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What is Biology? |
Biology is the study of living organisms and their interactions with one another and their environment. |
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What is Science? |
Science can be defined as knowledge that covers general truths or operation of general laws, especially when acquired and tested by the scientific method. |
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What is the Scientific method? |
is a method of research with defined steps that include experiments and careful observation. Observation-question-hypothesis-experiment-analyze-conclusion-report results. |
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What is a hypothesis? |
Is a suggested explanation for an event which can be tested. |
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What is a theory? |
is a tested and confirmed explanation or phenomena. |
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What are natural sciences? |
are fields of science related to the physical world and its phenomena and processes. |
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What are life sciences? |
Sciences that study living thing and includes is biology. |
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What are physical sciences? |
sciences that study nonliving things. Included astronomy, geology, physics and chemistry. |
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What is inclusive reasoning? |
is a form of logical thinking that uses a general principle or law to forecast specific results |
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What is deductive reasoning? |
is a form of logical thinking that uses a general principle or law to forecast specific results |
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What is descriptive or discovery science? |
-usually inductive, aims to observe, explore, and discover. |
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What is a hypothesis-based science? |
Usually deductive, begins with a specific question or problem and a potential answer or solution that can be tested. |
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What does falsifiable mean? |
It means that hypothesis can be disproven by experimental results. |
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What is a variable? |
A variable is any part of the experiment that can vary or change during the experiment. |
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What is a control group? |
A control group contains every feature of the experimental group except it is not given manipulation that is hypothesized about. |
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What is basic science or pure science? |
Basic science seeks to expand knowledge regardless of the short=term application of knowledge. |
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What is applied science or technology? |
aims to use science to solve real-world problems, making it possible, to improve a crop yield, find a cure, or save animals threatened by a natural disaster. |
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What does serendipity mean? |
It means a discovery was made by a fortunate accident or lucky surprise. |
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What is scientific work? |
Scientific work is the research that scientist discover about and eventually share it with other scientists |
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What are peer-reviewed manuscripts? |
are scientific papers that are reviewed by a a scientist's colleagues or peers. The colleagues then judge whether or not the scientist's work is suitable for publication. |
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What does abstract mean? |
A concise summary. |
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What does the introduction look like? |
Starts with a brief, bit broad background information about what is known in the field |
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What is plagiarism? |
Using the work or ideas of others without proper citation. |
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What are materials and methods? |
Material and methods are a complete and accurate description of the substances used and the method and techniques used by researchers to gather data. |
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What are results? |
Simply narrates the findings without any further interpretation. |
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What is discussion? |
The researcher will interpret the results, describe how variable may be related and attempt to explain the observations. |
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What is the conclusion sections? |
Summarizes the importance of the experimental findings. |
