Honors Biology Unit 1 Study Guide

What is the definition of biology?

• study of elements

• study of chemicals

• study of life

• study of animals

what is the first step a scientist follows?

• draw conclusions

• pose a testable question

• design an experminet

• state your hypothesis

what is the second step a scientist follows?

• state your hypothesis

• make a theory

• ask the teacher

• design the experiment

what is the third step a scientist follows?

• collect data

• perform your experiment

• pose a testable question

• design your experiment

What is the fourth step a scientist follows?

• perform your experiment

• design the experiment

• draw conclusions

• collect the data

what is the fifth step a scientist follows?

• perform your experiment

• collect your data

• draw conclusions

• state your hypothesis

what is the sixth (last step) a scientist follows?

• draw conclusions

• perform experiment

• collect data

• pose a testable question

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what is an Independent Variable?

• receives experimental treatment

• your data

• all other factors that must stay the same

• variable you control

what is the dependent variable?

• receives experimental treatment

• your data

• variable you control

• all the other factors that must stay the same

what is an experimental group?

• receives experimental treatment

• does not receive experimental treatment

• a proposed explanation for the way a particular aspect of the natural world functions

• science that is characterized by an organized approach