The Chapters Index
Part I : Introduction
Living and Non-living Things
Groups of Animals
Part II : Movement and Feeding
Introduction
Carnivores, Herbivores and Omnivores
Movement on Land
Joints in the Human Skeleton
How Muscles Work
Movement in the Air
Movement in Water
Recognizing and Choosing Food
How Animals Feed : Carnivores
How Animals Feed : Herbivores
How Food is Digested
Part III : How Living Organisms Breathe
Breathing in the Air : The Lungs
Into the Thorax
The Breathing System of Insects
Animals which Breathe through their Skin
Breathing Underwater
Air-breathing aquatic animals
How Plants Breathe
Living without Oxygen
Part IV : How Plants Feed
Feeding in Green Plants
Plants which Feed in Different Ways
Part V
How Feeding and Breathing are Connected
Part VI : Animal Reproduction
Introduction to Animal Reproduction
Mating and Fertilization
Reproduction in Birds
Reproduction in Mammals
Different Ways of Growing
Part VII : Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Flowers and Reproduction
The Structure of Insect Pollinated Flowers
Pollinating Mechanisms
Wind-pollinated flowers
Fruits and Seeds
Seed Germination
Part VIII : Introduction to the Earth
The Earth
Part IX : Climates and Biomes
Weather and Climate
Biomes
The Environment : The Atmosphere
The Greenhouse Effect
Is there life on Mars?
Hydrosphere, Lithosphere and Biosphere
Part X : The Environment
Environmental Factors Appropriate for Life
Soil
What is soil made of?
Life in the Soil
Environment and Distribution
Water
The Seasons
The Seasons and the Sun
How Seasons Influence the Biosphere
Human Influences on the Environment
Part XI : Cells
Introduction :Cells
Part XII : Biodiversity : The Variety of Life on Earth
Biodiversity
Collecting, Describing and Classifying
How Biologists Classify Species : Similarities and Differences
Putting Things into Groups I
Putting Things into Groups II
Part XIII : Plant Dispersal
Colonization of a Habitat
Flowering Plants
The Spore-producing Plants
Dispersal is Not Just for Plants
Part XIV : Seasonal Influences on Plant Populations
How the Plant populations in the Biosphere Change from One Season to the Next
How Plants Survive Winter
In the Spring : Germination
Part XV : Animal Dispersal
Reasons for Animal Dispersal
Changing shape to Travel Better
Part XVI : Seasonal Changes in animal Populations
Animals in Winter
Animals in Spring
Part XVII : Human Influences on Populations
The Extinction of Species
Introduced Species
How humans Can Help
Biodiversity
National Parks in France
Part XVIII : Energy and Activity
Feeding, Breathing and Activity
Activity in a Changing Climate
When the Climate is too Cold for Animals to Remain active
How Plants Survive in Winter
Part XIX : Colonizing and Populating Habitats
Seeds and Spores
Animal Life Cycles and Dispersal
Asexual Reproduction
Sexual reproduction or Asexual reproduction?
Part XX : How Organisms Communicate
The Effect of Stimuli on the Behaviour of an organism
Emitters and Receptors
Communication inside the Organism
Part XXI : The Heart and Blood System
Part XXII: The Interdependence of Living Things
Social Behaviour of Animals
Special Relationships between Animals and Plants
The Ecosystem : An Interacting Community
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