Ch1 The Nature of Science

Science is considered...

• a way of thinking

• a body of knowledge

• both a way of thinking + a body of knowledge

This is the process of gathering information about events or processes in a careful, orderly way using our 5 senses

• data
• inference
• hypothesis
• observation

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This is a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experiences

• inference
• hypothesis
• theory
• data

This is a well-tested, highly-reliable scientific explanation that unifies a broad range of observations and hypotheses

• theory

• hypothesis

• guess

• inference

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A testable explanation or reasonable prediction of what will happen - you test it with experiments

• inference

• theory

• hypothesis

• a guess

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This is the branch of science that studies living things

• science
• botany
• ecology
• biology

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This process requires an internal feedback mechanism in order to maintain internal balance in an organism

• metabolism
• homeostasis
• stimulus
• thermostat

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Science means

• work
• knowledge
• study
• biology

This type of data involves numbers or measurements

• Quantitative Data
• Qualitative Data

This type of data involves things that can not easily be measured, like description of things or events

• Quantitative Data

• Qualitative Data

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