[LIFESCI 1] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (39 pages long!)
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Use hypothesis to make prediction (what you expect to occur if hypothesis is correct: prediction is if/then statement (explanation if hypothesis is correct), not the hypothesis. Either support or reject hypothesis depending on results. Not possible to prove anything, but support hypothesis. Come up with new hypothesis to retest if results do not support hypothesis. If results are consistent over many experiments, hypothesis becomes scientific theory. The two values correlate with each other but do not cause each other to increase. Number of pirates and global average temperature: cause of increase in temp correlated with increase in number of pirates. Hypothesis: soil nematodes negatively affect plant growth. Prediction: if hypothesis is true, then plants grown in soil with soil nematodes would grow less compared to those grown in soil without. Experiment: plants grown with and without soil nematodes (change only one variable) Gauze covered: large particles can"t get through, only small particles.
