taste buds. Taste buds have receptors called taste cells that
respond to dissolved food molecules in your mouth. Taste
cells react to four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
How Does Your Sense of Smell Work?

Neurons called olfactory cells are located in the nose Critical Thinking
and have receptors for smell. Your brain combines the 9. Apply Concepts Why do
information from taste buds and olfactory cells to let you you have a hard time tasting
things when you have a cold?
sense flavor.
Brain
Olfactory
cell
Nasal
passage
Molecules that you inhale dissolve in the moist

lining of the nasal cavity and trigger an impulse. The
brain interprets the impulse as the sensation of smell.

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Section 2 Review NSES LS 1a, 1d, 1e, 3a
SECTION VOCABULARY
cochlea a coiled tube that is found in the inner reflex an involuntary and almost immediate
ear and that is essential to hearing movement in response to a stimulus
feedback mechanism a cycle of events in which retina the light-sensitive inner layer of the
information from one step controls or affects a eye that receives images formed by the lens
previous step and transmits them through the optic nerve
integumentary system the organ system that to the brain
forms a protective covering on the outside of
the body
1. List What are the five senses?
2. Explain How do the integumentary system and nervous system work together?
3. Explain What are reflexes and why are they important for the body?
4. Explain Why is important for your eyes to have both rods and cones?
5. Summarize Complete the chart to summarize the major senses and sense receptors.
Sense Receptors What the receptors respond to

Touch many different kinds
Sight
neurons in the cochlea
Taste dissolved molecules
olfactory cells

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SECTION
3 The Endocrine System

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1d, 1e
these questions:
• Why is the endocrine system important?
• How do feedback systems work?
• What are common hormone imbalances?
What Is the Endocrine System?

The endocrine system controls body functions using STUDY TIP
chemicals made by endocrine glands. A gland is a group Describe As you read, fill in
of cells that makes special chemicals for your body. The the chart at the end of the
section to name the major
chemicals made by endocrine glands are called hor- endocrine glands and what
mones. A hormone is a chemical messenger. It is made each one does.
in one cell or tissue and causes a change in another cell
or tissue. Hormones flow through the bloodstream to all
parts of the body. READING CHECK
Glands and Organs of the Endocrine System 1. Explain How do
hormones move from one
The pituitary gland makes The thyroid gland part of the body to another?
hormones that affect other increases the rate at
glands and organs. which you use energy.
The parathyroid gland

controls calcium levels in
the blood. The thymus gland
helps control your
immune system,
which helps your
The adrenal glands body fight disease.
help the body respond to
danger.
The pancreas
controls glucose
levels in the blood. TAKE A LOOK
2. Identify What two
The ovaries (in structures produce hormones
females) produce needed for reproduction?
hormones needed
for reproduction.
3. Identify Which gland

The testes (in makes hormones that affect
males) produce
organs and other glands?
hormones needed
for reproduction.

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SECTION 3 The Endocrine System continued
ADRENAL GLANDS
Endocrine glands may affect many organs at one time.
Critical Thinking For example, the adrenal glands release the hormone
4. Infer Why do you think epinephrine, sometimes called adrenaline. Epinephrine
increasing your breathing increases your heartbeat and breathing rate. This
rate helps prepare you to response is called the fight-or-flight response. When you
fight or run away?
are scared, angry, or excited, the fight-or-flight response
prepares you either to fight the danger or to run from it.
How Do Feedback Systems Work?

Recall how feedback mechanisms work in the nervous
system. Feedback mechanisms are cycles in which infor-
mation from one step controls another step in the cycle.
In the endocrine system, endocrine glands control similar
feedback mechanisms.
The pancreas has specialized cells that make two dif-
ferent hormones, insulin and glucagon. These two hor-
mones control the level of glucose in the blood.
1
Glucose is fuel for your
body. Glucose is absorbed
into the bloodstream from
the small intestine.
2 When the glucose level

in the blood is high,
such as after a meal,
the pancreas releases
5 Glucagon tells the
liver to break down
glycogen and release
the hormone insulin
into the blood.
glucose into the blood.
TAKE A LOOK
5. Explain How could you
Pancreas
raise your blood-glucose Pancreas
level without involving

hormones?
4 When the blood-glucose
level is too low, the pancreas
releases the hormone glucagon
instead of insulin.
6. Identify Which hormone 3 Insulin signals the liver to

take glucose from the
blood and store it in the
tells the liver to release liver as glycogen.
glucose into the blood?
Liver

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SECTION 3 The Endocrine System continued
What Is a Hormone Imbalance?

Sometimes, an endocrine gland makes too much or not
enough of a hormone. For example, a person’s body may
not make enough insulin or be able use it properly. This
is a condition called diabetes mellitus. A person who has
diabetes may need daily injections of insulin. These injec-
tions help keep his or her blood-glucose levels within
safe limits. Some patients get their insulin automatically
from a small machine worn on the body. READING CHECK
hormone inbalance?
This woman has diabetes. She is

wearing a device that delivers insulin
to her body.
Another hormone imbalance is when a child’s pituitary

gland doesn’t make enough growth hormone. As a result,
the child does not grow as quickly or as much as he or
she should. If the problem is found early in childhood, a
doctor can prescribe growth hormone.
In some cases, the pituitary gland may make too much
growth hormone. This may cause a child to grow taller
than expected.
Endocrine gland Function
Pituitary
increases the rate at which you

use energy
TAKE A LOOK
8. Summarize Use this chart
to help you summarize the
major endocrine glands and
their functions.
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SECTION VOCABULARY
endocrine system a collection of glands gland a group of cells that make special
and groups of cells that secrete hormones chemicals for the body
that regulate growth, development, and hormone a substance that is made in one cell or
homeostasis; includes the pituitary, thyroid, tissue and that causes a change in another cell
parathyroid, and adrenal glands, the or tissue in a different part of the body
hypothalamus, the pineal body, and the gonads
1. Explain What is the function of the endocrine system?
2. Compare How are the thymus and thyroid gland similar? How are they different?
3. Identify Relationships How do the circulatory system and the endocrine system
work together?
4. Explain What does insulin do?
5. Apply Concepts Many organs in the body are part of more than one organ system.
List three examples from this section of organs that are part of both the endo-
crine system and another organ system.
6. Infer Glucose is a source of energy. Epinephrine quickly raises your blood-

glucose level when you are excited or scared. Why is epinephrine important
during these times?

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SECTION
1 Animal Reproduction
BEFORE YOU READ
these questions:
• What is asexual reproduction?
• What is sexual reproduction?
• What is the difference between external and internal
fertilization?
Why Do Organisms Reproduce?

Organisms live for different amounts of time. For exam- STUDY TIP
ple, a fruit fly lives for about 40 days. Some pine trees can Describe As you read, make
live for almost 5,000 years. However, all living things will a chart describing character-
istics and types of asexual
die. For a species to surivive, its members must reproduce. and sexual reproduction.
How Are Offspring Made with One Parent?

Some animals reproduce asexually. In asexual
reproduction, one parent has offspring. These offspring
are genetically identical to the parent.
Asexual reproduction can occur through budding, frag-
mentation, or regeneration. Budding happens when the
offspring buds or grows out from the parent’s body. The
new organism then pinches off. Fragmentation occurs
when part of an organism breaks off and then develops
into a new organism. Regeneration occurs when part of
the organism’s body is lost and the organism regrows it.
The lost body part can also develop into an offspring. READING CHECK
1. List What are three types
The hydra bud will separate
of asexual reproduction?
from its parent. Buds from
other organisms, such as
some coral, stay attached to
the parent.
TAKE A LOOK
asexual reproduction does
The largest arm on this sea star this sea star in this picture
was lost from another sea star. show?
A new sea star has grown from
this arm.

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SECTION 1 Animal Reproduction continued
What Is Sexual Reproduction?

Most animals reproduce sexually. In sexual
reproduction, offspring form when sex cells from more
than one parent combine. The offspring will share traits
from both parents. Sexual reproduction usually requires
two parents—a male and a female. The female makes sex
cells called eggs. The male makes sex cells called sperm.
When a sperm and an egg join together, a fertilized egg,
READING CHECK or zygote is made. This process is called fertilization.
3. Define What is fertilization? Almost all human cells have 46 chromosomes.
However, egg and sperm cells only have 23 chromo-
somes. These sex cells are formed by a process called
meiosis. In humans, meiosis occurs when one cell with
46 chromosomes divides to make sex cells with 23 chro-
mosomes. This way, when a sperm and egg join, the
zygote will have the typical number of chromosomes.
How Do Offspring Get Their Parent’s Traits?

