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chapter 1
the scientific method
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| biology | is the study of living things |
| an organism | is a living thing |
| the scientific method | is the process of investigation in which problems are identified and their suggested explanations are tested by carrying out experiments |
| botany | study of plants |
| cytology | study of cells |
| zoology | study of animals |
| anatomy | study of the human body |
| stages in the scientific method | 1. observation 2. hypothesis 3. experimentation 4. collection and interpretation of data 5. conclusion 6. relating the conclusion to existing knowledge 7. reporting and publishing results |
| a hypothesis | an educated guess based on observation |
| data | the information gathered in experiments |
| a theory | an explanation based on repeated hypotheses and experimentation |
| a principle or law | arises from a theory when it is seen always to be true under all conditions over a long period of time |
| ethics | refers to whether issues are right or wrong |
| principles of experimentation | 1. careful planning and design 2. ensure that the experiment is safe 3. design a control experiment 4. experiment must be fair |
| ways to make an experiment fair | sample size random selection double blind testing |