Derives from the Latin word ''scientia'' which means ''knowledge''.
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What is observation?
The act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way.
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The scientific study of insects:
Entomology
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A scientist studies the impact of a drug on cancer, he knows that the pacient has 45% of drug in his body. What can be the independent variable?
The amount of drug.
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What is skepticism?
Good scientists are skeptics, which means that they question existing ideas and hypotheses, and they refuse yo accept explanations without evidence.
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What is ecology?
Organisms in the biosphere interact with each other and with their surroundings, or environment. The study of this interactions is called ecology.
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What is a control group?
Is the one that is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable.
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What is Herpetology?
The scientific study of reptiles and amphibians.
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An entomologist (bug scientist) wants to determine if temperature changes how many times a cricket chirps. What is the independent variable?
The temperature
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What are the goals of science? Mention one.
One goal of science is to provide natural explanations for events in the natural world.
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What is science?
Is an organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world.
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What is an inference?
Is a logical interpretation based on what scientists already know.
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The study of plants:
Botany
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You want to see if playing music makes plants grow taller. What is the dependent variable in this experiement?
Height of the plant.
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Is a particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.
Bias
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What is biology?
Is the study of life.
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A scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested in ways that support or reject it.
Hypothesis.
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What is Ichthyology?
The scientific study of fish.
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You want to test a new drug that supposedly prevents sneezing in people allergic to grass. What is the independent variable?
The amount of drug.
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Publishing ______ articles in scientific journals allows researches to share ideas and to test and evaluate each other's work.
Peer Review
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What is biology?
Is the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.
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.What is an independent variable?
The variable that is deliberately changed
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The scientific study of birds.
Ornithology
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Orchids were studied to determine if the amount of humidity affected the flowering of these plants. Which of these was the independent variable in this study?
Amount of humidity.
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What is a scientific theory?
In science the word theory applies to a well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations and hypotheses and that enables scientists to make accurate predictions about new situations.