Genetic information is carried by genes. Genes are
located on chromosomes. At fertilization in humans, the
egg and sperm both give 23 chromosomes to the zygote.
This zygote will then develop into an organism that has
traits from both parents. The figure below shows how
genes are passed from parent to offspring.
Grandfather’s Grandmother’s Grandmother’s Grandfather’s

genes genes genes genes
Sperm Sperm
Egg Egg
Father’s Mother’s
genes genes
TAKE A LOOK Sperm Egg

4. Identify What fraction of
your genes did you inherit
Child’s genes
from each grandparent?
Eggs and sperm contain chromosomes. You inherited half of your
chromosomes from each parent.

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SECTION 1 Animal Reproduction continued
How Does Fertilization Occur?

Fertilization can occur outside or inside the female’s
body. External fertilization occurs when the sperm fer-
tilizes the eggs outside the female’s body. Some fish and
amphibians, such as frogs, use external fertilization. The
female releases her eggs and the male releases his sperm Critical Thinking
over the eggs. External fertilization generally takes place in 5. Infer Name some
environments where animals
wet environments so that the new zygotes do not dry out. could use external fertilization.
Internal fertilization occurs when an egg and sperm
join inside a female’s body. This allows the female to
protect the developing zygote inside her body. Reptiles,
birds, mammals, and some fishes use internal fertiliza-
tion. Many mammals give birth to well-developed young.
However, other animals, such as chickens, use internal
fertilization to lay fertilized eggs.
The female clownfish

has laid her eggs on the
rock. The male will then
fertilize them.
TAKE A LOOK
6. Identify Is this an
example of internal or
external fertlization?
How Do Mammals Reproduce?

All mammals reproduce sexually by internal fertiliza-
tion. They also feed their young with milk. Mammals
reproduce in one of the following ways. READING CHECK
• Monotremes lay eggs. A platypus is a monotreme. 7. Identify Name two ways
that all mammals are alike.
• Marsupials give birth to young that are not well devel-
oped. After birth, the young crawl into their mother’s
pouch to develop. A kangaroo is a marsupial.
• Placental mammals are fed and protected inside their
mother’s body before birth. These mammals are born
well developed. Humans are placental mammals.
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Section 1 Review
SECTION VOCABULARY
asexual reproduction reproduction that does internal fertilization fertilization of an egg by
not involve the union of sex cells and in which sperm that occurs inside the body of a female
a single parent produces offspring that are sexual reproduction reproduction in which the
genetically identical to the parent sex cells from two parents unite to produce
egg a sex cell produced by a female offspring that share traits from both parents
external fertilization the union of sex cells sperm the male sex cell
outside the bodies of the parents
1. Compare How is fragmentation different from budding?
2. Infer Why is reproduction as important to a bristlecone pine as it is to a fruit fly?
3. Apply Concepts Why is meiosis important in sexual reproduction?
4. Identify What type of reproduction produces offspring that are genetically identi-
cal to the parent?
5. Compare What is the difference between external and internal fertilization?
6. Identify What is one advantage of internal fertilization?
7. List What are three groups of animals that use internal fertilization?

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SECTION
2 Human Reproduction
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1d, 1f
these questions:
• How are sperm and eggs made?
• How does fertilization occur?
• What problems can happen in the reproductive system?
What Happens in the Male Reproductive

System?
The male reproductive system has two functions: STUDY TIP
Summarize As you read,
• to make sperm create two Process Charts.
• to deliver sperm to the female reproductive system In the first, describe the path
To perform these functions, organs in the male reproduc- an egg takes from ovulation
to fertilization. In the second,
tive system make sperm, hormones, and fluids. The testes describe the path of an egg
(singular, testis) are a pair of organs that hang outside the that does not get fertilized.
body covered by a skin sac called the scrotum. They make
sperm and testosterone, the main male sex hormone.
A male can make millions of sperm each day. Immature
sperm cells divide and change shape as they travel through
the testes and epididymis. The epididymis is a tube
attached to the testes that stores sperm as they mature. READING CHECK
Mature sperm pass into the vas deferens, which connects 1. Identify How many
the epididymis and urethra. The urethra is a tube that runs sperm can a male make in
from the bladder through the penis. The penis is the male one day?
organ that delivers sperm to the female. Before leaving the
body, sperm mixes with a fluid mixture to form semen.
The Male Reproductive System
Vas deferens
Urinary bladder
Pubic bone
Prostate gland
Urethra
Penis
TAKE A LOOK
Epididymis 2. Identify On the diagram,
Testis draw an arrow pointing to the
Scrotum structure that makes sperm.
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SECTION 2 Human Reproduction continued
What Happens in the Female Reproductive

System?
The female reproductive system has three functions: to pro-
duce eggs, to protect and nourish developing offspring, and to
give birth. Unlike males, who produce new sperm throughout
their lives, females have all their eggs when they are born.
Eggs are produced in an ovary. Ovaries also release
the main female sex hormones: estrogen and progester-
one. These hormones control the release of eggs from the
Math Focus ovaries and the development of female characteristics.
3. Calculate The average Females generally have two ovaries.
woman ovulates each month
from about the age of 12 to
about the age of 50. How THE EGG’S JOURNEY
many mature eggs does she During ovulation an ovary releases an egg. The egg
release from age 18 to age
50? Assume that she has
passes into a fallopian tube. The fallopian tube leads
never been pregnant. from the ovary to the uterus. If sperm are present, fertil-
ization usually takes place in the fallopian tube.
After fertilization, the embryo moves to the uterus and
may embed in the thick lining. An embyo develops into a
fetus in the uterus. When the baby is born, it passes from
the uterus and through the vagina. The vagina is the
canal between the outside of the body and the uterus.
The Female Reproductive System
Ovary
Fallopian tube
Uterus
Pubic bone
Cervix
TAKE A LOOK
4. Identify On the diagram,
Urinary bladder
put a circle around the struc- Urethra
ture that produces eggs. Put
a square around the structure Vagina
where an embryo develops.
THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE

From puberty through her late 40s or early 50s, a wom-
an’s reproductive system goes through the menstrual
cycle. This cycle of about 28 days prepares the body for
pregnancy. An ovary releases an egg at ovulation. This
happens at around the 14th day of the cycle. If the egg is
not fertilized, menstruation begins. Menstruation is the
monthly discharge of blood and tissue from the uterus.
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SECTION 2 Human Reproduction continued
What Problems Can Happen in the

Reproductive System?
Problems such as disease can cause the reproductive STANDARDS CHECK
LS 1f Disease is the breakdown
system to fail. When couples cannot have children, they in structures or functions of an
are considered infertile. Men are infertile if they do not organism. Some diseases are
make enough healthy sperm. Women are infertile if they the system. Others are the result
do not ovulate normally. Reproductive problems are often of damage by infection by other
organisms.
caused by sexually transmitted diseases and cancers.
two common causes of
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
reproductive problems?
A sexually transmitted disease (STD) is a disease
that can pass from one person to another during sexual
contact. STDs are also called sexually transmitted
infections (STIs). Sexually-active young people have the
highest risk for STDs.
One example of an STD is human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV), the virus that leads to AIDS. HIV destroys the
immune system of the infected person. People with AIDS
generally die from infections that are not fatal to people
with healthy immune systems. Below is a table showing
the most common STDs and how fast they are spreading Critical Thinking
in the United States. 6. Infer In women, some
untreated STDs can block the
STD Approximate number of new cases each year fallopian tubes. How would
this affect fertilization?
Chlamydia 3 to 10 million
Genital HPV (human 5.5 million
papilloma virus)
Genital herpes 1 million
Gonorrhea 650,000
Syphilis 70,000
HIV/AIDS 40,000 to 50,000
CANCER
Sometimes cancer happens in reproductive organs. Say It
Cancer is a disease in which cells grow at an uncon- Research Use your school
trolled rate. In men, the two most common cancers of the library or the internet to re-
search one of the STDs in the
reproductive system happen in the testes and prostate
chart. What organism or virus
gland. In women, two common reproductive cancers are causes it? How does it affect
cancer of the cervix and cancer of the ovaries. the body? What treatments
are available? Present your
findings to the class.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
ovary an organ in the female reproductive uterus in female placental mammals, the hollow,
system of animals that produces eggs muscular organ in which an embryo embeds itself
penis the male organ that transfers sperm to a and develops into a fetus
female and that carries urine out of the body vagina the female reproductive organ that connects
testes the primary male reproductive organs the outside of the body to the uterus
which produce sperm and testosterone
(singular, testis)
1. Explain What is the purpose of the menstrual cycle?
2. Organize Complete the chart below to describe the functions or characteristics of

structures in the female reproductive system.
Structure Characteristic or function

produces eggs; releases female sex hormones
uterus
fallopian tube
canal that connects uterus to the outside
3. Explain What is fertilization and where does it occur?
4. Apply Concepts Fraternal twins are created when two sperm fertilize two
different eggs. Paternal, or identical, twins are created when a single egg divides
after fertilization. Why are fraternal twins not identical?

