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Natural science
module 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| levels of biological organizationex. biosphere, ecosystems, communities | hierarchy of life |
| when observing processes, somtimes certain patterns in the outcomes will emerge. Sometimes a process leads to a new outcome provides a new starting point for another process. | evolution in science |
| order, evolutionary adaptation, reponse to the environment, regulation, energy processing, growth and development, reproduction | properties of life |
| uses the conceptual framework of systems and subsystems as an organizational construct. Through investigation and an understanding of components and processes, it is possible to gain an understanding of the whole. | inquiry |
| within the cellsyou can see structures called chromosomes...partly made up of a substance called deoxyribonucleic acid | DNA |
| A synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested hypotheses about certain aspects of the natural world | theory |
| study of life of molecules and cells that make up organisms | microscopic |
| reducing complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to study | reductionism |
| designating a size scale very much larger than that of atoms and molecules | macroscopic |
| model the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems. ex. cells, organism, ecosystems | systems biology |
| for a hypothesis to be considered scientific it must be testable - it must, in principle, be capable of being proven wrong | falsifiability |
| an explanation that identifies an immediate precipitating cause or causes of a particular occurrence. | causal explanation |
| the outcome of the processes may always remain between boundaries and may even eventually settle to a particular outcome. | equilibrium |
| the process of examining a new phenomenon by applying known information (evidence) to a conjectured explanation of how th ephenomenon might work. | models |
| sometimes the system is composed of component systems. each of these component systems is called a subsystem | systems/subsystems |
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