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Bio Ch. 2
Sex, Cancer, & a Vaccine
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Human Papillomavirus (HPV) can cause | cancer |
| HPV is passed through | sex |
| scientific claim | a statement about how the world works that can be tested using the scientific method |
| how vaccines work | Vaccines mimic natural infection, teach your immune system how to recognize a particular pathogen Develop Memory T and B cells |
| scientific literacy | an understanding of the basics of science & the scientific process |
| credentials | qualifications |
| bias | a prejudice or opinion for or against something |
| basic research | intended to expand the fundamental knowledge base of science |
| applied research | businesses & industries provide money to apply research to human issues & commercial applications |
| primary literature | first publication of scientific research that contains actual data with controls |
| peer review | other scientists checked the data, methods, & claims before publication was allowed |
| secondary literature | gives a basic overview of a topic or summarizes an area of research |
| pseudoscience | set of statements, beliefs, or practices that seem scientific but aren't |
| correlation | 2 or more aspects of natural world behave in an interrelated manner |
| causation | the belief that events occur in predictable ways and that one event leads to another |
| meta-analysis | a research paper that combines results from different studies |
| herd immunity | when a large portion of a population is vaccinated (then, the spread of disease is contained) |
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