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SECTION
3 Growth and Development

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1a, 1c, 1d, 1e, 2b
these questions:
• What happens after an egg is fertilized?
• How does a fetus develop?
• How does a person develop after birth?
How Does Fertilization Occur?

A man can release millions of sperm at once. However, STUDY TIP
only one sperm can fertilize an egg. Why are so many Summarize As you read,
sperm needed? make a a timeline that
shows the stages of human
Only a few hundred sperm survive the journey from development from fertilized
the vagina to the uterus and into a fallopian tube. In the egg to adulthood.
fallopian tube only a few sperm find and cover the egg.
Once one sperm enters, or penetrates, the egg, it causes
the egg’s covering to change. This change keeps other Critical Thinking
sperm from entering the egg. When the nuclei of the 1. Form Hypothesis Why do
you think millions of sperm are
sperm and egg join, the egg is fertilized.
released to fertilize one egg?
Fertilization and Implantation
b
The egg is fertilized
in the fallopian
tube by a sperm.
c
The embryo
TAKE A LOOK
implants itself in the
2. Identify Where does
a
The egg is released from the ovary. wall of the uterus. fertilization usually take
place?
What Stages Does a Fertilized Egg Go Through?
At fertilization, the egg is only a single cell. At this
stage, the fertilized egg is called a zygote. As the zygote
becomes an embryo it moves down the fallopian tube, and
divides many times. After about a week, the embryo is a
ball of cells. This ball of cells implants in the uterus. READING CHECK
As the cells of the embryo continue to divide, some 3. Identify What is the egg
cells start to differentiate. They develop special struc- called right after fertilization?
tures for certain jobs in the body. After week 10 of the
pregnanacy, the embryo is called a fetus.
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TAKE A LOOK The fertilized egg, The cells of the

4. List List the three stages a The ball of cells,
called a zygote, embryo divide
called an embryo,
fertilized egg goes through as divides and and differentiate;
implants in the
it develops. becomes a ball of the embryo
uterus
cells becomes a fetus
How Does an Embryo Develop?

WEEKS 1 AND 2
A woman’s pregnancy starts when an egg is fertilized,
and ends at birth. Pregnancy is measured from the starting
date of a woman’s last menstruation. This is easier than
trying to determine the exact date fertilization took place.
READING CHECK Fertilization takes place at about the end of week 2.
5. Explain Why is pregnancy
measured from the starting WEEKS 3 AND 4
date of the woman’s last In week 3, the embryo moves to the uterus. As the
period?
embryo travels, it divides many times. It becomes a ball
of cells that implants itself in the wall of the uterus.
WEEKS 5 TO 8
After an embryo implants in the uterus, the placenta
forms. The placenta is an organ used by the embryo to
exchange materials with the mother. The placenta has
many blood vessels that carry nutrients and oxygen from
the mother to the embryo. They also carry wastes from
the embryo to the mother.
In week 5 of pregnancy, the umbilical cord forms. It
connects the embryo to the placenta. A thin membrane
called the amnion develops. The amnion surrounds the
embryo and is filled with fluid. This fluid cushions and
READING CHECK protects the embryo.
6. Explain What is the func-
tion of the umbilical cord? WEEKS 9 TO 16
At week 9, the embryo may start to make tiny move-
ments. The fetus grows very quickly during this stage.
It doubles, then triples in size within a month. In about
week 13, the fetus’s face begins to look more human.
During this stage the fetus’s muscles also grow stronger.
It can even make a fist.

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WEEKS 17 TO 24
By week 17 the fetus can make faces. By week 18 the
fetus starts to make movements that its mother can feel. It
can also hear sounds through the mother’s uterus. By week
23 the fetus makes a lot of movements. A baby born during
week 24 might survive, but it would need a lot of help.
Placenta
Umbilical cord
Amnion
Uterus
The placenta, amnion, and TAKE A LOOK

umbilical cord are the life Cervix 7. Identify What structure
support system for the surrounds the fetus?
fetus. This fetus is about
20 to 22 weeks old.
WEEKS 25 TO 36
At about 25 or 26 weeks, the fetus’s lungs are well-
developed. However, they are not fully mature. The fetus
still gets oxygen from its mother through the placenta. The
fetus will not take its first breath of air until it is born.
By the 32nd week, the fetus can open and close its
eyes. Studies show that the fetus responds to light. Some
scientists think fetuses at this stage show brain activ-
ity and eye movements like sleeping children or adults.
These scientists think a sleeping fetus may dream. After
36 weeks, the fetus is almost ready to be born.
BIRTH
At weeks 37 to 38 the fetus is fully developed. A full
pregnancy is usually 40 weeks. As birth begins, the mus-
cles of the uterus begin to squeeze, or contract. This is
called labor. These contractions push the fetus out of the READING CHECK
mother’s body through the vagina.
8. Define What is labor?
Once the baby is born, the umbilical cord is tied and
cut. The navel is all that will remain of the point where
the umbilical cord was attached. Once the mother’s body
has pushed out the placenta, labor is complete.
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Pregnancy Timeline
Week Fertilization
takes place.
2
The fertilized egg becomes
a ball of hundreds of cells.
4 Implantation is complete.
The spinal
6 cord and brain
begin to form.
Well-defined tiny fingers and

8
toes become apparent.
The embryo may make tiny movements
10 that may be detected by ultrasound.
The embryo is now

12 called a fetus.
14
Bones and bone
marrow continue
to form.
16
18
20
A layer of fat
begins to form
22
under the skin.
24 The fetus is developing

The fetus’s
lungs are taste buds, and its brain
almost ready is growing rapidly.
26 to breathe air.
The fetus practices
breathing and has
28
brain wave activity.
The eyes of the
30 fetus are open,
and the fetus
may turn toward
32 a bright light.
TAKE A LOOK The fetus’s skin turns from red to pink.

9. Identify By what week 34
has the brain of the embryo
started to form?
36 The fetus’s skull
has hardened.
10. Identify At around what 38

week does the fetus start to
develop taste buds? The baby is born.
40

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How Does a Person Grow and Change?

The human body goes through several stages of devel-
opment. One noticeable difference is the change in body
proportion.
Body Proportions During Stages of Human Development
TAKE A LOOK
11. Identify At which stage
or age is the head largest in
proportion to the rest of the
body?
Infant 4 years 7 years 11 years Adult
The chart below lists the different stages of life and

the characteristics of that stage.
Stage Ages Characteristics Math Focus

• Baby teeth appear. 12. Calculate Alice is
Infancy birth to age 2 • Nervous system and muscles develop. 80 years old. She started
• Coordination improves. puberty at age 12. Calculate
• Permanent teeth grow. the percentage of her life
age 2 to • Nerve pathways mature, and child that she has spent in each
Childhood
puberty can learn new skills. stage of development.
• Muscle coordination increases.
in females,
Females:
puberty takes
• Breasts enlarge.
place between
• Body hair appears.
the ages of 9
• Menstruation begins.
and 14
in males,
Adolescence Males:
puberty takes
• Body grows more muscular.
place between
• Voice deepens.
the ages of 11
• Facial and body hair appear.
and 16
puberty to • Reproductive system matures
adulthood (puberty).
• From ages 20 to 40, physical TAKE A LOOK
development is at its peak. 13. Identify Which stage of
Adulthood age 20+ • After age 40, hair may turn gray,
skin may wrinkle, athletic ability
development are you in?
may decrease.

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SECTION VOCABULARY
embryo in humans, a developing individual from placenta the partly fetal and partly maternal
first division after fertilization through the 10th organ by which materials are exchanged
week of pregnancy between a fetus and the mother
fetus a developing human from the end of the umbilical cord the ropelike structure through
10th week of pregnancy until birth which blood vessels pass and by which a
developing mammal is connected to the
placenta
1. Define What is fertilization?
2. Explain Why can only one sperm enter an egg?
3. Explain What does it mean that cells differentiate?
4. Identify What is the function of the amnion?
5. Explain Why is the placenta important to a developing embryo?
6. Explain Why is it necessary for cells in an embryo to differentiate?
7. List What are the four stages of human development after birth?
8. Identify What is the main characteristic of adolescence?

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CHAPTER 27 Body Defenses and Disease

SECTION
1 Disease
National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1f
these questions:
• What causes disease?
• How can we protect ourselves from disease?
What Causes Disease?

