BIL 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chlorophyll, Hydrophile, Metabolic Waste
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Science- an approach of understanding the natural world. Inquiry- a search for information and explanations of natural phenomena. Use of microscopes, thermometers and other instruments. Data- recorded observations (can be qualitative or quantitative) An explanation based on observations and assumptions that lead to a. Scientific test carried out under controlled conditions. A hypothesis becomes a theory following lots of testing all of which fail to disprove the hypothesis. Unification of facts: inductive reasoning involves the gathering of observations and hypotheses into a unifying whole, darwin"s theory of evolution. Build up of a different whole from smaller parts, modern evolutionary. Use your experience, consider the problem, and try to explain it, form a hypothesis, use hypothesis to make predictions, test it, falsify, general to specific. Typically applied in testing hypotheses and designing experiments. Control groups cancel the effects of unwanted variables. Does not mean that all unwanted variables are kept constant.
