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1.3 studyof bio
study of bio
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scientific method | an organized approached. based on two principles: events in natraul world have natrual causes and uniforminty{ fundemental laws of nature operate same way at all places at all times |
| observation | to examine something using your 5 senses. or preceiving a natrual occurance that causes someone to pose a question |
| hypothesis | a proposed explanation for the way a particular aspect of the natrual world functions |
| prediction | to make a guess about the future based on previous knowledge |
| experiment | used to test a hypothesis and its predictions |
| control group | provides a normal standard agaisnt which the biologist can compare results of the experimental group. the thing that dosent change in the experiment |
| experimental group | identical to control group except for the independeant variable |
| independant variable | the thing in the experiment that you are trying to change |
| dependent vaariable | it is affected by the independant variable |
| theroy | a set of related hypothesis is confirmed to be true many times and it can explain a great amount of data. |
| peer view | when scientists who are experts in that field anonymously read and critique that research paper. |