All your life, you’ve probably had adults tell you to STUDY TIP
wash your hands or to cover your mouth when you Outline As you read, make
sneeze. What is all the fuss about? They tell you to do an outline of this section. Be
sure to answer the questions
these things to stop the spread of disease. When you asked in each heading and
have a disease, your body cannot function the way that it define unfamiliar terms.
should.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
READING CHECK
Many diseases, such as a cold, or the flu, can be
1. Identify What cause
passed from one living thing to another. This called an infectious diseases?
infectious disease. In other words, you can “catch”
an infectious disease. Infectious diseases are caused by
pathogens. Pathogens can be bacteria, fungi, worms,
proteins, or viruses. Viruses are tiny particles that depend STANDARDS CHECK
on living things to reproduce. LS 1b Disease is the breakdown
in structures or functions of an
organism. Some diseases are
the system. Others are the result
of damage by infection by other
organisms.
2. Compare How are

infectious diseases different
from noninfectious
diseases?
This virus causes rabies. These bacteria, called Strepto-
coccus, can cause strep throat.
NONINFECTIOUS DISEASE
Some diseases, such as cancer or heart disease,
cannot be passed from person to person. These are called
noninfectious diseases. Some noninfectious diseases
are caused by genes. Others can be caused by lifestyle
choices, such as smoking, lack of exercise, and a high-
fat diet. Avoiding harmful habits may help you avoid
noninfectious diseases.
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SECTION 1 Disease continued
How Do Pathogens Move Between People?

Pathogens can pass from one person to another in
many different ways. Being aware of how pathogens are
passed can help you stay healthy.
AIR
Some pathogens travel through the air. A single sneeze
Critical Thinking can release thousands of droplets of moisture. These
3. Infer Why do you think droplets can carry pathogens.
it is important to cover your
mouth and nose when you
cough or sneeze?
Math Focus
A sneeze can force thousands of droplets carrying pathogens out of your body at up
to 160 km/hr. That’s more than the speed limit on most highways!
4. Calculate You catch a OBJECTS
cold and return to school You probably already know that if you drink from
sick. Your friends don’t have
immunity to the virus. On a glass used by sick person, you can become infected
the first day, you expose five too. Pathogens can also be carried on objects such as
people to the virus. The next doorknobs, keyboards, combs, or towels. A sick person
day, each of those friends
passes on the virus to five
may leave pathogens on anything he or she touches.
more people. If this same
pattern continues, how many PERSON TO PERSON
people will be infected after
5 days?
People can transfer pathogens directly. You can
become infected by kissing, shaking hands, or touching
sores on an infected person.
ANIMALS
Some pathogens are carried by animals. For example,
people can get a fungus called ringworm by touching
an infected cat or dog. Ticks carry bacteria that cause
Lyme’s disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Say It FOOD AND WATER

Food and water can contain pathogens. Most drinking
Discuss When was the last
time you were sick? How
water in the United States is safe. However, pathogens
do you think you got sick? can enter the public water supply.
Were your friends, siblings, Foods such as meat, fish, and eggs that are not cooked
or other people in your class enough can contain harmful bacteria or parasites.
sick at the same time? Talk
about these questions with a Because pathogens grow in food, it is important to wash
partner. all cooking surfaces and tools well.
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SECTION 1 Disease continued
How Can We Protect Ourselves From

Disease?
Pathogens such as bacteria and viruses are
everywhere. So how can we protect ourselves from
them?
PASTEURIZATION
Milk and other dairy products can carry certain
types of pathogens. To destroy pathogens, dairy
products and other foods are treated by a process called
pasteurization. This method was invented by the French
scientist Louis Pasteur. It uses heat to kill bacteria. READING CHECK
5. Complete In
pasteurization, bacteria are
killed with
.
TAKE A LOOK
6. List Name three types of
foods that are pasteurized.
Juices, shellfish, and dairy products,
such as milk, are all pasteurized to kill
pathogens.
VACCINES
A vaccine is a substance that helps your body to resist
a disease. The ability to resist an infectious disease is
called immunity. Vaccines contain pathogens that have
been killed or treated so they can’t make you very sick.
The vaccine is enough like the pathogen to help your
body develop a defense against the disease.
Critical Thinking
ANTIBIOTICS difference between a vaccine
Doctors can treat bacterial infections, such as strep and an antibiotic?
throat, with antibiotics. An antibiotic is a substance that
kills bacteria or slows their growth.
Antibiotics do not affect viruses. This is because
antibiotics only kill living things. Viruses are not
considered to be alive because they cannot reproduce on
their own. Although antibiotics do not destroy viruses,
scientists are working to develop antiviral medications.
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SECTION VOCABULARY
immunity the ability to resist an infectious noninfectious disease a disease that cannot
disease spread from one individual to another
infectious disease a disease that is caused by pathogen a microorganism, another organism, a
a pathogen and that can be spread from one virus, or a protein that causes disease
individual to another
1. Explain Why are food products, such as milk, pasteurized?
2. Compare Complete the table below to compare infectious and noninfectious

diseases.
Type of disease What causes it? Can it be passed from person

to person?
Infectious
Non-infectious
3. Apply Concepts Can you get a vaccine for a noninfectious disease? Explain your
answer.
4. List Name five ways that you could come into contact with a pathogen.
5. Apply Concepts The common cold is caused by a virus. Should your doctor give
you an antibiotic to help you fight a cold? Explain your answer.

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CHAPTER 27 Body Defenses and Disease

SECTION
2 Your Body’s Defenses

National Science
After you read this section, you should be able to answer LS 1b, 1d, 1e, 1f, 3a, 3b
these questions:
• How does your body keep pathogens out?
• How does your immune system destroy pathogens
that do get into your body?
How Does Your Body Keep Pathogens out?

Bacteria and viruses are all around us in the air, STUDY TIP
in water, and on surfaces. Your body must constantly Underline As you read,
protect itself against these pathogens. Luckily, your body underline the different de-
fenses your body has against
has its own built-in defense system. disease.
Keeping pathogens from entering the body is an
important defense against infection. Your body has
several barriers that keep pathogens from entering. These
include your skin and special secretions in your eyes,
nose, and throat. READING CHECK
Your skin is made of many layers of flat cells. The 1. List What are two of
outer layers are dead. Many pathogens that land on your your body’s barriers against
skin cannot find a live cell to infect. These dead cells infection?
drop off your body as new skin cells grow beneath them.
When the dead skin cells fall off, they carry viruses,
bacteria, and other pathogens with them. Your skin also
has glands that produce oil to cover the skin’s surface.
The oil contains chemicals that kill many pathogens.
Math Focus
2. Calculate About how
many skin cells does your
body lose and replace in
24 hours?
Your body loses and replaces about 1 million skin cells every 40 minutes. As skin
cells fall off, pathogens fall off with them.
Pathogens also try to enter your body through your

eyes, nose, or mouth. These pathogens are destroyed by
chemicals called enzymes. Some pathogens that enter
your nose are washed down your throat by a slippery
fluid called mucus. Mucus carries pathogens to your
stomach, where they are digested.
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STANDARDS CHECK Pathogens

LS 1e The human organism
has systems for digestion,
respiration, reproduction,
circulation, excretion,
movement, control and
coordination, and protection Skin and mucus
from disease. These systems
interact with one another.
Defense Level 1: Barriers keep most pathogens from getting into your body.
3. Identify Relationships
Your skin is part of the What Happens If Pathogens Do Get into
integumentary system. How Your Body?
do your integumentary Some pathogens may get past your body’s barriers.
system and immune
system work together? For example, pathogens can enter the body if the skin is
cut or punctured. The body reacts quickly to keep more
pathogens out. Blood flow to the injured area increases.
Particles in the blood called platelets help seal the wound
so no more pathogens can enter.
Blood also brings cells that belong to the immune
system. The immune system is the body system that
fights pathogens. It is not found in one specific place in
your body, and it is not controlled by one organ. Instead,
the immune system is a team of cells, tissues, and organs
that work together to protect you from pathogens.
How Does Your Body Know a Pathogen Is an

Invader?
For your body to fight pathogens, it must be able to
recognize that they are invaders. How can it do this? The
cells of your body have special proteins on their surfaces.
Your proteins are different from everyone else’s. Your
proteins tell your body which cells are yours. Pathogens
also have proteins on their surfaces. When pathogens get
into your body, their surface proteins tell your body that
READING CHECK the particles do not belong to you.
4. Explain How does your
body know a pathogen does What Kind of Cells Attack Pathogens First?
not belong in your body? Immune system cells called macrophages can
surround and destroy many pathogens that enter your
body. Generally, macrophages will attack any invader.
If only a few pathogens enter your body at one time,
macrophages can usually destroy them.

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Defense Level 2: Macrophages attack most invaders.
If too many pathogens enter your body at once, the

macrophages may not be able to stop all of them. Some
pathogens will invade your body cells. Once this happens,
another group of cells goes to work. This is known as the
immune response.
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when too many pathogens
enter your body at one time?
Defense Level 3: If too many pathogens enter the body, the macrophages cannot stop all
of them. The pathogens will infect body cells. Other types of immune cells go to work.
What Is the Immune Response?

