Intro to Biology

An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world.

• Science

• Observation

• Data

• Inference

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way.

• Science

• Observation

• Data

• Inference

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.

• Science

• Observation

• Data

• Inference

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

• Science

• Observation

• Data

• Inference

An educated guess

• Hypothesis

• Spontaneous Generation

• Controlled Experiment

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

a test of the effect of a single variable by changing it while keeping all other variables the same

• Hypothesis

• Spontaneous Generation

• Controlled Experiment

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Hypothesis stating that life could arise from nonliving matter.

• Hypothesis

• Spontaneous Generation

• Controlled Experiment

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

the one variable that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis

• Hypothesis

• Spontaneous Generation

• Controlled Experiment

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The factor that may change in response to the manipulated variable

• Hypothesis

• Spontaneous Generation

• Controlled Experiment

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

an explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events

• Theory

• Research

• Experiment

• Analyze

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3