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