Science Plus Book 2, Year 10

THE NATURE OF SCIENCE INTRODUCTION 1.1 How science works 1.2 A fair trial 1.3 Being practical 1.4 Research assignments LIFE SCIENCE Genetics and evolution 2.1 No two alike 2.2 DNA 2.3 Copying 2.4 Cells and dividing 2.5 Blue eyes, brown eyes 2.6 Mutations 2.7 Evolution evidence 2.8 How evolution works 2.9 New species 2.10 Gene technology 2.11 The human race Ecology 2.12 Who lives here? 2.13 Chains and webs 2.14 Pyramids of life 2.15 Chemicals on the move 2.16 Balancing act 2.17 Possums and poisons 2.18 Bees at work 2.19 Biofuels and orangutans 2.20 Conservation Microlife 2.21 Bacteria 2.22 Fungi 2.23 Antibiotics Human biology 2.24 Food and guts 2.25 Body balance 2.26 Diabetes 2.27 The immune system 2.28 Drugs in sport CHEMICAL SCIENCE Acids and bases 3.1 Corrosive chemicals 3.2 Chemical rainbows 3.3 Salts 3.4 Heat and speed 3.5 Surface and speed 3.6 Making indicators Metals 3.7 Meet the metals 3.8 Metals and acids 3.9 The reactivity series 3.10 Rust never sleeps 3.11 Making electricity 3.12 Mining Carbon chemistry 3.13 Team carbon 3.14 Plastic fantastic 3.15 Carbohydrates and lipids 3.16 Detergents and soaps 3.17 Drugs: good, bad and ugly 3.18 Recycling chemicals Extension 3.19 Chemical formulae and names 3.20 Equations and balancing PHYSICAL SCIENCE On the move 4.1 Plotting data 4.2 Need for speed 4.3 Graph shapes 4.4 Ticker timers and acceleration 4.5 Force types 4.6 Using force 4.7 Forces at work 4.8 It's the law 4.9 Power 4.10 Flight Electricity 4.11 Go with the flow 4.12 All charged up 4.13 Circuits and symbols 4.14 Moving charges 4.15 Voltage 4.16 Power and money Magnetism 4.17 Magnetic fields 4.18 Making magnets 4.19 Electromagnets 4.20 Electric motors EARTH SCIENCE AND ASTRONOMY New Zealand landforms 5.1 Moving continents 5.2 Zealandia 5.3 Caught in the crunch 5.4 Recycle rock 5.5 Taupo Volcanic Zone 5.6 Hotspots 5.7 Folds and faults 5.8 Ice 5.9 Rivers and sea coast 5.10 Layers of history 5.11 Recycled water 5.12 Timekeepers Beyond the solar system 5.13 Galaxies and nebulae 5.14 Constellations 5.15 The Big Bang 5.16 Birth, life and death of stars 5.17 Black holes and neutron stars 5.18 Galileo 5.19 SETI 5.20 The night sky Glossary Index Periodic table of the elements