Chapter 1: The Science of Biology Test

A logical interpretation based on what scientists already know.

• Hypothesis
• Inference
• Observation

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

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

• Hypothesis
• Inference
• Observation

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NGSS.HS-PS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

A tentative scientific explanation that can be tested by further observation or by experimentation.

• Hypothesis
• Inference
• Observation

This is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for changes in the independent variable.

• Control Group
• Controlled Experiment
• Dependent Variable
• Independent Variable

The variable deliberately changed

• Control Group
• Controlled Experiment
• Dependent Variable
• Independent Variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Observed variable that changes in response to other variable.

• Control Group
• Controlled Experiment
• Dependent Variable
• Independent Variable

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Only one variable is changed. All other conditions stay unchanged.

• Control Group
• Controlled Experiment
• Dependent Variable
• Independent Variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Tested, highly reliable scientific explanation of events in the natural world.

• Bias
• Data
• Theory

Personal, rather than scientific, point of view for, or against, something.

• Bias
• Data
• Theory

Information collected through observations in experiments.

• Bias
• Data
• Theory

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NGSS.HS-PS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-2