Investigating Biology, 10th edition
- Judith Giles Morgan
- , M Eloise Brown Carter
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Investigating Biology Laboratory Manual offers full-color art and photos throughout, encouraging you to participate in the process of science and to develop creative and critical-reasoning skills. All lab topics include connections with advances in current research; lab topics with opportunities for open inquiry offer suggestions that will lead to independent investigations and collaborative team research.
The 10th Edition expands opportunities for you to participate in science. Selected pieces of art are revised, with new photos added to accompany art in many lab topics. It updates and revises lab topics and practice problems, provides resources on how to read and summarize scientific literature to avoid plagiarism, and more.
Published by Pearson (March 11th 2026) - Copyright © 2027
ISBN-13: 9780135458235
Subject: Biology
Category: Biology for majors
- Scientific Investigation
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 1.1 Questions and Hypotheses
- Exercise 1.2 Designing Experiments to Test Hypotheses
- Exercise 1.3 Designing an Experiment
- Exercise 1.4 Presenting and Analyzing Results
- Exercise 1.5 Interpreting and Communicating Results
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- References
- Websites
- Microscopes and Cells
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 2.1 The Compound Light Microscope
- Exercise 2.2 Basic Microscope Techniques
- Exercise 2.3 The Stereoscopic Microscope
- Exercise 2.4 The Transmission Electron Microscope
- Exercise 2.5 The Organization of Cells
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extensions
- References
- Websites
- Diffusion and Osmosis
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 3.1 Diffusion of Molecules
- Exercise 3.2 Osmotic Activity in Cells
- Exercise 3.3 Investigating Osmolarity of Plant Cells
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extensions
- References
- Websites
- Enzymes
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 4.1 Experimental Method and the Action of Catechol 0xidase
- Exercise 4.2 Inhibiting the Action of Catechol Oxidase
- Exercise 4.3 Influence of Enzyme Concentration, pH, and Temperature on the Activity of Amylase
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extensions
- References
- Websites
- Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 5.1 Alcoholic Fermentation
- Exercise 5.2 Cellular Respiration
- Exercise 5.3 Designing and Performing Your Open-Inquiry Investigation
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- References
- Websites
- Photosynthesis
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 6.1 The Wavelengths of Light for Photosynthesis
- Exercise 6.2 Pigments in Photosynthesis
- Exercise 6.3 Separation and Identification of Plant Pigments by Paper Chromatography
- Exercise 6.4 Determining the Absorption Spectrum for Leaf Pigments
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extensions
- References
- Websites
- Mitosis and Meiosis
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 7.1 Modeling the Cell Cycle and Mitosis in an Animal Cell
- Exercise 7.2 Observing Mitosis and Cytokinesis in Plant Cells
- Exercise 7.3 Observing Chromosomes, Mitosis, and Cytokinesis in Animal Cells
- Exercise 7.4 Modeling Meiosis
- Exercise 7.5 Meiosis in Sordaria fimicola: A Study of Crossing Over
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extensions
- References
- Websites
- Mendelian Genetics I: Fast Plants
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 8.1 Inheritance of Anthocyanin Gene
- Exercise 8.2 Inheritance of Plant Color: Green, Yellow-Green, and Purple (Anthocyanin Present)
- Exercise 8.3 Inheritance of Variegated and Nonvariegated Leaf Color
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extensions
- References
- Websites
- Mendelian Genetics II: Drosophila
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 9.1 Establishing the Enzyme Reaction Controls
- Exercise 9.2 Determining the Pattern of Inheritance of the Aldox Gene
- Exercise 9.3 Determining Parental Genotypes Using Evidence from Progeny
- Exercise 9.4 Mapping Genes
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extensions
- References
- Websites
- Molecular Biology
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 10.1 Using Restriction Enzymes and Electrophoresis to Analyze DNA Fragments
- Exercise 10.2 Practice Problem for Analyzing DNA
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extensions
- References
- Websites
- Population Genetics: The Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 11.1 Testing Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Using a Bead Model
- Exercise 11.2 Simulation of Evolutionary Change Using the Bead Model
- Exercise 11.3 Open-Inquiry Computer Simulation of Evolution
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extensions
- References
- Websites
- Bacteriology
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 12.1 Investigating Characteristics of Bacteria
- Exercise 12.2 Ecological Succession of Bacteria in Milk
- Exercise 12.3 Bacteria in the Environment
- Exercise 12.4 Controlling the Growth of Bacteria
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extensions
- References
- Websites
- Protists
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 13.1 Supergroup Excavata
- Exercise 13.2 Supergroup "SAR"
- Exercise 13.3 Supergroup Unikonta
