Would scientist who studies evolution also have to learn about other branches of biology? Why or not?
Yes, the different branches of biology are interrelated
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Who reviews articles for peer-reviewed journals?
Anonymous and independent experts
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How do scientific theories compare to hypothesis?
Theories unify a broad range of observations and hypotheses
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Why is creativity considered a scientific attitude?
Scientists need creativity to make good posters to explain their ideas
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What are the smallest objects that biologists study?
Molecules
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Suppose that a scientist proposes a hypothesis about how a newly discovered virus affects humans. Other virus researchers would likely
Design new experiments to test the proposed hypothesis
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How does sharing ideas through peer-reviewed articles help advance science?
Scientists reading the articles may come up with new questions to study
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Based on your observations, you suggest that the presence of water could accelarate the growth of bread mold. This is
Hypothesis
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The basic unit of length in the metric system is the
Meter
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Science differs from other disciplines, such as history and the arts, because science relies on
Testing explanations
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What does a reviewer do during peer-review?
Check for mistakes and bias
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Suppose that a scientific idea is well-tested and can be used to make predictions in numerous new situations, but cannot explain one particular event. This idea is a
Theory that may need revision
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A student sees a bee on a flower. The student wonders how the bee finds flowers. The student is displaying the scientific attitude of
Curiosity
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A well-tested explanation that explains a lot of observations is
A theory
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The process by which organisms keep everything inside their bodies certain limits is called
Homeostasis
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A personal preference or point of view is
A bias
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Measurements made while observing a plant grow 3 cm over a two-week period are called
Data
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After a scientists publishes a paper, someone else finds evidence that the paper's hypothesis may not be correct. The scientists is unhappy, but studies the new evidence anyway. The scientist is showing what scientific attitude?
Open-mindedness
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How many meters are in 2.4 km?
2400
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Cells in multicellular organisms have many different sizes and shapes. These differences in cells are part of cell specialization. Cell specialization. Cell specialization allows cells to
Perform different functions
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Science is best described as
Way of knowing
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During a controlled experiment, a scientists isolates and tests
A single variable
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How does studying science help you be a better member of society?
Understanding how science works will help you make better decisions
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Biologists who work in the fields of genomics and molecular biology study