The Nature of Biology

The study of biology includes things that were one living and those alive today. 

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An amoeba is unicellular; therefore, it is an organism. 

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Peer review allows others in the field to assess a scientist's investigations and results. 

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Jake hypothesized that if you add aspirin to the water when watering plants, the plants will have more blooms. Jack should use different amounts of water and aspirin for each plant. 

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Which of these would a biologist study? 

• Why does a texas horned lizard squirt blood from its eye? 
• How does a banded pipefish hide in seaweed? 
• What chemicals can help a plant bloom? 
• all of these

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Living things do all this except...

• make adjustments to their environment
• maintain a steady internal envorinment
• respond to other organisms
• pass on an identical genetic code

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Sometimes it's hard to get numerical data, so ____ data is gathered instead. 

• quantitative
• qualitative

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Which of these is quantitative data about the picture? 

• The chicks are cold
• The chicks are fluffy
• there are 3 chicks
• the mother is feeding the chicks

Which of these would be a topic to study in biology? 

• the chemicals in gas
• the atoms that make up the atmosphere
• the rock formations in the Rio Grande
• the digestive system of an earthworm

What is the purpose of science? 

• the explain the nature of things
• to propose solutions to political problems
• to solve ethical problems
• to debate the meaning of life