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Biology Exam 01
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Are living things confined to the same laws of physics and chemistry as non-living things? | Yes, they obey the same physical and chemical laws. |
| Define "behavior". | Activities as a result of responses. |
| Define "biodiversity". | Is the total number and abundance of species. |
| Distinguish between inductive and deductive reasoning in the scientific method. | Inductive reasoning is mostly observations. Deductive reasoning is mostly construction of experiments to reveal, verify, or negate an explanation of observed phenomena. |
| What is "peer review" in scientific research? | Other scientists attempt to duplicate an experiment given sufficient details. They may dismiss your findings depending on what the studies show or they may duplicated. |
| What is a blind study? | No one in the experiment knows what is occurring in the experiment until the experiment is finished. |
| Name the parts of a scientific research paper, and briefly state what each part contains. | 1. Title, authors, affiliations 2. Introduction ( the question or problem, and exp. is about) 3. Materials & Methods (details of the exp.) 4. Results 5. Dis./ Conc. (opinion) 6. biblio. references 7. footnote (funding, tech. input, consultation, etc.) |