SCI 240 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: 0 (Year), Grinnell Glacier, Natural Selection
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Chapter 1 study guide: according to the section 1. 9 on page 12, there is a downside to technology. Toxic wastes such as mercury form coal burning power plants, 3. Nuclear accidents and 6. the extinction of innumerable species are just some of the repercussions of more and more people wielding more and more technology. 2: natural selection is the mechanism by which evolution operates. Use the glossary in the back of the book to define hypothesis and theory. C. both the bohr theory of the atom and the theory of evolution are widely accepted theories in their respective scientific fields. Use arrows to show the increase in complexity. The dependent variable is the data that responds to the independent variable. When graphing data, the independent variable is placed on the x-axis (the horizontal axis) and the dependent variable is placed on the y-axis (the vertical axis): turn to page 767 of your text.