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BIOS 195 Exam 1
- are composed of cells
- are complex and ordered
- respond to their environment
- can grow and reproduce
- obtain and use energy
- maintain internal balance
- allow for evolutionary adaptation
- emergent properties
- examines the natural world
–Answer properties of life
–Answer properties of life
–Answer properties of life
–Answer properties of life
–Answer properties of life
–Answer properties of life
–Answer properties of life
–Answer new properties present at one level not seen in the previ- ous level
–Answer the nature of science 1 / 2
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- tests natural explanations
- as objective as humanly possible
- uses hypothesis-prediction (H-P) method "scientific method"
- deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- scientific method
- experiment
- Null hypothesis
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–Answer the nature of science
–Answer the nature of science
–Answer the nature of science
–Answer uses GENERAL principles to make SPECIFIC predic- tions
–Answer uses SPECIFIC observations to make GENERAL conclu- sions
–Answer Observations & "why question" formulations-->Hypothesis formation - hypotheses are tentative answers to "why questions" --->Prediction - If this hypothesis is true, then this should happen ---->Experimentation (or comparative / observational study) --->Conclusion
–Answer tests the hypothesis, must be carefully designed to test only one variable at a time, consists of a simultaneous test experiment (treatment) and a control experiment (control)
–Answer hypothesis of no difference, eg, no difference between the control and experimental treatments, and many studies fail to reject the null hypoth- esis