Leaving Cert Biology
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| What is the study of living things called | Biology
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| The study of plants | Botany
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| The study of small living things, i.e. micro-organisms | Microbiology
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| The study of the structure and function of genes and their transmission from parents to offspring | Genetics
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| The study of animals | Zoology
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| The study of the internal and external structure of plants and animals | Anatomy
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| The study of how living things relate to each other and to their environment | Ecology
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| What is the scientific method | A series of steps used to solve a problem
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| What is the first step in the scientific method | Observation
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| What is observation | Something that can be obtained by using our senses or indirectly by using equipment
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| What is the second step in the scientific method | Hypothesis
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| What is a hypothesis | An educated guess based on observations
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| After a hypothesis is created what is the next step | Experimentation
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| What is experimentation | The design of an experiment to suit a hypothesis, it must be measurable
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| What is the step after experimentation | Data Analysis
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| What is the step after data analysis | Conclusion
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| What is a conclusion | Where you state whether your hypothesis was confirmed or not
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| After a conclusion is formed, what should be done | Compare conclusion to existing knowledge
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| After conclusion is compared what is the final step | Report and publishing of results
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| In an experiment how many variables can be changed at a time | One
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| What do you call an experiment that is used to provide a standard against which the actual experiment can be judged | Control experiment
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| What is a placebo | A 'dummy drug' that is used in control experiments
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| Why is a large sample size important in experimentation | More results the more valid the result
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| Why is a random selection important in experimentation | So that as many factors as possible can be ruled out
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| Why should experimental work be reported accurately | So that others may replicate and develop further
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| What do you call an experiment where neither the person tested nor the tester knows who is receiving the real treatment or who is receiving the placebo | Double Blind testing
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| Name some limitations in the Scientific Method | Extent of our knowledge, Design of Experiment, Interpretation of results, Accidental discoveries, Ethical issues
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