Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology: Study Guide I

This Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology Study Guide contains substantial passages of descriptive text on a range of biological subjects, in addition to a collection of biological data presented as study items. The different kinds of investigation were intended to provide students with experience in:
1. Critical reading, writing, and discussion on biological issues.
2. Making observations and asking relevant questions about them.
3. Analysing data and drawing conclusions from them.
4. Handling quantitative information and assessing error.
5. Working out hypotheses and assessing those proposed by others.
6. Designing investigations.
7. Evaluating the implications of biological knowledge for society.

Contents
Foreword
To the students who use this book

*Part One: Maintenance of the Organism
Chapter 1: Gas exchange page
Chapter 2: Breathing and gas exchange in Man
Chapter 3: The circulatory systems of animals and plants
Chapter 4: Blood and the transport of oxygen
Chapter 5: Cells and chemical reactions
Chapter 6: Heterotrophic nutrition
Chapter 7: Photosynthesis

*Part Two: Control and Co-ordination in Organisms
Chapter 8: The plant and water
Chapter 9: The cell and water
Chapter 10: Control by the organism
Chapter 11: Co-ordination and communication
Chapter 12: The response to stimuli
Chapter 13: Behaviour
Chapter 14: The human brain and the mind