ENVS 1126 : ENVS 1127 Final Wilson
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Chapter 1: environmental science and critical thinking. 1. 3 science and the scientific method: science is a body of knowledge and a method of acquiring further knowledge about the world around us. - using facts and observations to derive new facts or general rules. - using facts and observations to derive new facts or general rules: deductive reasoning. - arrive at a specific conclusion from general principles; e. g. mathematics. Scientific method: the basis of good science: inductive reasoning. Conclusion proposed contains more information than the observations or experience on which it is based: deductive reasoning. Conclusion proposed contains no more information than the observations or experience on which it is based: components to the structure of sound science. Experimentation: testing hypotheses: experiments enable scientists to test hypotheses and gain new knowledge, experiments must be carried out very carefully with an eye for detail", good experiments require both control and experimental groups.
