BIOL 1361 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - World Health Organization, Unnatural Causes, Uncontrolled Airspace
BIOL 1361
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
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• Be%able%to%define%biology%
• Compare%and%contrast%the%characteris-cs%of%living%and%non‐living%things%
• Compare%and%contrast%prokaryo-c%and!eukaryo-c%cells,%and,%given%a%descrip-on,%be%able%to%tell%
whether%a%cell%is%prokaryo-c%or%eukaryo-c%
• Compare%and%contrast%Archaea,%Bacteria%vs.!eukaryo-c%cells,%and,%given%a%descrip-on,%be%able%to%tell%
to%which%domain%an%organism%belongs%
• List%the%steps%of%the%scien-fic%method%
• Give%an%example%of%a%proper%scien-fic%observa-on,%hypothesis,%predic-on,%experiment,%or%a%
scien-fic%theory%
• Dis-nguish%between%a%hypothesis%and%a%scien-fic%theory%
• Dis-nguish%between%a%good%hypothesis%and%a%poor%hypothesis%%
• Explain%what%is%meant%by%the%placebo%effect%
• Ar-culate%the%func-on%of%a%control%during%an%experiment%
• Dis-nguish%between%good%experimental%design%and%poor%experimental%design%
• Explain%the%significance%of%suppor-ng%vs.%rejec-ng%a%hypothesis%
• Describe%the%theory%of%evolu-on%and%its%steps%
• Explain%the%role%of%random%muta-ons%in%causing%gene-c%varia-on%
• Explain%the%significance%of%differen-al%reproduc-ve%success%in%evolu-on%
• Explain%the%mechanism%of%natural%selec-on%and%the%role%it%plays%in%evolu-on%
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Document Summary
Step 3: testable predic-ons: a good hypothesis leads to a testable if then predic-on, the hypothesis is very general, but the if then predic-on refers to a speci c experiment or further observa-on, you could say: The original hypothesis must be revised into a new hypothesis and the whole process starts all over again: the excep-on is the rejec-on of a null hypothesis (does not require revision and retes-ng, sample null hypothesis: this drug has no e ect; if we can reject, then the drug must have an e ect! Scien- c theory: when a hypothesis (or related set of hypotheses) has always been supported and never rejected by many di erent scien-sts and over lots of -me, the hypothesis becomes a scien- c theory, a scien- c theory is a hypothesis (or set of related hypotheses) that have stood the test of.
