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biology
exam 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| hypothesis | a suggested explanation, educated guess that is testable |
| theory | contains facts, predictions, laws, obersvations |
| what is the scientific method | observe, question, hypothesis, predict, experiment, report ex.why do i sweat when i workout? |
| knowing vs other ways of knowing | science is only falsifiable. Discovery science (get collections, data) vs hypothesis driven. Also vs democracy, authority, consensus, revelation, aesthitic, moral, ethical |
| list important people pre-date darwin | jean baptiste lamarack(Botanist), Charles lyle wrote principles of Geology, Malthus essay, wallace same idea of evolution, huxley advances his theory, |
| darwin life | graduates, beagle, earhtquake, galapagos islands, readings, |
| origin of species | competition, more produced than can survive, favorable conditions, climate, strive to increase |
| more people | filtzroy (god fearing), |