Scientific ythinking ywhat yis yit yfor? yAnd ybe yable yto yuse yit.. y- yAnswer y- y y y-scientific ythinking yis ya
ypowerful yprocess yfor yexploring ya ywide yvariety yof ythoughts, yevents, yor yphenomena, ynot yonly yin
yscience ybut yother yareas yas ywell.
5 ybasic yelements yof yscientifc ythinking y- yAnswer y- y y y1. yMake yobservations y
2.Formulate yhypothesis
3. yMake ypredictions
4. yConduct ycritical yexpirements
5.Draw yconclusions/motify yhypothesis
How ydoes ya yhypothesis ydiffer yfrom ya ytheory/prediction? y- yAnswer y- y y y-A yhypothesis yis ya yprose
yexplanation yfor ythe yobserved yphenomenon y
-different yfrom ya ytheory/prediction ybecause yyou ywould yactually ytry yand yprove yit yto ybe yas yclose
yto ytrue yby yconducting yan yexperiment ywhile ya yprediction/theory yis yjust ya yguess y
What ydoes yit ymean yto ycontrol yan yexperiment? y- yAnswer y- y y y-to ycontrol yan yexperiment yit
ymeans yto yform ya ycontrol ygroup yand yexperimental ygroup y
, -a ycontrol ygroup yis ya ygroup yof yindividuals ythat yexperimental ythe ysame ytreatment yas ythe
yexperimental ygroup yexpect ythey yare ynot yexposed yto ythe ytreatment y
what yis yevolution? y- yAnswer y- y y y-Evolution yis ya ychange yin yallele yfrequencies ywithin ya ypopulation
-graduale yprocess yin ywhich ysomething ychanges yinto ya ydifferent yand yusually ymore ycomplex yor
ybetter yform
How ycan yevolution yoccur? y- yAnswer y- y y yit ycan yoccur yby
-Natural yselection y
-mutation y
-migration y
-genetic ydrift
what yis yan yexample yof yevolution? y- yAnswer y- y y yFinches yvariation: yeach yisland yhad ya yunique
yspecies, ythe yisland yspecies yresembled ymainland yspecies. yThere ywas yalso ya ysimilarity ybetween
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