BIOL 1001 : CH1 REVIEW
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Hint: eliminate answers that, if true, would make doing science obsolete, because the results wouldn"t generalize beyond a very specific situation. If the scientific laws couldn"t generalize across space and time, then they would be meaningless: incorrect. A basic assumption of science is that the natural laws observed at one place in the universe (including a laboratory) will be the same in other places in the universe: incorrect. A basic assumption of science is that the natural laws we observe today similarly existed in the past and will exist in the future: incorrect. A basic assumption of science is that the natural laws observed at one place in the universe will be the same in other places in the universe: your baby starts crying. Since she hasn"t eaten in two hours, you declare, "the baby must be hungry. " Your statement is a(n) __________: hypothesis, experiment, conclusion, observation. Hint: define the steps of the scientific method.
