BIOL10210 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Rotifer, Archaea, Sickle-Cell Disease
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Explain the scientific method. (goal of scientific method is to prove our idea is wrong) Analyze results and draw conclusion (is it supported or is is false) > if false, think and try again. The alternate hypothesis (ha) predicts that the proposed explanation for the. The amount of food in a yard determines the number of robins feeding there observation does have a significant effect (ha) = yards with more food means more robins. We use the scientific method to prove our hypothesis is wrong. Because two things correlate, one causes the other (not necessarily true) Ex. there is a positive correlation between amount of worms in yard and the increased number of robins feeding in the yard. A theory is when it"s difficult to prove an idea wrong (ex. Many physical sciences. call ideas with lots of support for ideas law . In biology, heavily supported ideas we call theory .