In the immune response, immune cells work to destroy
any body cells that have been infected by a pathogen.
This helps keep the pathogen from infecting more body
cells.
Recall that pathogens have proteins on their surfaces
that tell your body the particle does not belong to you.
These proteins trigger the immune response. Anything
that starts the immune response is called an antigen.
When a pathogen invades a body cell, the pathogen’s
proteins are also displayed on the surface of the body
cell.
T CELLS AND B CELLS

Two general kinds of immune systems cells go to
work in response to antigens: T cells and B cells. While
macrophages will generally attack any invader, T cells READING CHECK
and B cells work together to attack specific invaders. 6. Identify What kind of
These cells recognize specific invaders by their antigens. immune cells produce
T cells attack infected body cells and tell other immune antibodies?
cells to respond to an invader. B cells make antibodies.
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ANTIBODIES
An antibody is a protein that attaches to a specific
antigen. Antibodies tag a pathogen so that other cells can
destroy it. When antibodies attach to antigens, they make
the pathogens clump together. Macrophages can find
these clumps easily and destroy them.
Your body can make billions of different kinds of
antibodies. The shape of an antibody is very specialized.
It matches an antigen like a key fits a lock. Each antibody
usually attaches to just one type of antigen.
Pathogen
Antibodies
B cell
Antigen
An antibody’s shape is very specialized. It matches an antigen like a key fits a lock.
How Does the Immune System Fight a Virus?

The figures below show what happens when a
pathogen, such as a virus, enters the body. When virus
particles enter the body, one of two things may happen.
Some viruses enter body cells and start to make copies of
themselves. Others are attacked by macrophages.
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1
When viruses invade Some virus particles that enter the body are engulfed, or
7. Identify What two things the body, two things eaten, by macrophages. These macrophages then display
can happen to a virus that can happen. the viral antigens. This is the start of the immune response.
enters your body? Viral antigen
Virus
Some virus particles may infect
body cells. Infected body cells
display viral antigens.
8. Explain What happens to

a macrophage after it engulfs
a virus particle?
Viral antigen
Macrophage
Body cell

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Two Responses Helper T cells have receptor proteins that recognize
the shape of the viral antigen on the macrophages. These helper
T cells begin two responses: a T cell response and a B cell response.
Macrophage
5
Helper T cell B Cell Response
Meanwhile, helper T cells
also activate B cells.
Activated B cells divide to
make cells that can make
Receptor antibodies. The antibodies
protein recognize the shape of the
viral antigen.
B cell
Killer T cell
Receptor
protein
3
T Cell Response
Helper T cells acti-
vate killer T cells.
Activated B cells
and antibodies
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4
Destroying on helper T cells recognize
Viral antigen Infected Cells viral antigens?
Killer T cells
recognize the viral
antigen on infected
cells. The killer
10. Explain What two things
T cells destroy
the infected cells happen when a helper T cell
so that the virus recognizes a viral antigen?
particles inside
the cell cannot
replicate. Antibody
Killer T cell destroying

infected body cell
11. Identify What is the role
of killer T cells?
6
Destroying Viruses Antibodies bind to the viral antigen
on the viruses. The antibodies bound to the viruses cause
the viruses to clump together. Clumping marks the virus
particles for destruction.

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FEVERS
Critical Thinking When macrophages activate helper T cells, they send a
12. Infer Why is it not a signal that tells the brain to turn up the body’s temperature.
good idea to use medicines In just a few minutes, your body’s temperature can rise by
that stop a moderate fever?
several degrees. This rise in body temperature is a fever.
A fever of one or two degrees can help you get better
faster. A moderate fever slows down the growth of
pathogens. Fevers also help B cells and T cells reproduce
faster.
41°C
Dangerously high
39°C temperature
Best tempera-
ture for B cells
and T cells to
reproduce
TAKE A LOOK 37°C

13. Explain What kind Normal body
temperature
of fever can become
dangerous?
A slight fever helps immune cells reproduce. However, a fever of more than a few
degrees can become dangerous.
MEMORY CELLS
The first time a new pathogen enters your body,
specialized B cells make antibodies that recognize the
pathogen. However, this process takes about 2 weeks.
That is too long to prevent an infection. The first time
you are infected with a new pathogen, you usually get
sick.
Your immune system can respond faster to a pathogen
the second time it enters your body. After an infection, a
few B cells become memory B cells. A memory B cell
is an immune cell that can “remember” how to make the
right antibody for a specific pathogen. If that pathogen
enters your body a second time, memory B cells can
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recognize it. The immune system can make enough
14. Define What is the role
of a memory B cell?
antibodies to fight that pathogen in just 3 or 4 days.
Does the Immune System Always Work?

The immune system is not perfect. Sometimes, it can’t
prevent diseases. There also are conditions in which the
immune system attacks the wrong cells.
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ALLERGIES
Sometimes the immune system overreacts to antigens
that are not harmful to the body. This inappropriate
reaction is an allergy. Many things, including foods,
medicines, plant pollen, and animals, can cause allergies.
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
An autoimmune disease happens when the immune
system attacks the body’s own cells. In this type of
disease, immune system cells mistake body cells for
pathogens. Rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and
type 1 diabetes are all autoimmune diseases. READING CHECK
in an autoimmune disease?
In rheumatoid arthritis,
immune-system cells
cause joint tissues to
swell. This can cause
joint deformities.
CANCER
Healthy cells divide at a regulated rate. Sometimes,
a cell doesn’t respond to the body’s regulation, and it
divides uncontrollably. Killer T cells normally kill this
type of cell. But sometimes, the immune system cannot
control these cells. Cancer is a condition in which some
of the body’s cells divide at an uncontrolled rate.
AIDS
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes
acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV
is different from most viruses, which infect cells in the
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nose, mouth, lungs, or intestines. HIV infects the immune
16. Identify Name one way
system itself. It uses helper T cells to make more viruses. HIV is different from most
The helper T cells are destroyed in the process. other viruses.
Without helper T cells, there is nothing to activate
B cells and killer T cells. The immune system cannot
attack HIV or any other pathogens. In fact, most people
with AIDS don’t die of AIDS itself. Instead, they die
because their immune systems cannot fight off other
diseases.
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SECTION VOCABULARY
allergy a reaction to a harmless or common immune system the cells and tissues that
substance by the body’s immune system recognize and attack foreign substances in the
antibody a protein made by B cells that binds to body
a specific antigen macrophage an immune system cell that
autoimmune disease a disease in which the engulfs pathogens and other materials
immune system attacks the organism’s own memory B cell a B cell that responds to an
cells antigen more strongly when the body is
B cell a white blood cell that makes antibodies reinfected with an antigen than it does during
its first encounter with an antigen
cancer a tumor in which the cells begin dividing
at an uncontrolled rate and become invasive T cell an immune system cell that coordinates
the immune system and attacks many infected
cells
1. List What are the three main kinds of cells in the immune system?
2. Summarize Complete the process chart to show what happens when a pathogen,
such as a virus, enters the body.
Receptor proteins on helper

T cells recognize viral antigens on a
macrophage
Killer T cells recognize viral antigens

on infected body cells
Antibodies bind to viral proteins and

mark the virus for destruction
3. Apply Concepts Why do you think that most people only get a disease such as
chickenpox once?

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SECTION
1 Good Nutrition
BEFORE YOU READ
these questions:
• What are nutrients?
• What are several practices for good nutrition?
• What causes malnutrition?
What Are Nutrients?

