Science Plus Book 1, Year 9

INTRODUCTION 1.1 Good for what? 1.2 Getting into gear 1.3 Hands-on skills 1.4 Experiments 1.5 Microscope skills LIFE SCIENCE Cell biology 2.1 Cells 2.2 Tissues and systems 2.3 Cell to baby 2.4 Boy or girl? 2.5 Twins and triplets Animals 2.6 How many animals? 2.7 Sorting them out 2.8 Fish 2.9 Mammals Human biology 2.10 Fitness 2.11 Breathing 2.12 Heart matters 2.13 Muscle and bone 2.14 Vision 2.15 Body talk Plants 2.16 Growing 2.17 Flowers and sex 2.18 Moving away 2.19 No sex 2.20 Sugar factories 2.21 Plants and water 2.22 Underground movement 2.23 The defenders CHEMICAL SCIENCE Physical changes 3.1 Changing states 3.2 Sublimation 3.3 Hidden heat 3.4 Crystals 3.5 Dissolving and growing Chemical changes 3.6 Chemical elements 3.7 Compounds and mixtures 3.8 Reactions 3.9 Iron and sulfur 3.10 Separating solid mixtures 3.11 Separating liquid mixtures 3.12 Inside the atom 3.13 Electrons Gases 3.14 Air 3.15 Hydrogen 3.16 Oxygen 3.17 Carbon dioxide 3.18 Nitrogen Flames 3.19 Combustion 3.20 I'm starving! 3.21 Under pressure 3.22 Explosives 3.23 Fireworks 3.24 Fuels and the future PHYSICAL SCIENCE Introduction 4.1 What is physics? 4.2 Physical units 4.3 Graphing skills Energy 4.4 What is energy? 4.5 Efficiency 4.6 Energy from chemicals 4.7 Heat 4.8 Convection and conduction 4.9 Radiation 4.10 Ideal home 4.11 Making electricity Light 4.12 Seeing the light 4.13 Reflection 4.14 Inverted and curved 4.15 Refraction 4.16 Internal reflection 4.17 Colour 4.18 Eyes and cameras Sound 4.19 What is sound? 4.20 Sound work 4.21 Not loud enough? 4.22 Music EARTH SCIENCE/ ASTRONOMY Down to earth 5.1 Onion Earth 5.2 Sky high 5.3 Hot sun 5.4 Deep blue 5.5 Everyday weather 5.6 The weather machine 5.7 Our weather works 5.8 Weather forecasting 5.9 Our climate 5.10 Greenhouse Earth 5.11 Hot topic Out in space 5.12 Third Rock from the Sun 5.13 Moon Time 5.14 Our solar system 5.15 Life on Mars 5.16 Comets and meteorites 5.17 The Sun 5.18 Why don't satellites fall down? 5.19 The $20 million suit 5.20 GPDS 5.21 What happened to the dinosaurs? Index Glossary Periodic table