Science of Life
The study of life
What is Biology
"false science"
What is pseudoscience
production of offspring
What is reproduction
Step 1; guides the rest of the steps in search of an answer
What is Ask a Question
Jane Goodall studying chimps in their natural habitat
What is Diversity of Life
arranged in an orderly way
What is organization
Descriptions; qualities
What is Qualitative
Natural changes over time for survival of a species
What are adaptations
Step 3; a testable explanation of a situation
What is Form a Hypothesis
Lee Anne Martinez works to protect the environment where outdoor toilets are common
What is Environment
A group of organisms that reproduce fertile offspring
What is a species
Use of evidence to construct testable explanations/predictions of natural phenomena
What is Science
addition of mass and changes over a lifetime
What are growth & development
Step 4; conducting an investigation
What is Test the Hypothesis
Charles Drew pioneered methods to separate blood plasma from blood cells and safely store and transport blood plasma for transfusions
What is Technology
Living and nonliving things that surround an organism and with which the organism interacts
What is environment
Numbers
What is quantitative
anything that causes a reaction & that reaction
What is stimulus & response
Step 5 & 6; looking at what the investigation tells you and determining what it all means
What are Analyze Data & Draw Conclusions
Joanne Chory studies mustard plants’ sensitivity and responses to different light variables.
What is Agriculture
Anything with all the characteristics of life
What is an organism
A set of moral principles or values
What is Ethics
Sweating or Shivering
What is maintaining homeostasis
What is Do Background Research
Mary-Claire King studied chimpanzee genetics and discovered that their genomes are 99% identical to humans
What is Disease