Botany For Dummies - Softcover

Kratz, Rene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118006720 ISBN 13: 9781118006726

Publisher: For Dummies, 2011

Synopsis

The easy way to score your highest in botany

Employment of biological scientists is projected to grow 21% over the next decade, much faster than the average for all occupations, as biotechnological research and development continues to drive job growth.

Botany For Dummies gives you a thorough, easy-to-follow overview of the fundamentals of botany, helping you to improve your grades, supplement your learning, or review before a test.

• Covers evolution by natural selection
• Offers plain-English explanations of the structure and function of plants
• Includes plant identification and botanical phenomenon

Tracking a typical course in botany, this hands-on, friendly guide is your ticket to acing this required course for your major in biology, microbiology, zoology, or elementary education.

About this title

About the Author

Rene Fester Kratz, PhD is a Biology instructor at Everett Community College. As a member of the North Cascades and Olympic Science Partnership, she worked to develop science curricula that are in alignment with research on human learning.

From the Back Cover

Learn to:

• Understand how plants reproduce
• Grasp the structure and function of plants
• Score your highest grade in botany

The easy way to score your highest grade in botany

Botany For Dummies gives you a thorough, easy-to-follow overview of the fundamentals of botany, helping you to improve your grades, supplement your learning, or review before a test. Covering typical topics in botany, this hands-on, friendly guide is your ticket to acing this required course for your major in biology, microbiology, zoology, or elementary education.

• Breathe life into botany get an overview of the fundamentals of metabolism that are common to all living things, and understand why living things need matter and energy to grow and function
• Get ready to photosynthesize find out how plants make food from carbon dioxide and water using energy from the sun, and how they break down that food through cellular respiration
• Let's talk about reproduction get the 411 on how plant cells divide, either to make exact copies of themselves for growth or to make eggs and sperm for sexual reproduction
• The many uses of plants discover the importance of plants to the natural world, and the role they play in food, clothing, fuel, and medicine

Open the book and find:

• An overview of plant biology
• The basic chemistry you need to know to understand botany
• Plain-English explanations of plant tissues
• The structure of plants
• The lowdown on photosynthesis
• Plant reproduction and genetics
• A look at how evolution has shaped the structure and behavior of plants
• How we thrive on plants in everyday life

From the Inside Flap

Learn to:

• Understand how plants reproduce
• Grasp the structure and function of plants
• Score your highest grade in botany

The easy way to score your highest grade in botany

Botany For Dummies gives you a thorough, easy-to-follow overview of the fundamentals of botany, helping you to improve your grades, supplement your learning, or review before a test. Covering typical topics in botany, this hands-on, friendly guide is your ticket to acing this required course for your major in biology, microbiology, zoology, or elementary education.

• Breathe life into botany — get an overview of the fundamentals of metabolism that are common to all living things, and understand why living things need matter and energy to grow and function
• Get ready to photosynthesize — find out how plants make food from carbon dioxide and water using energy from the sun, and how they break down that food through cellular respiration
• Let's talk about reproduction — get the 411 on how plant cells divide, either to make exact copies of themselves for growth or to make eggs and sperm for sexual reproduction
• The many uses of plants — discover the importance of plants to the natural world, and the role they play in food, clothing, fuel, and medicine

Open the book and find:

• An overview of plant biology
• The basic chemistry you need to know to understand botany
• Plain-English explanations of plant tissues
• The structure of plants
• The lowdown on photosynthesis
• Plant reproduction and genetics
• A look at how evolution has shaped the structure and behavior of plants
• How we thrive on plants in everyday life

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118006720
• ISBN 13: 9781118006726
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384