Biology Quiz 1 (What is Science ?),

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How does disagreement between scientists affect scientific knowledge? A. It moves scientific knowledge forward. B. It slows down scientific progress. C. It shows that science is not helpful. D. It prevents the development of technology.

Communicate with the wider community

Remembering that scientists often work in teams, which activities would require a scientist to communicate with others?

observation

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

What is a theory ?

established explanation for observation based on numerous studies

inference

A logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience.

scientific method

A logical, systematic approach to the solution of a scientific problem

hypothesis

An educated guess

controlled experiment

An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time.

Publish his results online, in a book, or orally

Considering The activity described as "communicating with the wider community," in what ways might scientists communicate?

C

Which best describes disagreement between scientists? A. Scientists only disagree if one of them is lying. B. Scientists who use the scientific process never disagree. C. Scientists can disagree because of their unique perspectives. D. Scientists never disagree with each other.

Experiment and gather data

Which of the steps would require a scientist to gather data?

B

Which question can be answered using the scientific process? A. Should the government be allowed to ban plastic bags? B. How much water does it take to make a plastic bag? C. How should people be convinced to use plastic bags? D. Should grocery stores be forced to use paper bags?

What is the difference between a theory and hypothesis?

a hypothesis is an tentative explanation but a theory is a a hypothesis that can be proven by your studies.

What is hypothesis ?

a tentative explanation for observation or phenomenon that occurs in nature

dependent variable

a variable (often denoted by y ) whose value depends on that of another.

dependent varibiable

a variable whose value depends on of another

What is science?

a way of knowing

understand why things happen in the world predict events

goals of science

observing and questions making inferences and forming a hypothesis experimentation collecting and analyzing data drawing conclusions

steps of the scientific method

what does it mean to be biased?

strong opinion about something or someone

Define historical science.

study artifacts or things from the past.

Define experimental science.

study of experiments

control group

the group that does not receive the experimental treatment.

independent variable

variable that is deliberately changed