Have you ever heard someone say “You are what you STUDY TIP
eat”? This doesn’t mean that you are pizza! However, the List As you read, make a list
substances in pizza and other foods help build your body. of the nutrients you need for
These substances are called nutrients. good health.
Nutrients provide the materials your body needs
to grow and maintain itself. They are grouped into six
classes: carbohydrates, proteins, fats, water, vitamins, and
minerals. Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats provide energy
for the body in units called Calories (Cal). To stay healthy,
you need to take in each class of nutrients daily. READING CHECK
MInerals Water 1. Complete Energy for the
body is measured in units
Nutrients
called .
Vitamins Proteins
Fats Carbohydrates
CARBOHYDRATES
Carbohydrates are your body’s main source of energy.
A carbohydrate is a compound made up of sugar mol-
ecules. There are two types of carbohydrates: simple and Critical Thinking
complex. Simple carbohydrates are made of one or a few 2. Apply Concepts If you
sugar molecules linked together. You can digest them wanted to have more fiber in
easily for quick energy. your diet, would you choose
to eat simple carbohydrates
Complex carbohydrates are made of many sugar or complex carbohydrates?
molecules linked together. You digest complex carbohy- Explain your answer.
drates more slowly than simple carbohydrates. Complex
carbohydrates give you long-lasting energy.
Some complex carbohydrates are good sources of
fiber. Fiber is a part of a healthy diet and is found in
whole-grain foods, such as brown rice and whole-wheat
bread. Many fruits and vegetables also contain fiber.
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PROTEINS
Say It Proteins are nutrients your body uses to build and
Discuss Think about what repair itself. Your body can make the proteins it needs.
you eat in a typical day. What However, it must get building blocks called amino acids
foods do you eat that contain
protein? Talk with a partner from the proteins you eat. Foods such as poultry, fish,
to see if you eat the same milk, eggs, nuts, and beans are good sources of protein.
kinds of proteins.
FATS
Fats are nutrients that store energy. Your body also
uses fats to store vitamins and make hormones. Fats help
Math Focus keep your skin healthy and insulate your body.
3. Calculate Percentages If There are two types of fats: saturated and unsaturated.
you eat 2,500 Cal per day
and 20% are from fat, 30% Saturated fats are found in meat, dairy products, coconut
are from protein, and 50% oil, and palm oil. Saturated fats raise blood cholesterol
are from carbohydrates, how levels. Although cholesterol is found naturally in the body,
many Calories of each nutri-
ent do you eat?
high levels can increase the risk of heart disease.
Unsaturated fats and foods high in fiber may help reduce
blood cholesterol levels. Your body cannot make unsaturated
fats. They come from foods such as vegetable oils and fish.
Chicken
Pasta
TAKE A LOOK Cheese

4. Identify Use colored Watermelon
pencils to circle the foods that
contain carbohydrates, fats, and
proteins. Use red for carbohy-
drates, blue for fats, and green
for proteins. You may circle a
food more than once. Butter Green Beans
WATER
We could not live without water. Water moves substances
through our bodies, keeps our temperatures stable, and
keeps body tissues moist.
You cannot survive for more than a few days without
water. In fact, your body is about 70% water. Many health
professionals think you should drink at least eight glasses
of water a day. You also get water from other liquids you
drink and the foods you eat. Fresh fruits and vegetables,
juices, soups, and milk are good sources of water.
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VITAMINS AND MINERALS

Vitamins are compounds that your body needs to con-
trol many body functions. Some of these functions are listed
in the table below. Your body cannot make most vitamins,
so you need to get them from food.
Vitamin What it does Where you get it

A keeps skin and eyes yellow and orange fruits
healthy; builds strong and vegetables, leafy
teeth and bones greens, meats, and milk
B helps body use meats, whole grains,
carbohydrates; helps beans, peas, nuts, and
blood, nerves, and heart seafood
function
C strengthens tissues;
helps the body absorb
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greens, broccoli, TAKE A LOOK
iron and fight disease peppers, and cabbage 5. Identify Which vitamins
can you get from leafy greens?
D builds strong bones sunlight, enriched milk
and teeth; helps the and soymilk, eggs, and
body use calcium and fish
phosphorus 6. List Which foods could
E protects red blood cells oils, fats, eggs, whole you eat to help give you
from destruction; keeps grains, wheat germ, strong bones and teeth?
skin healthy liver, and leafy greens
K helps your blood to clot leafy greens, tomatoes,
and potatoes
Minerals are chemical elements that are essential for

good health. You need six minerals in large amounts: cal-
cium, chloride, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and
sodium. Your body needs other minerals, such as fluo-
rine, iodine, iron, and zinc, in small amounts. Some min-
erals and their functions are listed in the table below.
Mineral What it does

Calcium makes teeth and bones strong
Magnesium and sodium help the body use proteins TAKE A LOOK
7. Identify Which mineral
Potassium helps regulate heartbeat and makes do you need to make your
muscles move
muscles move?
Iron helps make blood cells
How Can You Get All the Nutrients You Need?

For good health, you need a variety of nutrients from dif-
ferent foods. The next figure can help you find out how much
of each type of food you should eat every day. The six stripes
represent five food groups. The width of each stripe shows
how much food from that group you should eat.
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8. Identify Which food
group should you eat the
most foods from each day?
9. Apply Ideas Design a

healthy lunch that includes
one food from each group.
What would you eat?
Go lean with protein.
Make half your Focus on fruit. Get your calcium- Choose more fish,
Vary your veggies.
grains whole. Go easy on juices. rich foods. beans, peas, nuts,
and seeds.
Find your balance between food and physical Know your limits on fats, sugars, and salt. Get
activity. Children and teens should be active most of your fat from vegetable oils, nuts, and fish.
for 60 minutes on most days. Choose foods and drinks low in added sugar.
What Happens If You Do Not Get the

Nutrients You Need?
Critical Thinking Malnutrition occurs when someone does not eat
10. Infer How could enough of the nutrients the body needs. It can happen when
eating only junk food, such you do not eat enough food. It can also happen when you
as candy and fast food, cause eat too much food that is high in fat and low in other nutri-
malnutrition?
ents. Malnutrition can affect how you look. It can also keep
your body from fighting illness or repairing itself quickly.
EATING DISORDERS
Conditions called eating disorders can cause malnutri-
tion. People with anorexia nervosa starve themselves by
not eating. They have a strong fear of gaining weight. People
with bulimia nervosa eat very large amounts of food at once.
They will then try to get rid of the food quickly. They may do
READING CHECK this by vomiting or using diuretics and laxatives.
Anorexia can lead to severe malnutrition. Bulimia can
problems that both anorexia damage the teeth and nervous system. Both anorexia and
and bulimia can cause? bulimia can cause problems such as weak bones, low blood
pressure, and heart problems. They can even lead to death.

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OBESITY
Obesity is having a high percentage of body fat.
Obesity increases the risk of certain health problems.
These include high blood pressure, heart disease, and
diabetes. People suffering from obesity may not be eat-
ing foods that give them the correct balance of nutrients.
Exercising very little can also lead to obesity.
Eating a balanced diet and exercising regularly can
help reduce obesity. However, obesity can be caused by
other things. For example, people who are obese often
have obese parents. Scientists are studying the link
between obesity and heredity. READING CHECK
What Do Food Labels Tell You? things that can help reduce
Reading food labels can help you make healthy eating obesity.
choices. Nutrition facts show how much of each nutrient
is in one serving of a food. Packaged foods, such as cereal,
peanut butter, and pasta, all have these labels. The label
below is from a can of chicken noodle soup.
Nutrition Facts
Serving information
Math Focus
Serving Size 1/2 cup (120 ml) 13. Calculate How many
Servings per Container 2.5 Calories are in the entire can
Amount per Serving Prepared of soup?
Calories 70 Number of Calories per serving
Calories from Fat 25
% Daily Value
Total Fat 2.5 g 4%
Saturated Fat 1 g 5%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 15 mg 5%
Sodium 960 mg 40%
Total Carbohydrate 8 g 3%
Dietary Fiber less than 1 g 4%
Sugars 1 g
Protein 3 g
Vitamin A 15%
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium
Percentage of 0%
daily values
Iron 4%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000
Calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher
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or lower depending on your Calorie needs: 14. Evaluate Is this soup a
Calories 2,000 2,500
good source of vitamin C?
Total Fat Less than 65g 80g
Sat Fat Less than 20g 25g
Cholesterol Less than 300mg 300mg
Sodium Less than 2,400mg 2,400mg
Total Carbohydrate 300g 375g
Dietary Fiber 25g 30g
Protein 50g 60g

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SECTION VOCABULARY
carbohydrate a class of energy-giving nutrients nutrient a substance in food that provides
that includes sugars, starches, and fiber energy or helps form body tissues and that is
fat an energy-storage nutrient that helps the necessary for life and growth
body store some vitamins protein a molecule that is made up of amino
malnutrition a disorder of nutrition that results acids and that is needed build and repair body
when a person does not consume enough of structures and to regulate processes in the body
each of the nutrients that are needed by the vitamin a class of nutrients that contain carbon
human body. and that are needed in small amounts to main-
mineral a class of nutrients that are chemical tain health and allow growth
elements that are needed for certain body
processes
1. Apply Concepts Name some of the nutrients that can be found in a glass of milk.
2. Infer Which type of fats are healthier—saturated or unsaturated?
3. Compare How do anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa differ?
4. Infer Is it possible for someone to suffer from both obesity and malnutrition?
5. Explain How would you use a Nutrition Facts label to choose a food that is high
in calcium?
6. List What are the five main food groups?