- Exercise 13.4 Supergroup Archaeplastida
- Exercise 13.5 Designing and Performing an Open-Inquiry Investigation
- Reviewing Your Knowleqge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- References
- Websites
- Plant Diversity I: Bryophytes (Nonvascular Plants) and Seedless Vascular Plants
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 14.1 Bryophytes (Nonvascular Plants)
- Exercise 14.2 Seedless Vascular Plants
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- References
- Websites
- Plant Diversity II: Seed Plants
- Laboratory Objectives
- Exercise 15.1 Gymnosperms
- Exercise 15.2 Angiosperms
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extension
- References
- Websites
- Bioinformatics: Molecular Phylogeny of Plants
- Exercise 16.1 Establishing Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships Among Rubisco Large Subunit Genes
- Exercise 16.2 Analyzing Phylogenetic Trees and Reporting Results
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extension
- References
- Websites
- The Kingdom Fungi
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 17.1 A Survey of Major Fungal Groups
- Exercise 17.2 Designing and Performing an Open-Inquiry Investigation
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- References
- Websites
- Animal Diversity I: Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Mollusca, and Annelida
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 18.1 Phylum Porifera: Sponges (Scypha)
- Exercise 18.2 Phylum Cnidaria: Hydras (Hydra)
- Exercise 18.3 Phylum Pla tyhelminthes: Planarians (Dugesia)
- Exercise 18.4 Phylum Mollusca: Clams
- Exercise 18.5 Phylum Annelida: Clamworms (Nereis) and Earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris)
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extension
- References
- Websites
- Animal Diversity II: Nematoda, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, and Chordata
- Exercise 19.1 Phylum Nematoda: Roundworms (Ascaris)
- Exercise 19.2 Phylum Arthropoda
- Exercise 19.3 Phylum Echinodermata: Sea Star
- Exercise 19.4 Phylum Chordata
- Reviewing Your Knowledge: Lab Topics 18 and 19
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extension
- References
- Websites
- Plant Anatomy
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 20.1 Plant Morphology
- Exercise 20.2 Plant Primary Growth and Development
- Exercise 20.3 Cell Structure of Primary Tissues
- Exercise 20.4 Structure of Tissues Produced by Secondary Growth
- Exercise 20.5 Grocery Store Botany: Modifications of Plant Organs
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extension
- References
- Websites
- Plant Growth
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 21.1 Factors Influencing Seed Germination
- Exercise 21.2 Plant Growth Regulators: Auxin
- Exercise 21.3 Plant Growth Regulators: Gibberellins
- Exercise 21.4 Designing and Performing an Open-Inquiry Investigation
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- References
- Websites
- Vertebrate Anatomy I: The Skin and Digestive System
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 22.1 Histology of the Skin
- Exercise 22.2 Introduction to the Fetal Pig
- Exercise 22.3 The Digest ive System in the Fetal Pig
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Case Study
- References
- Websites
- Vertebrate Anatomy II: The Circulatory and Respiratory Systems
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 23.1 Glands and Respiratory Structures of the Neck and Thoracic Cavity
- Exercise 23.2 The Heart and the Pulmonary Blood Circuit
- Exercise 23.3 The Heart and the Systemic Circuit in the Thorax
- Exercise 23.4 The Systemic Circuit in the Abdominal Cavity
- Exercise 23.5 Blood
- Exercise 23.6 Fetal Pig Circulation
- Exercise 23.7 Details of the Respiratory System
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Case Studies
- References
- Websites
- Vertebrate Anatomy Ill: The Excretory Reproductive, and Nervous Systems
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 24.1 The Excretory System
- Exercise 24.2 The Reproductive System
- Exercise 24.3 Nervous Tissue, the Spinal Cord and Reflex Arc, the Sheep Brain, and the Vertebrate Eye
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Case Studies
- References
- Websites
- Animal Development
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 25.1 Development in Echinoderms: Sea Urchin and Sea Star
- Exercise 25.2 Development in an Amphibian
- Exercise 25.3 Development in the Zebraflsh
- Exercise 25.4 Development in a Bird: The Chicken
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Investigative Extensions
- References
- Websites
- Animal Behavior
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 26.1 Taxis in Brine Shrimp
- Exercise 26.2 Kinesis in Pill Bugs
- Exercise 26.3 Agonistic Display in Male Siamese Fighting Fish
- Exercise 26.4 Reproductive Behavior in Fruit Flies
- Exercise 26.5 Designing and Performing Your Open-Inquiry Investigation
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- References
- Websites
- Ecology
- Laboratory Objectives
- Introduction
- Exercise 27.1 Biotic Components
- Exercise 27.2 Ablotic Components
- Exercise 27.3 Data Analysis
- Reviewing Your Knowledge
- Applying Your Knowledge
- Optional Exercise: Investigating Weedy Fields
- References
- Websites
Appendices
- A: Scientific Writing and Communication
- B: The Metric System
- C: Instrumentation and Techniques
- D: Chi-Square Test
- E: Terminology and Techniques for Dissection