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<p>Introduction 1</p> <p><b>Part I: Plant Basics 5</b></p> <p>Chapter 1: Exploring Botany 7</p> <p>Chapter 2: Peering at Plant Cells 13</p> <p>Chapter 3: Identifying Plant Tissues 43</p> <p>Chapter 4: Vegetative Structures: Stems, Roots, and Leaves 57</p> <p>Chapter 5: Reproductive Structures: Spores, Seeds, Cones, Flowers, and Fruits 81</p> <p><b>Part II: The Living Plant: Plant Physiology 99</b></p> <p>Chapter 6: Metabolism: How Living Things Get Energy and Matter 101</p> <p>Chapter 7: Photosynthesis: Making Sugar from Scratch 109</p> <p>Chapter 8: Cellular Respiration: Making Your Cake and Eating It, Too 131</p> <p>Chapter 9: Moving Materials Through Plants 147</p> <p>Chapter 10: Regulating Plant Growth and Development 163</p> <p><b>Part III: Making More Plants: Plant Reproduction and Genetics 179</b></p> <p>Chapter 11: Greening the Earth: Plant Reproduction 181</p> <p>Chapter 12: Passing Plant Characteristics to the Next Generation 199</p> <p><b>Part IV: The Wide, Wonderful World of Plants: Plant Biodiversity 215</b></p> <p>Chapter 13: Changing with the Times: Evolution and Adaptation 217</p> <p>Chapter 14: The Tree of Life: Showing the Relationships Between Living Things 231</p> <p>Chapter 15: Examining the Forest Floor: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants 243</p> <p>Chapter 16: Their Seeds Are Naked: Gymnosperms 265</p> <p>Chapter 17: Say It with Flowers: Angiosperms 275</p> <p><b>Part V: Plants and People 289</b></p> <p>Chapter 18: Making Connections with Plant Ecology 291</p> <p>Chapter 19: Altering Plants by Using Biotechnology 311</p> <p>Chapter 20: Thriving on Plants in Everyday Life 323</p> <p><b>Part VI: The Part of Tens 341</b></p> <p>Chapter 21: Ten Weirdest Plants 343</p> <p>Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Improving Your Grade in Botany 349</p> <p>Index 355</p>

<p><b>Rene Fester Kratz, PhD</b> 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.

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