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SECTION
2 Risks of Alcohol and Other Drugs

BEFORE YOU READ
these questions:
• What is a drug?
• What are some of the problems caused by drug abuse?
What Is a Drug?
Sometimes when people talk about drugs, they are talking STUDY
about helpful substances, such as medicines. Other times, we Underline This section
hear about illegal drugs and their dangers. So what is a drug? may have many words that
are unfamiliar. As you read,
A drug is any chemical substance that causes a physi- underline these words and
cal or psychological change in your body. Some drugs find out what they mean.
enter the body through the skin. Other drugs are swal- Write their definitions in the
margin.
lowed, inhaled, or injected.
Say It
Discuss Does it surprise you
All of these products that all of the items in the
contain drugs. figure contain drugs? What
kinds of things do you usually
think about when you hear
the word “drug”? Share your
ideas in small groups.
You can buy some drugs at the grocery store, while

others must be prescribed by a doctor. Some drugs are
illegal to buy, sell, or have. When used correctly, legal
drugs can help your body heal. When used improperly,
however, even legal drugs can be harmful.
How Can Drugs Be Harmful?

Addiction is dependence on a substance. Many drugs
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cause addiction. They are addictive. A person with an
addiction finds it very hard to stop taking a drug. 1. Explain Why does a
person experience
The body can form a physical dependence, or need for withdrawal symptoms?
a drug. If the body doesn’t get a drug that it is physically
dependent on, it can show withdrawal symptoms. These
can include nausea, vomiting, pain, and tremors or shakes.
Some people also form psychological dependence on a
drug. This means they have strong cravings for the drug.
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What Are Some Types of Drugs?

HERBAL MEDICINES
Some types of plants called herbs contain chemicals with
healing properties. Information about these herbal medicines
has been handed down for centuries. Even though they come
from plants, herbs are drugs and should be used carefully.
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does
not regulate herbal medicines or teas. This means it cannot
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2. Explain What does it
mean that the FDA doesn’t PRESCRIPTION AND OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS
regulate herbal medicines? Many drugs need a prescription from a doctor. A
prescription describes the drug, how to use it, and how
much to take. Below are some important drug safety tips
you should always follow.
Drug Safety Tips
• Never take another person’s prescription medicine.

• Read the label before each use. Always follow the
instructions on the label and those provided by
your doctor or pharmacist.
• Do not take more or less medication than
prescribed.
• Consult a doctor if you have any side effects.
• Throw away leftover and out-of-date medicines.
Some drugs, such as aspirin, can be bought without a

prescription. These are called over-the-counter (OTC) drugs.
You should still read and follow directions carefully for OTC
drugs. Both prescription and OTC drugs can cause side
effects. Side effects are uncomfortable symptoms, such as
headache, nausea, or sleepiness.
TOBACCO
Critical Thinking Cigarettes contain tobacco. They are addictive, and
3. Infer Why can someone smoking has serious health effects. Tobacco contains a
become addicted to cigarettes? chemical called nicotine. Nicotine increases heart rate and
blood pressure, and it is extremely addictive.
Smoking increases the chances of lung cancer. It has
also been linked to other cancers, bronchitis, and heart
disease. Experts estimate that there are more than 430,000
deaths related to smoking each year in the United States.
Secondhand smoke also can be harmful.
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Effects of Smoking
Healthy lung tissue of a nonsmoker Damaged lung tissue of a smoker
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function of cilia in your lungs?
Cilia in your lungs clean the air you breathe and keep debris out of your lungs.
Smoking damages the cilia so that they cannot do their job.
Smokeless, or chewing, tobacco is also addictive and can

cause health problems. Nicotine is absorbed through the lin-
ing of the mouth. Smokeless tobacco increases the risk of
several cancers, including mouth and throat cancer. It also
causes gum disease and yellowing of the teeth.
ALCOHOL
In most of the United States, using alcohol is illegal for
people under age 21. Alcohol slows down the central ner-
vous system and can cause memory loss. Excessive use
of alcohol can damage the liver, pancreas, brain, nerves,
and cardiovascular system. It can even cause death. READING CHECK
Alcohol affects decision-making and can lead you to 5. Identify What is the legal
take unhealthy risks. Some people suffer from alcoholism, age for using alcohol in most
which means that they are physically and psychologically of the United States?
dependent on alcohol. Alcoholism is considered a disease.
Scientists think certain genes can make some people more
likely to develop alcoholism.
MARIJUANA
Marijuana is a drug that comes from a plant called hemp.
It is illegal in most places. Marijuana affects different people
in different ways. It may increase anxiety or cause feelings
of paranoia. Marijuana slows down your ability to react,
clouds your thinking, and makes you less coordinated. READING CHECK
COCAINE
effects of marijuana?
Cocaine and its purified form, crack, are made from the
coca plant. Both drugs are illegal and highly addictive. Users
can become addicted to them in a very short time. Cocaine
can make a person feel very excited, but later it can make
them feel anxious and depressed. Both drugs increase heart
rate and blood pressure and can cause heart attacks.
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NARCOTICS AND DESIGNER DRUGS

Drugs made from the opium plant are called narcotics.
Some narcotics are used to treat severe pain. These
narcotics are illegal unless a doctor prescribes them.
Some narcotics, such as heroin, are always illegal. Users
usually inject heroin, and they might share needles. This
puts heroin users at a high risk of diseases such as hepati-
READING CHECK tis and AIDS. Heroin users can also die of an overdose.
7. Explain Why are heroin
Other kinds of illegal drugs include inhalants, barbi-
users at a high risk for de- turates, amphetamines, and designer drugs. Designer
veloping diseases such as drugs are made by making small changes to other drugs.
hepatitis and AIDS? Ecstasy, or “X,” is a designer drug. Over time, the drug
can cause lesions or holes to develop in a user’s brain.
Ecstasy users are also more likely to develop depression.
HALLUCINOGENS
Users of hallucinogens have hallucinations. This
means that they see and hear things that are not real.
Drugs such as LSD and PCP are powerful, illegal halluci-
nogens. Sniffing glue or solvents, such as paint thinner,
READING CHECK can also cause hallucinations and serious brain damage.
hallucination?
Type of drug Legal or illegal? Harmful effects
Herbal medicines not fully known
Prescription legal when used

properly
Tobacco legal over age 18 in

most of U.S.
Alcohol
Marijuana
Cocaine
Narcotics
TAKE A LOOK
9. Complete Use the text Hallucinogens
to complete the chart on the
harmful effects of certain drugs.

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What Is Drug Abuse?

Drug use and drug abuse are not the same thing.
Someone can use drugs to prevent or help a medical
problem. The drug user gets these drugs legally and uses
them properly. People who abuse drugs usually do not
take the drugs for a medical problem. Instead, they may
take drugs to help them feel good, escape from problems,
or fit in. Drug abusers often get drugs illegally. READING CHECK
10. List Give three reasons a
How Does Drug Abuse Start, and How person may abuse drugs.
Can It Stop?
Young people often start to use drugs because of peer
pressure. Teenagers may drink, smoke, or try marijuana
to make friends. Many teenagers begin using illegal drugs
to feel like part of a group. However, drug abuse can
lead to many problems with friends, family, school, and
money. These problems often lead to depression and
social isolation.
Many people who start using drugs do not recognize
the dangers. Incorrect information about drugs can be
found in many places. Some of the most common myths
about drugs are shown below.
Drug Myths
Myth “It’s only alcohol, not drugs.” TAKE A LOOK

11. Explain Can someone
Reality Alcohol is a mood-altering and mind-altering drug. It
become addicted to a drug
affects the central nervous system and is addictive.
only after using a lot of it
Myth “I won’t get hooked on one or two cigarettes a day.” or using it for a long time?
Reality Addiction is not related to the amount of a drug used. Some Explain your answer.
people become addicted after using a drug once or twice.
Myth “I can quit any time I want.”
Reality Addicts may quit and return to drug usage many times.
Their inability to stay drug-free shows how powerful
the addiction is.
The first step to quitting drugs is to admit to drug

abuse and to decide to stop. The addicted person should
get proper medical treatment. Getting off drugs can be
very difficult. However, people who stop abusing drugs
lead happier and healthier lives.

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Section 2 Review
SECTION VOCABULARY
addiction a dependence on a substance, such as narcotic a drug that is derived from opium and
alcohol or another drug that relieves pain and induces sleep
alcoholism a disorder in which a person repeatedly nicotine a toxic, addictive chemical that is found in
drinks alcoholic beverages in an amount that tobacco and that is one of the major contributors
interferes with the person’s health and activities to the harmful effects of smoking
drug any substance that causes a change in a
person’s physical or psychological state
1. Compare What is the difference between physical and psychological dependence?
2. Explain Can prescription and over-the-counter drugs be harmful? Explain your

answer.
3. Define What are side effects? Give several examples.
4. Analyze Is smokeless tobacco safer to use than cigarettes? Explain your answer.
5. List Name five drugs that are always illegal.
6. Explain Why are drug use and drug abuse not the same thing?

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SECTION
3 Healthy Habits
BEFORE YOU READ
these questions:
• What are some habits you can practice to stay healthy?
• What are some ways to prevent accidents and injuries?
Why Should You Take Care of Your Health?

