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Biology

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the variable that is measured(the one you don't control) Dependent
information gathered directly, such as "the Blue butterflies like the red flowers observation
the group in an experiment that doesn't get the treatment and is used to compare results control group
A_________ is based on prior knowledge inference
A scientist designed an experiment to test the effect of temperature on bacterial growth. He grew three different cultures of the bacterium E coli under three heat lamps at different termperatures. What is the independent variable temperature
A student wanted to look at plant growth in 5 different soil samples. He planted the same type of seeds in identical containers & left them together in fulll sunlight. He gave them the same amount of water & charted their growth. What is the independent v soil
Conditions that remain exactly the same for all groups in an experiment are called constants
A possible solution for a set of observations is called hypotesis
Scientific hypotheses are most often tested by the process of experimenting
The part of the experiment changed by the experimenter is the independent variable
Control groups allow comparison between the subjects receiving the treatment and those not receiving the treatment true
"Mark counted 23 rabbits in the yard in one week" is a observation
"The apple is red" is a observation
"That apple looks sweet " is an inference
"Red apples have more sugar that yellow ones" is what kind of data qualitative
"Squirrels in a woodland lot have 24 babies in one year" is what kind of data quantitative
The idea that life arises from nonliving things was called spontaneous generation
Biology is the study of the living worls
Which is not a characteristic of living things? growth & development; ability to move; evolution ability to move
The process by which organisms maintain a fairly constant internal balance is called homeostasis
Created by: RSWillis
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