Biology I-1: Chapter 1 Vocab

organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world

• science
• biosphere
• metabolism
• inference
• observation

process of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way

• observation
• science
• biosphere
• hypothesis
• inference

a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience

• inference
• observation
• science
• controlled experiment
• hypothesis

possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to a scientific question

• hypothesis
• inference
• observation
• independent variable
• controlled experiment

experiment in which only one variable is changed

• controlled experiment
• hypothesis
• inference
• dependent variable
• independent variable

factor in a controlled experiment that is deliberately changed

• independent variable
• controlled experiment
• hypothesis
• control group
• dependent variable

variable that is observed and that chagnes in response to the indpendent variable

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• controlled experiment
• data
• control group

gropu in an experiment that is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental gropu except for one independent variable

• control group
• dependent variable
• independent variable
• theory
• data

evidence; information gathered from observations

• data
• control group
• dependent variable
• bias
• theory

well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations and hypotheses, and enables scientists to make accurate predications about new situations

• theory
• data
• control group
• biology
• bias