Do you like playing sports or acting in plays? How does STUDY TIP
your health affect your favorite activities? The better your Underline As you read this
health is, the better you can perform. To keep yourself section, underline all the
things you can do to take
healthy, you need to practice healthy habits every day. care of your health.
What Is Hygiene?
Hygiene is the science of preserving and protecting
your health. Practicing good hygiene is not hard. One of
the easiest things you can do to stay healthy is to wash
your hands. This helps prevent the spread of disease. You
should always wash your hands after using the bathroom
and before and after handling food. Taking care of your
skin, hair, and teeth is also important for good hygiene. READING CHECK
1. Identify What is one of
Why Is Posture Important? the easiest things you can
Standing up straight not only makes you look better, but it do to prevent the spread of
disease?
can make you feel better. Posture is important to your health.
Bad posture strains your muscles and makes breathing
difficult. To have good posture, imagine a line passing
through your ear, shoulder, hip, knee, and ankle when you
stand. You can have good posture at a desk by pulling your
chair forward and keeping your feet on the floor. READING CHECK
2. Identify What problems
can bad posture cause?
When you have Bad posture strains

good posture, your your muscles and
ear, shoulder, hip, ligaments and can
knee, and ankle are make breathing
in a straight line. difficult.

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SECTION 3 Healthy Habits continued
Why Is Exercise Important?

Aerobic exercise at least three times a week is essential
to good health. Aerobic exercise is vigorous, constant
READING CHECK exercise of the whole body for 20 minutes or more.
3. Identify How long should Types of aerobic exercise include:
aerobic exercise last? • walking
• dancing
• running
• swimming
• biking
• playing sports, such as soccer, basketball, or tennis
Say It Aerobic exercise increases your heart rate. This helps
Discuss Do you play any your body take in more oxygen. Aerobic exercise protects
sports, or perform other aer- your physical and mental health in the following ways:
obic activities? How do you
feel after you exercise? Tell • strengthens the heart, bones, and lungs
the class about your favorite • burns Calories
form of exercise.
• helps your body conserve some nutrients
• helps your digestive system work well
• gives you more energy and stamina
How Much Sleep Do You Need?

Believe it or not, teenagers actually need more sleep
than younger children. Do you ever fall asleep in class,
like the girl in the figure below? If so, you may not be get-
ting enough sleep. Scientists say teenagers need about 9.5
hours of sleep each night. At night, the body goes through
several cycles of deeper and deeper sleep. If you do not
sleep long enough, you will not enter the deepest, most
READING CHECK restful period of sleep.
4. Identify About how many
hours of sleep each night do
scientists say teenagers need?
If you fall asleep easily during the

day, you are probably not getting
enough sleep.

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What Is Stress?
Have you ever been excited about your team’s upcoming
soccer game? Have you ever been upset or angry because you
got a bad grade on a test? The game and the test were caus-
ing you stress. Stress is the physical and mental response to Say It
pressure, such as being worried, anxious, or excited. Describe Have you ever felt
stressed? What do you think
Some stress is a normal part of life. Stress tells your
caused your stress? How did
body to prepare for difficult or dangerous situations. it make you feel? Describe
However, sometimes you may have no outlet for the this to a partner.
stress, and it builds up. Too much stress can be harm-
ful to your health. It can also make it hard for you to do
everything you need to do each day.
Some signs of too much stress include: Critical Thinking
• headaches 5. Analyze How can stress
be both good and bad?
• upset stomach
• inability to fall asleep at night
• nervous habits, such as nail biting
• becoming irritable or resentful
TAKE A LOOK
6. Identify Circle all the
things in this picture that
could cause stress.

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What Are Some Ways to Cope with Stress?

Different things stress different people. Once you learn
what things cause you stress, you can find ways to deal
with it. If you cannot remove the cause of stress, here are
READING CHECK some ideas for handling stress.
7. Explain What do you • Share your problems. Talk them over with a parent,
need to do before you can friend, teacher, or school counselor.
deal with stress?
• Make a list of all the things you would like to get done.
Rank these things in order of how important they are.
Do the most important thing first.
• Exercise regularly.
• Get enough sleep
• Pet or play with a friendly animal.
• Spend some quiet time alone.
• Practice deep breathing or other relaxation techniques.
What Are Some Ways to Prevent Injuries?

Practicing healthy habits includes preventing injuries.
Accidents can happen any time. It is impossible to pre-
vent all accidents. However, you can decrease your risk
of injury by following some basic safety rules.
OUTDOOR SAFETY
If you enjoy outdoor activities, such as biking, hiking,
or boating, some rules you should follow are:
Critical Thinking • never hike or camp alone
8. Infer Why do you think it • dress for the weather
is important to tell somone • tell someone where you are going and when you will return
where you are going and
when you will return?
• learn how to swim, and never swim alone
• wear a life jacket when you are in a boat
• if a storm approaches, get out of the water and seek shelter
• always wear a helmet when you are biking, and obey
the rules of the road
You should practice other common sense habits as
well. For example, you should always wear a seat belt in
a moving vehicle. Never ride in a car with someone who
has been drinking alcohol or using illegal drugs.

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SAFETY AT HOME
Many accidents can be avoided. The figure below shows
ways you can help prevent accidents in your home.
• Have a parent install

smoke detectors on
Bathroom
every floor.
• Never touch elec-
trical switches or TAKE A LOOK
appliances while
touching water.
9. Apply Concepts List three
• Use nonslip mats things from this picture that
in the shower
and tub.
you can do to protect your
• Use a night light. home from fires.
Kitchen Entrance and Stairs Living Room

• Clean up spills quickly. • Use a railing. • Keep electrical cords
• Do not allow pot handles to • Never leave out of walkways.
extend over the edge of the stove. objects on stairs. • Do not plug too many
• Use a stool to reach high shelves. electrical devices into
• Keep grease and drippings away one outlet.
from open flames.
What Should You Do If an Accident Happens?

Accidents can happen, so you should be prepared. If
you see someone in danger, such as a person choking,
you should call for medical help right away. In most com-
munities, you can dial 911 on the telephone. This will
connect you with emergency personnel who will send
help. Once you dial 911, you should:
• stay calm
• speak slowly and clearly
• give the complete address, phone number, and descrip-
tion of where you are
• describe the accident and tell how many people are
injured and what kind of injuries they have
• ask what to do and listen carefully to the instructions
• let the other person hang up the phone first to be sure
there are no more questions or instructions for you READING CHECK
10. Explain When you make
a 911 call, why should you let
the other person hang up first?

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Section 3 Review
SECTION VOCABULARY
aerobic exercise physical exercise intended to hygiene the science of health and ways to
increase the activity of the heart and lungs to preserve health
promote the body’s use of oxygen stress a physical or mental response to pressure
1. List Name four ways aerobic exercise can help you stay healthy.
2. Summarize Complete the organizer below to identify some healthy habits.
Healthy
Habits
Follow
safety
rules
3. List Give three symptoms of too much stress.
4. Explain Why do you miss the most restful hours of sleep if you don’t sleep long
enough?
5. Describe How can you have good posture while sitting at a desk?

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CHAPTER 2 It’s Alive!! Or Is It?

CHAPTER 3 Cells: The Basic Units of Life

CHAPTER 4 The Cell in Action

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CHAPTER 7 The Evolution of Living Things

CHAPTER 8 The History of Life on Earth

CHAPTER 10 Bacteria and Viruses

CHAPTER 11 Protists and Fungi

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CHAPTER 13 Plant Processes

CHAPTER 14 Animals and Behavior

CHAPTER 16 Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles

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CHAPTER 18 Interactions of Living Things

CHAPTER 19 Cycles in Nature

CHAPTER 20 The Earth’s Ecosystems

CHAPTER 21 Environmental Problems and Solutions

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CHAPTER 23 Circulation and Respiration

CHAPTER 24 The Digestive and Urinary Systems

CHAPTER 25 Communication and Control

CHAPTER 26 Reproduction and Development

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CHAPTER 28 Staying Healthy

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CHAPTER 1 The World of Life Science

1 Asking About Life

What Is Life Science?

Part of science is asking questions

What Questions Do Life Scientists Ask?

SECTION 1 Asking About Life continued

What Do Life Scientists Do?

Abdul Lakhani is a life

SECTION 1 Asking About Life continued

Who Is a Life Scientist?

Irene Duhart Long studies

Geerat Vermeij studies

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1. Explain How do scientists gather information about the world?

2. Describe What is a life scientist?

3. List Give four places that a life scientist can work.

5. Explain Why is polio a very rare disease today?

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CHAPTER 1 The World of Life Science

What Are Scientific Methods?

As you can see, the order of steps in scientific

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Why Is It Important to Ask a Question?

Scientists use many different tools, such as microscopes, rulers, and

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More than one prediction may be made for a single hypothesis.