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Bio Chapter 1

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What is Science? an organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world
What are the goals of Science? to provide natural explanations, use explanations to understand patterns, make useful predictions
What is Science always doing? Changing
What are the steps of the Scientific Method? Observe and ask questions, infer and form hypotheses, design controlled experiments, collect and analyze data, form conclusions
What if experiments are not possible? Observe (field study)
What traits allow scientists to make new ideas? Curiosity,Skepticism,open-mindedness, and creativity
What does peer reviewed articles do? Allows researchers to share ideas for others to test/evaluate
What are scientific theories? Well tested explanations that join a large group of observations and hypotheses to help make accurate predictions, never the absolute truth
What is bias? a particular point of view that is personal rather than scientific
What is biology? the study of life/living things
What makes living things special? have cells, obtain and use materials and energy, grow and develop, reproduce, respond to their environment, maintain a stable internal environment, and change over time
What is DNA? The molecule in which all the complex information of life is stored
What is stimulus? A signal an organism responds to
What is Sexual Reproduction? two parents join cells to create an offspring
What is Asexual Reproduction? a single organism reproduces an identical offspring on its own
What is Homeostasis? maintaining a relatively stable internal condition when external conditions are drastic
What is Metabolism? when an organism breaks down or builds up materials
What are the big ideas in Biology? cell basis, info and heredity, matter and energy, growth, development, reproduction, homeostasis, evolution,structure and function, unity and diversity, interdependence in nature, a way of knowing
What is the Biosphere? basically means "living planet", all organisms are linked to one another within this
What do the jobs of Biology consist of? includes many overlapping fields that use different tools to study life from the level of molecules to the entire planet
What are some of the main Biology jobs? Global ecology, biotechnology, evolution, genomics and molecular biology
What is the common system of measurement? Most scientists use the metric system
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