BIOL 111 Study Guide - Detritivore, Archaea, Permafrost
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Biology as a science chapter 1 (14-18: science: to know , science is about understanding the natural world and how it came to be. It"s an ongoing process in which researches conduct studies to answer questions about how the natural world works inquiry based. It is not a process that can solve every question: it cannot answer questions about the supernatural (god), values, or ethics. It is not a process that tries to prove things, in science nothing is ever proven it is constantly changing: how we study biology, discovery-based research. No referral to hypothesis before collecting data. Ex: observing and collecting information (jane goodal with. Hypothesis is stated before data is collected. Hypothesis: a tentative explanation for observed phenomena that must be testable and falsifiable. It includes the factor, response, and who/what is being studied: ex: sleep deprivation affects the memory of students .
