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Define life science
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The study of living things
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Where do life scientists work?
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Anywhere
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Who can be a life scientist?
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Anyone
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What benefits can life science provide?
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It can provide cures to diseases and interesting facts
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Why is polio no longer a significant health concern?
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Life scientists created a vaccine to prevent polio
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What are the 6 basic steps of the scientific method?
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Ask a question, form a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze the results, draw conclusions, communicate results
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What causes scientific knowledge to change and grow?
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The use of new technologies and new discoveries
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Why is proving a hypothesis wrong just as important as supporting it?
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Either way you are finding an answer to something
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What was the variable in the frog experiment?
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How much UV light was exposed to the frogs
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Why do hypothesis need to be testable?
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So that they can find an answer and support the hypothesis
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What is a prediction?
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A prediction is what your opinion on what the outcome of the experiment will be
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