The easy way to score your highest in botany Employment of biological scientists is projected to grow 21% over the next decade, much faster than the average for all occupations, as biotechnological research and development continues to drive job growth.

Learn to:

• Understand how plants reproduce
• Grasp the structure and function of plants
• Score your highest grade in botany

The easy way to score your highest grade in botany

Botany For Dummies gives you a thorough, easy-to-follow overview of the fundamentals of botany, helping you to improve your grades, supplement your learning, or review before a test. Covering typical topics in botany, this hands-on, friendly guide is your ticket to acing this required course for your major in biology, microbiology, zoology, or elementary education.

• Breathe life into botany — get an overview of the fundamentals of metabolism that are common to all living things, and understand why living things need matter and energy to grow and function
• Get ready to photosynthesize — find out how plants make food from carbon dioxide and water using energy from the sun, and how they break down that food through cellular respiration
• Let's talk about reproduction — get the 411 on how plant cells divide, either to make exact copies of themselves for growth or to make eggs and sperm for sexual reproduction
• The many uses of plants — discover the importance of plants to the natural world, and the role they play in food, clothing, fuel, and medicine

Open the book and find:

• An overview of plant biology
• The basic chemistry you need to know to understand botany
• Plain-English explanations of plant tissues
• The structure of plants
• The lowdown on photosynthesis
• Plant reproduction and genetics
• A look at how evolution has shaped the structure and behavior of plants
• How we thrive on plants in everyday life

The easy way to score your highest in botany

Employment of biological scientists is projected to grow 21% over the next decade, much faster than the average for all occupations, as biotechnological research and development continues to drive job growth.

Botany For Dummies gives you a thorough, easy-to-follow overview of the fundamentals of botany, helping you to improve your grades, supplement your learning, or review before a test.

• Covers evolution by natural selection
• Offers plain-English explanations of the structure and function of plants
• Includes plant identification and botanical phenomenon

Tracking a typical course in botany, this hands-on, friendly guide is your ticket to acing this required course for your major in biology, microbiology, zoology, or elementary education.