BIOL 100- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 66 pages long!)
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Lecture outline 1 introduction to science and biology. Learning outcomes: define biology, distinguish between scientific facts, hypotheses, theories, and. Identify what science is and is not laws: explain and be able to use the hypothetico-deductive approach to science. Biology: scientific study of life, five characteristics of life, organization, energy use, maintenance of internal environment, reproduction, growth, and development, evolution. What is science: although we tend to treat science as a body of facts, science is dynamic it"s always changing. Modern science seeks to explain natural phenomena in natural terms. Science is not : the solution to all problems and questions, ignorant of the rules, the road to the truth , out to prove anything, 100% certain, the final answer, infallible, unbiased, always used properly. When science is defined and used properly, we can use facts and hypotheses to formulate theories about our lives and the world around us.
