BIOL 1201 : Exam 1
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What is science: a body of knowledge, an approach to understanding nature. What happens as a result of this process: terminology, hypothesis: prediction/ explanation that is untested. Very little validity: theory: a hypothesis that has been tested many times and always supported. There is a mass of data that always supports the hypothesis and have real validity behind them: law: a theory that has been tested even more intensely and has always been supported. Valid model or explanation of some phenomenon. Laws cannot be violated: the word theory is often misused. In order to have a theory, the idea must have been tested many times with consistent results. What is biology: the study of life. What is life: characteristics of living systems, organization** The way things are organized: energy use** It takes a lot of energy to live: development. An idea that during the life time of an organism it changes as it grows.
