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Biology Chap. 1-3
Basic terms for Honors Biology, Grade 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The characterization of science by an organized approach | Scientific Method |
| The act of perceiving a natural occurrence that causes someone to pose a question | Observation |
| A proposed explanation for the way a particular aspect of the natural world functions | Hypothesis |
| A statement that forecasts what would happen n a test situation if the hypothesis were true | Prediction |
| Used to test a hypothesis and an experiment | Experiment |
| Provides a normal standard against which the biologist can compare results to the experimental group | Control Group |
| Identical to the control group except for one factor, the independent variable | Experimental Group |
| The experimenter manipulates the _________ variable | Independent Variable |
| The variable a scientist observes or measures because it is affected by the independent variable | Dependent variable |
| When a set of related hypotheses is confirmed to be true many times, and can explain a great amount of data | Theory |
| When scientists who are experts in the field anonymously read and critique research | Peer Review |