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AB Ch 1
Applied Biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Life Scientist | Anyone, observe living things and asks questions (study of living things) |
| Benefits of Life Science | fight disease, environment, genetics, heredity |
| Controlled Experiment | 1 variable, used to compare the experiment to (control group) |
| Models | limits |
| Advantages | represent organisms not still around |
| Laws | summary of many experimental results, may have started off as a hyp or theory |
| Use of Computers | solve complex equations |
| MRI | |
| SI System | |
| Advantages | easy to convert, common way to share results, based on 10 |
| Base units and uses | grams |
| Conversions | do some conversions. |
| Scientific Method | ask questions, steps to answer questions |
| Models | represent an object or system |
| 3 types | mathematical, conceptual, physical (toy airplane) |
| Examples | |
| Microscopes | compound light |
| Electron | clear image of nonliving |
| Theory | explanation of many hypothesis and experiments |
| Technology | use of knowledge and tools to solve problems |
| Developing conclusions from data | |
| Reading graphs | |
| Hypothesis | possible explanation for observations |
| Temperature | measurement of how hot or cold an object is |
| Measured in K or degrees celsius |